NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 16, 2026): Movie Villains Q: Think of a famous movie villain. Insert one letter to get the brand name of a household product. Then change one letter of the product to get the last name of another famous movie villain. Who are the characters, and what […]
Continue Reading Darryl Mott is a tabletop gaming and media journalist with bylines from outlets including Ain’t It Cool News, EN World, and Zombie Orpheus Entertainment. He also makes videos for YouTube and does live streams on Twitch as well as doing post-production and editing for the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk […]
Continue Reading NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 9, 2026): Faces North Q: Using only the letters in the words FACES NORTH, repeating them as often as you wish, you can spell a familiar expression in seven words (4,3,3,6,3,3,5). What expression is it? I’m reminded of a puzzle with something left out. Edit: I […]
Continue Reading
In the 1901 novel Dot and Tot of Merryland, written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W.W. Denslow, the fifth valley—known as the Valley of Pussycats—presents a highly structured society populated entirely by cats of every color and breed. It’s run by the aristocratic court of King Felis, the […]
Continue Reading
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 2, 2026): Get Moving Q: Think of a type of exercise equipment in three syllables. Remove the two middle letters and you’ll name a means of transportation. What words are these? It was worded differently, but we’ve seen this wordplay twice before.
Continue Reading
Darryl Mott is a tabletop gaming and media journalist with bylines from outlets including Ain’t It Cool News, EN World, and Zombie Orpheus Entertainment. He also makes videos for YouTube and does live streams on Twitch as well as doing post-production and editing for the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk […]
Continue Reading
Ghostfrogs, Mageweed, Vine Frog Toxins, Weather Toads. Everything needed for a fun jungle trek and then some. It’s hot out there so send the party into the humid wilderness to meet a many-limbed sovereign or harvest something magical on the way to The Crawling One’s temple, maybe after crossing a […]
Continue Reading
NPR Sunday Puzzle (July 26, 2026): K, L, M, N, O Puzzle Q: There is a set of five five-letter words that vary by just their middle letter. If the middle is any letter from K through O, it makes a common word. However, no other letter can go in […]
Continue Reading
Incidentally, I always sort monsters on DDB using the “advanced filter” because I like to curate which sources I draw from for particular campaigns. And I scroll through it almost every night because one way I battle insomnia is through running through the mathematics of various match-ups in my head […]
Continue Reading
