NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 21, 2025): Out to Sea Q: I was at a library. On the shelf was a volume whose spine said “OUT TO SEA.” When I opened the volume, I found the contents had nothing to do with sailing or the sea in any sense. It wasn’t […]
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Our Annual Video for 2025 is a celebration of 25 years as a couple and a family. To get the password, solve the puzzle in the image below. Note: You can’t directly type on the PDF so either print a copy, or write the words down on a separate piece […]
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This week’s crowdfunding sampler looks at campaigns that close between New Year’s Day and January 7. Among the offerings is the most profitable crowdfunding of the holiday season: Draw Steel: Crack the Sun from MCDM Productions. Matt Colville proves that there’s gold (pieces) in them thar hills! While the holidays […]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 14, 2025): International Foods Q: Name a famous female singer of the past (five letters in the first name, seven letters in the last name). Remove the last letter of her first name, and you can rearrange all the remaining letters to name the capital of […]
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Branch Riders is an easy to play narrative driven role playing game built on the concepts of action, investigation, and creative play. In the game you play as Branch Riders, fighting to contain a malevolent force known as the Blight. Your home is the Nexus, which branches out into eight […]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 7, 2025): Song Birds Q: Think of a famous living singer. The last two letters of his first name and the first two letters of his last name spell a bird. Change the first letter of the singer’s first name. Then the first three letters of […]
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Facebook link. Charlie Dunwoody is currently GMing Tales of Argosa. He freelance writes including articles for EN World and Geek Native. Posts and articles posted here by others do not reflect the views of Charlie Dunwoody. Charlie is a participant in the Noble Knight Affiliate Program and the OneBookShelf Affiliate […]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 30, 2025): Game Day! Q: Name a place where games are played. Move the last two letters to the beginning. Change the new last letter to an “H.” The result, sadly, is what you might have when you leave this place. Drop the second letter of […]
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Defining Believability Believability in a character can stem from individual characteristics, background, and dialogue, but it is especially derived from actions. Let’s take an example that immediately drains believability: when the antagonist gives a long speech instead of acting immediately. Tuco, in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, after […]
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