April in Australia, a time for puzzles

March 31, 2014

5:25 PM

by Staff

It's April! It's Australia! What a great combination for the next puzzle in our Year of Puzzles. We've been warned that there are downsides to trying to do serious things on the very first day of April, but we're going to just take our chances on this one. We hope you won't mind.

For this puzzle, we asked Richard Garfield to put together some lists of fun things.

Richard is best known as the inventor of the games Magic: The Gathering and RoboRally, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Richard recently co-wrote the fantastic book Characteristics of Games, one of the few books that focuses on what actually makes games of all types fun. If you want to create games, the book is highly recommended. Plus, he also loves and creates fun puzzles.

To top things off, we've arranged for a special, surprise editor to make sure nothing will go wrong.

So, look at Richard's lists, discover what's extra, and you'll have it all figured out. That's all there is to it. We think. Maybe. We hope. Hey, wait a minute ...

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To solve, open up the Puzzazz app and check out 1:30 AM, Canberra. If you're solving offline, visit http://www.puzzazz.com/yearofpuzzles as always to download the PDF file.

If you're enjoying the Year of Puzzles, it's never too late to tell your friends. If you don't yet own the Year of Puzzles, you can buy it in the Puzzazz app or on our web site.

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April in Australia, a time for puzzles