What an awesome pleasure it is to have the opportunity of asking Six Questions to the Award-Winning Puzzle and Game Designer, Cliff Johnson. Cliff gained wide recognition after creating his captivating computer puzzle game, The Fool’s Errand, in 1987. From this successful endeavor of weaving storytelling in with puzzle solving, …
There are many variations or types of substitution ciphers. One of the more simpler types is a number cipher. A number cipher is where a number takes the place of a letter in the alphabet. This can be done by numbering each letter of the alphabet, 1 thru 26, and …
This segment of the MW Codes, Ciphers, and Puzzle Series features the Keyword Cipher. The Keyword Cipher is similar to the Caesar Shift Cipher in that the alphabet is shifted; but instead of being shifted by a certain number, it is shifted by the use of a Keyword. For example, …
In many puzzle sections of newspapers are found a fun type of puzzle called a Cryptogram. Most often these Cryptogram challenges use a simple form of substitution cipher. A substitution cipher is where each letter is replaced by a different symbol (letter, number, or other character). Cryptograms in newspapers are …
Help solve a mystery! Who was the Somerton Man? On December 1st, 1948, a man was found dead on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, Australia. His true identity remains unknown today. Below are 10 interesting facts about the Somerton Man and the mystery involved. It will be noticed the facts seem …
