Wired Magazine’s Mystery Issue

The latest (US) edition of Wired Magazine is a “mystery issue“, with lots of stuff about brain teasers, codes, mazes and loads of the stuff that puzzle fanatics love.  Here’s an excerpt which is in the print edition, but isn’t on the Wired website (at least, I couldn’t find it).

Feeling stuck?  Dvora K. Klaviatura, head of the Belarus Enigmatology Institute (www.typein.by.pyacbm.by), offers these tips. 1. LOOK FOR PATTERNS. Puzzles are logical systems.  They follow rules.  Once you know the governing principles, watch for telling patterns or anomalies.  2. FIND THE WAY IN. Though it may seem counterintuitive, puzzlesare designed to be solved, not to stump you.  Look for the entry point, like the first number you can nail down [in a Sudoku].  3. BUILD ON YOUR SUCCESS. Puzzle solving is progressive.  Take advantage of the information you provide yourself.  For example, identifying and decoding one [clue] will make finding the rest - and solving the overall mystery - a bit easier.

I’m quoting this here because it’s perfect advice for you if you ‘re looking for a way into the Army Of Zero puzzles.  Oh, and for your entertainment: it looks like a puzzle in itself.  (Dvora K. Klaviatura?  Um, OK…)

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