Ryan's EnigMarch 2022

"EnigMarch" is an Inktober-style event that challenges nerds to make a puzzle every day for an entire month. I took this challenge on in March 2023. Now I am doing the EnigMarch prompts from 2022 in July of 2023! For fun!

My understanding of puzzles, as we're using the term, comes mostly from the MIT Mystery Hunt, where a "puzzle" is some packet of obfuscated information that you can "solve" to get an "answer," usually an English word or phrase. And very often the answers from a round of puzzles can be combined to solve a "metapuzzle."

To stay mostly in the spirit of the EnigMarch exercise, I got one of the organizers to send me one prompt per day, so I don't know what the "future" prompts are, even though they are more than a year old. I could easily cheat and look in the archives, if I wanted to. And I'm not promising I won't!!!

The title for each puzzle is the prompt handed down by the organizers for that day. Is that obvious? Anyway, here are my puzzles for EnigMarch 2022.

Round 1: "Translate"

Day 1: "Initial"

This puzzle has a nice version and a mean version. True heads will want to try the mean version first.

Day 2: "Rhyme"

Rhyme and Reason ask Milo for some help.

Day 3: "Shadow"

Pretty dorky.

Day 4: "Lock"

I forgot my phone password!

Day 5: "Present"

Happy birthday, Paul!

Day 6: "Island"

I am one of those.

Day 7 (Metapuzzle): "Translate"

This puzzle uses the answers from days 1-6 as inputs. Also, just so you know, it is not very good.

Round 2: "Irrational"

Day 8: "Sharp"

Featuring special guests Knife Guy and Grate Guy.

Day 9: "Trick"

A compact, unfair one.

Day 10: "Blank"

So short!

Day 11: "Dots"

This one has pictures!

Day 12: "Branch"

Here's a fairly simple crosswordy thing.

Day 13: "Nostalgia"

Another visit from Culex, Dark Knight of Vanda.

Day 14 (Metapuzzle): "Irrational"

This puzzle uses the answers from days 8-13 as inputs. But it's pretty simple.

Round 3: "Constellation"

Day 15: "Bug"

A chilling short story by Edgar Allan Poe.

Day 16: "Hex"

This Rows Garden puzzle is very small and yet I don't think it's particularly easy. Because I was in a bad mood when I made it.

Day 17: "Rainbow"

A visit from the Axem Rangers!

Day 18: "Spell"

A text adventure featuring the little match girl!

Day 19: "Hidden"

Hey, what happened to this puzzle?

Day 20: "Tracks"

A visit from Wario! Oh boy!

Day 21 (Metapuzzle): "Constellation"

A visit from Geno. From Super Mario RPG.

Round 4: "Mirror"

Day 22 (Metapuzzle): "Mirror"

This metapuzzle uses the answers from days 23-30.

Day 23: "Escape"

Oh no! We're trapped in a room! Oh no!

Day 24: "Bird"

This delightfully straightforward crossword puzzle has a mean version and a nice version. True heads will want to try the mean version first.

Day 25: "Chance"

Hey, Knife Guy and Grate Guy are back!

Day 26: "Name"

I like this puzzle but I don't have anything clever to say about it.

Day 27: "Suit"

Featuring a very special Mystery Guest!

Day 28: "Map"

This puzzle has a hex grid, and I know nerds like those.

Day 29: "Note"

Hey, they forgot the "clip.websi" part!

Day 30: "Phantom"

A visit from the Three Musty Fears!

Round ???: "Meta"

Day 31 (Metapuzzle): "Meta"

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