A strange little side quest
Put 2048 Hexa Merge Block next to the history of puzzles and a few unexpected connections appear. Arthur Wynne published a diamond-shaped 'Word-Cross' in the New York World on December 21, 1913; the name later shifted to 'Cross-Word' and then 'crossword'. And the history keeps stacking up: Women competed in Olympic archery as early as 1904, making it one of the early Olympic sports to include women. So a round of 2048 Hexa Merge Block is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer puzzles timeline.
