A strange little side quest
If ABC Spelling Time sends you down a curiosity rabbit hole, start here. The Oregon Trail eventually appeared across generations of computer hardware and sold tens of millions of copies, making it one of the most enduring educational games. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. 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'. Grombi files that under: small game, surprisingly large backstory.
