A strange little side quest
There is a neat bit of history hiding behind the kind of play you find in Numbers in the City. SimCity grew out of Will Wright's enjoyment of the map editor he had built for an earlier game; the act of shaping a city became the game itself. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. The first crossword puzzle book appeared in 1924 in a cautious initial printing of 3,600 copies, complete with a free pencil. Grombi files that under: small game, surprisingly large backstory.
