A strange little side quest
Before the next round of Wasteland Hunter: Puzzle RPG, here is a piece of the bigger picture. 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'. There is another connection worth keeping in the same mental pocket: Early computer role-playing games helped turn rules, inventories, exploration and character progression into systems that could support long-form digital adventures. So a round of Wasteland Hunter: Puzzle RPG is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer puzzles timeline.
