Oh; absolutely. But there are some major limitations to writing a wiki-based game, and I’ve tried to make a whole variety of puzzles – PaulMann represents one of those awful, trial-and-error, illogical puzzles. Rescuing Ruth, however, is an easy puzzle to solve, but a tougher one to get all the pieces together to solve for more points. AndyKeohane is an exploration puzzle (get the pieces, come back) – again, with multiple solutions.

It isn’t necessary to get PaulMann to win. It’s quite possible to win with 140 points without persuading him to come at all. Plus; I think the PaulMann puzzle is easier than it first appears – he pretty much gives you the answers after a couple of random guesses.

It’d piss me off if I was playing it, too.