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-[[!meta title="Christmas Code 2014"]]
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-[[!tag puzzles]]
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-My boys just finished this year's Christmas puzzle hunt, (known in our
-family as "The Code"). Read below for a summary of how things went, or
-check out the <a href="http://cworth.org/2014/">actual puzzles</a> if
-you want to solve them yourself or just wonder at the amount of work
-my poor boys have to go through before they get any Christmas
-presents.
-
-I'm really pleased with how things went this year. I scaled the
-difficulty back compared to last year, and that was good for
-everyone's sanity. It's easy to see the difference in just the
-numbers. Last year's hunt had 24 puzzles, 5 metapuzzles, and 1 final
-metametapuzzle. This year there were only 9 puzzles and 2 small
-metapuzzles. I was nervous the boys might think I did too little, but
-I think I actually got the difficulty just right this year.
-
-They did solve it a few days before Christmas this year, but that's a
-good victory for them. Last year, there was a tough Battleships
-metapuzzle and the deciphering of a Playfair cipher that all came
-together only late at night on Christmas Eve.
-
-Of course, the most important feedback comes from the boys
-themselves. There was a priceless moment last night as one-by-one, the
-boys in turn had the final flash of insight needed to solve the last
-clue. There's nothing better for a puzzle designer than getting to
-watch that "ah-ha" moment hit with its explosion of laughter. And that
-laughter is always mixed---appreciation for the disguise of the clue
-and a bit of disgust at not being able to see through it all
-earlier. And last night, it was a perfect cascade of these moments
-from one boy to the next. After the first one finally got it, just
-knowing it was possible was all the others needed to reach the same
-insight themselves. It was perfect.
-
-This morning the boys reported that this year's code was the "best one
-yet". I think I've heard that three years in a row now. That's what
-gives me the motivation to do all this again. I guess I had better
-start planning now if I want to improve again next year!