Grandpa Gave Me a Green Plastic Soldier on My Birthday for Years — One Day I Finally Understood Why, and I Was Utterly Stunned

in puzzles, real ones! Crosswords.

Riddles on painted canvases. Mechanical boxes with locks on drawers, ciphers carved into wood, cryptic notes, and spinning dials. It was like a full escape room, but it wasn’t for customers.

It was for me! Each puzzle I solved led to something personal. A box continue reading …