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The Murdle book manages to weave jokes and a plot in the spaces between logic grid puzzles

Sparse but effective storytelling

A copy of the book Murdle (volume 1) on my book shelf, next to a Krusty-O and against a variety of other books
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This week I wrote a little post alerting you, my best friends, to the existence of Murdle. This weekend I went to town and bought a copy of the Murdle book - or, I should say, Volume 1, because you can already pre-order Volume 2. It's a chunky enough tome made up of 100 of the puzzles that form Murdle's daily little treat, split into sections of escalating difficulty. And, against my expectations, and despite basically being a vehicle for logic grid puzzles, Murdle has an actual plot. Which is more than many video games manage.

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