2026-09-16 · designer-study
Inside Cliff Johnson's Philosophy — Not One Piece That Doesn't Belong
"A puzzle begins with a 'huh?' and ends with an 'aha!'" Cliff Johnson, who built The Fool's Errand in 1987, refused to plant a single red herring — and spent 25 years on the sequel. A reading of that vow, in his own words.
