How do I Enter Mystery or Other 'Special' Puzzles?
Wasgij, Escape, Mystery, Box set (multiple puzzles)...
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Last Update 10 months ago
There is a large popular series of puzzles that may require a bit more guidance when adding to IPDb, to ensure that they are uniformly entered to allow for entire collections to be found.
In addition, some may be Mystery puzzles where the finished puzzle result differs from what is shown on the box.
Please take a look below at how to deal with those kinds of puzzles, to ensure that they can all be shared. BUT at the same time, allowing the mystery to remain alive for others!MYSTERY PUZZLES
- WASGIJ
BOX SET PUZZLES (Multiple puzzles in 1 box)
WASGIJ puzzles
Wasgij puzzles are extremely popular all over the world; the main attraction is that the image on the box is different from the actual finished puzzle image. It makes the puzzle more challenging, as well as having a nice 'surprise' factor when done.
Here are a few guidelines that differ slightly from regular puzzles for IPDb data entry:
Puzzle Name
Use the following format to enter a Wasgij puzzle name:
[Mini] Wasgij (Series) #(number) Title/name!
E.g. Wasgij Destiny #13 Commuting Chaos!
or Mini Wasgij Original #1Weed Killer!
Name of Collection
Use format [Mini] Wagij (Series)
E.g. Wasgij Destiny
or Mini Wasgij Original
Special Features
Select 'Mystery'
Completed Puzzle Picture
It is perfectly ok to upload your completed puzzle picture. In fact, at IPDb, it is encouraged that you do so, so that puzzlers who get stuck or WANT to know what the finished result looks like can see it!
HOWEVER, if you do decide to upload the completed puzzle picture, we ask that you please make sure that you select the MYSTERY CATEGORY icon when uploading your image.
By selecting the completed puzzle image and then the Mystery icon, it will automatically 'blur' the mystery image by default.
Then, those who want to see the finished puzzle can click/tap on the image to see it. Those who don't can scroll by and will only see the blurred image if they don't click/tap it.
Box Set Puzzles (multiple puzzles in 1 box)
You may sometimes come across a puzzle box that contains 2 or more puzzles in 1 box. We call them Multi-puzzles. There is no need to enter them all in separate records; they can be entered as a Multi-puzzle in 1 record.
A detailed description of how to go about it can be found in the following article: How to enter a Multi-puzzle.