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Life & fun · April 12, 2026

Paper Trails: A daily puzzle game

Find the shortest path between 2 Wikipedia pages.

What it does

I built a daily puzzle game where the goal is to get from one Wikipedia page to another in as few clicks as possible. Every day there's a new pair of pages, and everyone plays the same puzzle — so you can actually compare scores with friends and strangers. Example: LeBron James → Lakers → Pau Gasol → Spain → Peninsular War → Napoleon. Still early days — feedback very welcome!

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