Hi everyone, thinking about it further, I’m not sure if I still agree with the original conclusion that this was a fair puzzle to everyone, computer programmers and normal citizens alike. Since the answer (well, the key text) ends up starting in the middle of a paragraph halfway through a long book, there really wouldn’t be any way that a person was just going to stumble across it unless they had a computer checking every possibility of the entire text. This was marketed as a way for any normal person to have a shot at winning $100,000, but with the way the key text was chosen, it was basically impossible to be found until Holland revealed the final clue that massively narrowed down the possibilities. As I said in the video, I understand why it was done like this, since Holland wanted to ensure he could sell enough of the product to be worth manufacturing it, before the puzzle was solved. But, since he added the stipulation that anyone who solved it before the deadline would split the prize, that actually isn’t as much of a concern. I don’t know, I think it definitely has a few more flaws that I necessarily pointed out in the video, and I don’t want you all to think I’m hypocritical for having issues with the way David Dobrik went about it but not pointing out the same flaws here (especially since they were being sold for the same price point after accounting for inflation). I still stand by what I said at the end of the video, that there must be some way to do this kind of puzzle contest that more fairly balances luck and skill. But, anytime you offer such a huge prize, there are always going to be issues that come along with it. So do you think that the puzzle was fair? What do you think of how Holland went about it compared to David’s version? I’d love to hear your thoughts 🧩

@mom23js

3 жыл бұрын

Nah.. I dont think this puzzle was fair. The answer was in a book not everyone had access to. Also, trying to figure it out without computers, made those with less means at an even more disadvantage. So those who needed the money.. Were less likely able to get the answer. If we could do something like that today, the cutoff date would have to be a week due to google giving all the answers in minutes.

@Reggie_la

3 жыл бұрын

Question! Do you ever feel bad or wrong for opening old puzzles that were never open? Or nah

@prinzezze

3 жыл бұрын

No I don't think it was that fair... Most people probably didn't have that book at home.

@KaseyWynne

3 жыл бұрын

@@Reggie_la Well, like she said, more than a million of them were sold, so it's not a really rare item. Looking on ebay, it's only 19 dollars, plus shipping, so I don't think there's a problem with opening one up.

@getjiggywithsam3572

3 жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder if the algorithm was even necessary since the MIT students missed the deadline. If I’m understanding correctly, the rest of the winners (some or most of them) used skill/time to solve it.

you can see wich side you supposed ot start on with the double sided one cause the final number in the ccode had a . instead of a ,

@KarenPuzzles

3 жыл бұрын

lol I should have noticed that. Everyone go click like on this comment so more people see it 🤦🏻‍♀️

@countduckula9977

3 жыл бұрын

@bas van der werff Eagle Eyes Award goes to you. Bravo!

@pvic6959

3 жыл бұрын

it's part of the challenge :^)

@tri_sha

3 жыл бұрын

@@KarenPuzzles you can pin this comment

@SharpCookie

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Great logic!

The fact that the MIT students solved it, but send it 1 day later, sounds like engineer students to me lol

@SharpCookie

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@ca-ke9493

3 жыл бұрын

I can imagine them at 3am, thinking they still had like 8 hours to go, and then someone rereads the instructions and goes oh shit and the whole gang runs to the post office to see if they can get it in in time.

@realtaiter3991

3 жыл бұрын

Yea they sat around overthinking prob for 3 days.

@sofaki303

3 жыл бұрын

Howard wolowitz

I love seeing how your channel is evolving. This is such an interesting turn. As a former math professor who studied a bit of cryptography as an undergrad this was absolutely enthralling. Great story telling which I would never expect from a niche youtube channel on puzzles.

@KarenPuzzles

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'd love if you could ask around to other cryptography friends you have to see if anyone knows the answers to the Decipher II and III ciphers!

@pvic6959

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly! for someone who says this sort of stuff isn't for her, she did a wonderful job telling the story. I know a bit about crypto but she made it sooo accessible to people with no knowledge about it! Meanwhile, Ive taken a crypto class and watched videos about the zodiac ciphers, the cicada 3301 puzzles, etc LOL. this stuff fascinates me so much

@hopegold883

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah! That’s true! I watch a lot of science channels. And Karen’s way of describing this (and the addition of the little breaks!! Genius!) was a lot more clear than a lot of those science communicators. Nothing against them, but it hit me how clear and fun her explanations were, despite how tricky the subject matter was.

@pvic6959

3 жыл бұрын

@@hopegold883 exactly! it was a very different approach that i really liked. i watch a TON of the educational channels and they assume some knowledge. I loved how karen didn't do that because her audience may not have that background info. I also really liked the idea of the breaks - it was something i never thought about! But i can absolutely see people getting overwhelmed. shes very thoughtful

@MsTinkerbelle87

3 жыл бұрын

She’s so wholesome, she’s what KZread needs right now not to be cheesy 😂

When you gave the list of authors, I immediately thought "Impossible, did any of these have books in the public domain in 1984? Many were still alive." The conclusion (which I didn't think of) is that it must be one of them QUOTING from a text in the public domain, as was actually the case (Wilkins 1638), but I wonder if anyone thought of that back then. It would have narrowed down the search immensely. The MIT guys didn't, even after the solution was published. In a footnote to their paper they say (p. 17): "An anonymous referee pointed out that Cosmos is copyrighted and hence not in the public domain. In clue 1 did Holland use the phrase 'in the public domain' for its colloquial meaning of 'publicly available'?"

You said it is "above your pay grade." I work in computer science and I disagree. I would say it is "outside of your pay grade." We have different sets of skills and, more importantly, different interests. Your artistic abilities are as valid and as important as my science ones. Be proud of your achievements. :)

@misomie

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I love this

@SuzanaNature

3 жыл бұрын

To be honest I think karen have the skills necessary fo computer sciences. Her displays of logic in puzzle solving are building blocs for computing, and the creativity from arts are very usefull in solving plblems and comming up with algorithms. I mean, equations may look scary but when you break them down in the actual reason for each term it can be quite intuitive or at least make sense. And I have dregres in both arts and science and work with neural networks so I know a thing or two about that.

@themadhattress5008

3 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, this was kind of a dickish thing to say.

@ghyslainabel

3 жыл бұрын

@@themadhattress5008 what was a darkish thing to say? Her comment about herself or my response?

@NatyRocke

3 жыл бұрын

Awww I love this! 💗 We all have value even if we have different skill sets 💕

I owned the original version. I completed the puzzle section a few times, but the Cipher was ridiculously hard for me. Remember it was the 80's, and even looking up something simple involved a card catalog and an encyclopedia

@lokicooper4690

3 жыл бұрын

This is partly why I think it was not a fair puzzle. Most people would not have figured it out without that last clue.

@Brainreaver79

8 ай бұрын

@@lokicooper4690with such a cashprice in the 80's!!! thats wait let me look it up...thats close to 400k today. so its not supposed to be easy or fair. it was supposed to be HARD

@MasterInHD

7 ай бұрын

@@Brainreaver79 It's actually closer to $250k than $400k, it's literally on the video. Did you even watch it before commenting?

@Brainreaver79

7 ай бұрын

@@MasterInHDyes i did, and then i checked the calculation.. its 2 years later... do you think nothing changed? especially with covid happening?

@MasterInHD

7 ай бұрын

@@Brainreaver79 inflation doesn’t go up 60% in 2 years, buddy. You’re talking to Finance graduate. It would be closer to $300k if anything and even that is a stretch.

A little tip: if you don't want the dust, gently shake the bag for about 20 seconds with one tip down (it can't be 🟥, it has to be 🔶 to work), and most of the dust will accumulate in the bottom. Then, carefully cut a small piece of that tip (be aware it will make a mess beyond this point, so do it over a trashcan or a bag), it has to be small enough so no pieces will fall but big enough so the dust can pass it easily and ta-dam! Brush that tip with your fingers and almost all the dust will be gone and then the puzzle will be cleaner not only for this time, but all the times you put it together. It really helps when your desk is white, and it is also good because your fingers won't be dirty (I personally hate the feeling of the dust in my fingers because I have sensory issues). The last step is: enjoy the puzzle!!!

@katvaughn6201

3 жыл бұрын

😮 Thank you for this!

@sequinjin8332

2 жыл бұрын

i was thinking she should use a sifter lmfao😭 or a strainer

Only Karen would have a Jigsaw Puzzle Bible.... and we love her for that. :D

@KarenPuzzles

3 жыл бұрын

It's a great book!

@Cristo2893

3 жыл бұрын

@@KarenPuzzles I bet so, best for Jigsaw Puzzle lovers. Huge hug from Ecuador, Karen. Love your videos.

@KimSimful

3 жыл бұрын

@@KarenPuzzles I wish someone would reprint it! It's hard to find and expensive! With puzzles so popular I wish it was on Kindle!

@phillsjigsawpuzzles

3 жыл бұрын

I'm just finding out that there is so much more than just doing jigsaws, I also like searching for their history and a "jigsaw Puzzle Bible" would be great help... I'll be looking out for it in the future.

Me looking at the maths equations : RUNNNN

@pvic6959

3 жыл бұрын

no stay! She makes it soo accessible to people with no knowledge about cryptography and the like!

@hobbybugs1286

3 жыл бұрын

Dont worry Im a certified Mathematical genius in arithmatic Ill help with the equations

@ronm3245

3 жыл бұрын

I had to pause it to look them over. The s-hat one is a formula for a test statistic of some sort.

It’s interesting that when you said the “3,19” & CS & a novel starring with C clue, my first thought went to CS Lewis and Chronicles of Narnia lol

@Chris-ig9gz

3 жыл бұрын

I had the same thought watching as I paused to read the directions and see what I could figure out before hearing the rest of the story. I had guess #2 was the alphabet and the last clue beginning with C so CS was the initials of the author or novel. I would have check all books and authors with C as the first word and S as the second word. Then when the author clue came it it would have focused things down. The "cube...if you are geometrical inclined" threw me though as I thought it was a play on words. A cube sliced at an angle would be an incline so I thought is was something like the volume of a cube cut in half or a variation. Way off there. it would have been fun to do in real time though.

So let's say that you don't find history on those two Decipher puzzles, you could make a video and let others figure out the answer. It could be like a community project to solve the cipher and you would be the primary source of information about them on the internet.

@sandallsdrama952

3 жыл бұрын

This.... a whole community project 😁

@Josefina24_

3 жыл бұрын

Cypher thread!! cypher thread!

@DaiBoruta

3 жыл бұрын

Count me in!

@beez1717

3 жыл бұрын

That would be so cool if we could all try and solve it!

@charisma-hornum-fries

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely! A recurring Sunday lunchtime event so that people abroad can join in without missing too much sleep. New clues and methods etc could be presented and we could send findings to a designated email address to supplement the live chat.

I’m so glad other people are finally recognising how cool puzzles can be

"What a great piece of puzzle history," is just such a Karen phrase.

@danielleking262

3 жыл бұрын

LOL I thought the same thing!!! 😂

@realtaiter3991

3 жыл бұрын

Thought that was an insult when I first read it lol

@jacobscrivener2967

3 жыл бұрын

@@lawlietlovebot I'm going to assume it still is an insult

@SuperMatyoO

5 ай бұрын

I thought "a Karen phrase" was a pun 😂😂😂😂😂😂

When I started this video and saw the it was over 42 minutes long, I thought I would watch a little bit at the beginning and skip to the end. But the explanation and description Karen provided for this puzzle was so compellingly interesting and entertaining, I was gripped right to the very end. What a great video. So much research was necessary. And despite claiming "above my pay grade" there was a tremendous understanding of every aspect of the history and the theory of cipher. Great job and thank you for this whole video. It was a well spent 43 minutes of my life!!!

This reminds me of a few years ago when the NSA wanted to hire a crypto-analyst or something, and so they sent out a tweet that was actually a cipher and it said something about applying for the job if you figured it out, and it worked. That's how they hired someone. Sounds pretty cool. Side note, at the NSA campus in Maryland, they have a very cool crypto museum (National Cryptologic Museum) all about ciphers and all of the ways codes have been used in the history of the US.

@lovesmusic916

3 жыл бұрын

Your comment reminded me of the imitation game. The story of how mi6 hired mathematicians to break the Nazi's code. And they put a crossword in the paper to recruit people and built a computer to solve it.

@WanderLost

3 жыл бұрын

@@lovesmusic916 That's awesome. The codebreaking machines that the british and americans were using during WWII are in that cryptologic museum. They have enigma machines that the nazi's used until the british learned how to break their codes. It's a very cool place.

@jnfrhynes

3 жыл бұрын

Lol was also the premise for the start of Stargate:Universe

@xyzzyx7812

4 ай бұрын

Google when they were good did something similar

I wasn't even born when these puzzles came out, but the idea of putting a cipher on a finished jigsaw puzzle is very intriguing. If I had been alive back then, I definitely would have tried it. 😅

What gets me is how much variety there is on this channel. Every week I’m so surprised it’s something completely new! I was perfectly happy with the earlier videos, just seeing all the different companies and beautiful patterns. But wow. Karen really goes out of her way. Idk if this is my fave channel, but it’s definitely the one I click on the fastest.

I'm so glad I found your channel in 2020!! I got my first jigsaw puzzle last week because you inspired me! thank you Karen for your genuinely wonderful energy!

@KarenPuzzles

3 жыл бұрын

That's amazing! Have fun with it!

@danielleking262

3 жыл бұрын

@@KarenPuzzles I've tried mentioning this in other comments, but I haven't done a puzzle in over 10 years but seeing your video on the 3D Color Sphere made me want it so much I actually bought it and have it sitting on my shelf just like you!! Now I'm on my third puzzle since. 😁❤️

The longer I watch the more I'm like "How could someone have EVER solved this in a year? And without a computer?!" This is insane XD ~CIPHER~

@karenpuzzles Id love to see you do a deep dive on a puzzle book called Masquerade. Its by Kit Williams from 1980. Its a book that you had to solve the puzzle of where the jewel was hidden through the pictures and text. The winner was supposed to be flown to England to dig up the treasure. I have the book if you decide you want it

@JudithARobinson

3 жыл бұрын

Glad someone else remembers it! I just mentioned it in my comment, as I remember me and my friends gathering round the book in the school library, convinced we would be the ones to find the treasure! I still have my copy too😊

@hicknopunk

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that mess 🤣 great piece of history

This could absolutely be a Gravity falls episode with Mabel helping Dipper solve the puzzle and Dipper helping her solve the cipher!

@ca-ke9493

3 жыл бұрын

this was the first thing that this reminded me of! I still think about that Cipher hunt that Alex Hirsch put together for the fans at the end of the show, it was so epic following it online. I really want to go visit the Bill statue but I live halfway across the world.

please make more videos about puzzles with similar stories, this one is amazing

@KarenPuzzles

3 жыл бұрын

I have two more vintage puzzles on deck with stories just like this one!

@fossilcore

3 жыл бұрын

@@KarenPuzzles can't wait to see them 😄

@juliadandy6019

3 жыл бұрын

@@KarenPuzzles that’s awesome! I think you did a great job walking through the details of the cipher and the logics, was really enjoyable!

This video content was so engaging that I didn't even realize the video was 42 minutes until I was almost done

Can we just appreciate how Karen gave us regular brain breaks??

@KarenPuzzles

3 жыл бұрын

I was watching it back and getting overwhelmed, so I could only imagine how it would be if you were hearing it all for the first time!

@At0micAllison

3 жыл бұрын

Broke my brain...

@VirginiaGreco_Scrapbooking

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's so sweet! :D

Very interesting Karen, I didn't even realize that I have been sitting and watching this video for over 40 minutes now.

@katw6757

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't even realize the video was 40 minutes until I saw this comment 😅

@pattyowens5756

3 жыл бұрын

I just recently discovered her channel, and never would have thought it could be so entertaining to watch someone put jigsaw puzzles together and talk about them!

@maryzoss608

3 жыл бұрын

Cipher

@YoumatterDragonfly

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't realize it was that long until just reading your comment and then checking lol.

This is such a cool video! And I really respect the fact that you spent so much time looking up all this, trying to understand everything about the "cipher" yourself, and then finding a way to explain this as clearly as possible to all of your viewers. And you did a very good job at that! So thank you, I enjoyed this video enormously!

@danielleking262

3 жыл бұрын

I agree !!!!!

your channel and antscanada are truly getting me through quarantine. i love seeing people who are passionate about what they do, even if it’s not *my* thing.

Here Iam nodding like I understand half of what Karen is saying about solving the decipher.

"Oh have i ever!" (as she pulls out the Eternity puzzle) ... 😆😆😆 I laughed soooo hard!

@danielleking262

3 жыл бұрын

Sneaky moment!!!! lol

Dear Karen: when you realse your own cipher puzzle, pleeease make sure it ships internationaly, because I would like to try and solve it

I don't think that I need to go to school tommorrow. My head hurts

Cipher! I still have that Eternity puzzle collecting dust on top of a cupboard. I bought it back in the 90s and never figured it out. I am so much looking forward to seeing you tackle it, Karen.

@danielleking262

3 жыл бұрын

You did the puzzle but never tried to decipher it, or do you mean you never even tried to do the puzzle? lol

I love when she runs her hand over finished puzzle piece.. ❤️

I absolutely love this kind of content. Completely engrossed; didn't even notice it was 40 minutes long. Also, cipher

I could listen to Karen talking about puzzle history for hours 😆

Karen, this was absolutely excellent. You explained and gave your thoughts so clearly even though the mechanics are beyond most of us. Well done. I hope you are able to keep going with this channel, your ideas go from strength to strength. Cypher.

this was SO interesting!!! i loved this a lot, you are a great storyteller and puzzle history fascinates me! would love to see a video about the other two puzzles if you end up finding the solutions!

What an incredibly complicated marketing scheme. I do love the use of cyphers, though. Makes you feel like a detective.

That was probably something all of the puzzlers thought they were going to figure out in a few hours and then you had to be not only good but a genius on the cipher thing. Thank you for such a detailed video. Hope you find information on the last 2 😊

As a former library clerk I highly suggest researching local newspapers and articles around the company's home town. I also suggest emailing the company itself which probably would be more helpful for your research. I checked their website and its not working at all so maybe there's an email or phone number you can call to ask around.

Thank your for adding the breaks to take a breather.

Omg, I've had the smaller version of this puzzle worked for as long as I can remember( still in my closet with the red bag) and never knew what became of it; this is the most personally interesting video you could have made. Thank you!!!

This was suuuuuch a good video Karen. I loved every second of it. You explaining what it was, then doing it, explaining how to figure it out, who won ect. Loved it all.

CIPHER! Me not even realizing I've been watching this video for over 40 minutes and enjoyed every minute of it. Awesome video and breakdown!

Cipher .... that was SO fun to watch!! Thank you Karen!!! 🧩

I love the amount of effort you put into these videos. It’s easy to deCIPHER how much you love puzzles! Thank you for sharing your passion with us and for such an informative video!

This was an amazing video, Karen. So well planned out, produced,... and fun! Full of cliffhangers also! You outdid yourself in this one.

I love this kind of storytelling: puzzles about puzzles about ciphers. Thank you! I can't wait for to watch any updates on the second and third version, plus the Eternity puzzle. This is excellent fun. I was intrigued to read that a teen age girl was one of the winners. I'm deeply impressed and would love to know more about her too. Thanks, Karen. What a perfect video.

I did not wake up this morning expecting to be subscribing to a jigsaw puzzle solving channel today yet here we are

@henryD9363

3 жыл бұрын

Yep! The we includes me.

Wow, I was so entertained and intrigued by the whole story and you made it so much more understandable that I can't imagine how much work all the research and editing was. A really great video!

What an amazing Cipher and puzzle journey, I can't WAIT for the other puzzles teased in this video!!!!

I have to say it was good to see something new. It must be hard to always put things up on KZread but since I love watching your vids I am just to anxious. Thanks for this. Kathleen

What a great cipher story! I hope you find those other puzzle solutions. I'm looking forward to those videos, too!

I love the idea of a "Puzzle Pouch". Though I feel like it should be a nice leather material rather than velvet because cardboard doesn't friction well with cloth. But how cool would it be to just like store puzzles in their own stylized pouches.

This was one of the most interesting videos ever. You did such a good job of researching and explaining the solution. Loved it.

I’ve only recently discovered your channel and I love it! This episode was so amazing. Thank you for telling this story in such an interesting manner. Like other commenters I too didn’t realize it was 40 minutes long. I was so absorbed in the story. I hope you learn about puzzles II And III so I can hear you tell those stories too. I also look forward to watching you put together and talk about other puzzles. I’m waiting for episode 2 of the 24,000 piece puzzle! Keep up the good work! Cipher.

This was SUCH a fun video to watch. Thank you for all the time you put into filming and editing this Karen!

thank you for another entertaining video. There definitely is no such thing as simply puzzling the pieces together when you point out how the cypher to it unlocks a whole story worth telling.

You did an incredible research work here, making a very entertaining and special video. Thank you Karen! Can't wait to know about the updates on part II and III.

Wow that was so much fun listening to you telling the story of this puzzle. Thank you and your sister for all the research and time you both spend for this.

I'm an ongoing fan of your channel, but this video in particular is AMAZING! The mystery! The custom cipher graphics! The research! You've crossed over from putting puzzles together with some interesting facts along the way to producing full-on, full-length puzzle history shows (and I love it).

What a great video, Karen! I loved the way you talked us through the cipher, you explained it so well and the visuals were so helpful. Can't wait to see your future videos about these wild 80s puzzles :)

This was fascinating! I love that you've diversified into videos like this - you explained it all really well and it's nice to learn something along with looking at cool puzzles. I can't wait to hear about the million dollar puzzle, and I really hope you can find out more about the other two decipher puzzles, I am very intrigued!

Wow! I'm always amazed at the research you put into your videos. This was excellently done

i love how you took the time to do all the research and explain it to everyone!

I only discovered your channel a few weeks ago and I’m obsessed, I can’t stop watching your videos from the newest ones to ones that were posted like 1 to 2 years ago 💜

Wow. You certainly put in a lot of research in creating this video about the ultimate cipher. Kudos to you.

This video is an absolute gem of Puzzle history. The amount of work you went through to make this into a great documentary, is just mind-blowing. Thank you for this awesome content.

I've never felt like more of a nerd but this is the most fascinating thing I have ever watched.

Cipher, this was an amazing video I don't know why but working on puzzles always calmed me down no matter what, love your videos!

This was so much fun to watch! And thanks for the periodic breaks to breath in between explaining all that.

Regarding the later cipher puzzles and the lack of information, I am thinking that the key (ha ha) is to (1) contact the companies that made or marketed the puzzles (2) contact Holland or his heirs. (I'm assuming that if Holland were still alive you would have thought of reaching out to him.) (3) contact the insurance company that insured the first puzzle, since they may have ensured the next ones. (4) Contact one of the MIT students. They probably remember what happened with the next ones. (5) contact the other people named as winners of the first puzzle. I'm a journalist and a good finder (yes, I'm a Hufflepuff). Contact me privately if you want some help!

“But, they’re not.” Lol! I just recently found your channel and I love it!

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 you kept us listening for 45 minutes!! That must have been so hard to keep interesting and easy to understand! Amazing job Karen. I have the feeling that you will go viral for this video hahahah you deserve it 👏🏼

Karen!!! SOO many cliffhangers!!! I literally cannot wait for your new content!

this was such an interesting video, didn't notice it was 40 minutes long while i was doing the 1000 gradient puzzle from cloudberries, your recomendation!! really cool video!

excited to watch :) i def gotta work on my puzzle today!

I definitely would not have thought I would enjoy a video about the history of an obscure cipher puzzle. Yet, here I am.

Thanks for such a fun and detailed episode today. We really enjoyed it!

Definitely enjoyed this video and the interesting history and story behind a unique puzzle. Would love more history/unique puzzle videos like this.

Thank you for this information! It has sparked my interest about ciphers and puzzles. I am new to puzzling, and you make me happy and excited to do puzzles! Well, I need to go now. Keep puzzling!

ive been lowkey in love with alll your puzzle videos

I really love these essay type videos from you! Very interesting!

I love this video Karen is I'm definitely going to try to look up some info on the other two "cypher" puzzles because of how interesting those will be.

I absolutely adore this type of stuff. It's so fascinating and you are amazing Karen. Cypher's are great!

Absolutely fascinating video!! Really looking forward to the other puzzles and figuring out their Ciphers!

This was a great video Karen! You are such a good story teller and provide clear information in a logical sequence. It kept me on my toes the whole time! And I understood all the complex information! I can't wait for puzzle 2 and 3!

Excellent cipher video, going to have a look online for all of these other puzzles :-)

Awesome video!! I enjoyed this so much, especially all the research and history behind it. Would love to see more videos like this!

Omg, never knew Jigsaw puzzle could have such a great history behind it! I loved the way your video was structured as well, keeping me intrigued until the very end! Btw, because of you I convinced my boyfriend to gift me my first puzzle in almost 15 years for Valentine's day)))

This was great. The explanation of the Cipher was easy to follow and understand. What an interesting story to learn.

Wow I wasn't expecting to be as entertained as I was! Definitely subscribed... keep up the great work!

Great video Karen!! You explained this really well, it was super interesting!!!

This was a fascinating video, and I just wanted to say thank you so much for such a skilled and well-produced video! Your presentation of the story and material made it easy and entertaining to follow - especially the graphics illustrating a how a cipher works. I have just started following your channel in the past few months (since the Try Guys video), and I purchased (and completed) my very first jigsaw puzzle last month! Thanks again for your talented, thoughtful, and fun videos! Take care and stay safe - and I'm looking forward to learning about more awesome puzzles!

SUPER cool. Best 40+ min youtube video I've watched in a long time. Well done!

People are so creative! Who knew there were even cypher puzzles out there? Karen Puzzles did! 😄

Wow what an amazing Cipher! Loved the video, so much history, looking forward to part two

Awesome explanation of the CIPHER and all the historic details. Thanks for putting so much effort into your videos.

Thanks for the breather ❤️ that cipher was so crazy!!