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+Author: neale
+Summary: static puzzles
+Answer: puzzle.moth
+
+Puzzle categories are laid out on the filesystem:
+
+    example/
+    ├─1
+    │  └─puzzle.moth
+    ├─2
+    │  ├─puzzle.moth
+    │  └─salad.jpg
+    ├─3
+    │  └─puzzle.py
+    ├─10
+    │  └─puzzle.py
+    └─100
+       └─puzzle.moth
+
+In this example,
+there are puzzles with point values 1, 2, 3, 10, and 100.
+
+Puzzles 1, 2, and 100 are "static" puzzles:
+their content was written by hand.
+
+Puzzles 3 and 10 are "dynamic" puzzles:
+they are generated from a Python module.
+
+To create a static puzzle, all you must have is a
+`puzzle.moth` file in the puzzle's directory.
+This file is in the following format:
+
+    Author: [name of the person who wrote this puzzle]
+    Summary: [brief description of the puzzle]
+    Answer: [answer to this puzzle]
+    Answer: [second acceptable answer to this puzzle]
+
+    This is the puzzle body.
+    It is Markdown formatted:
+    you can read more about Markdown on the Internet.
+
+To move to the next puzzle in a category,
+someone on some team must provide an answer to the highest-point puzzle in that category.
+
+The answer to this puzzle is the name of the file required to make a static puzzle.
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+Author: neale
+Summary: Static puzzle resource files
+Answer: salad
+
+You can include additional resources in a static puzzle,
+by just dropping them in the directory.
+
+You can refer to them directly in your Markdown,
+or use them however else you see fit.
+They will appear in the same directory on the web server once the exercise is running.
+
+![Leafy Green Deliciousness](salad.jpg)
+
+The answer for this page is what is featured in the photograph.
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diff --git a/example-puzzles/example/3/puzzle.py b/example-puzzles/example/3/puzzle.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+def make(puzzle):
+    puzzle.author = 'neale'
+    puzzle.summary = 'dynamic puzzles'
+    answer = puzzle.randword()
+    puzzle.answers.append(answer)
+
+    puzzle.body.write("To generate a dynamic puzzle, you need to write a Python module.\n")
+    puzzle.body.write("\n")
+    puzzle.body.write("The passed-in puzzle object provides some handy methods.\n")
+    puzzle.body.write("In particular, please use the `puzzle.rand` object to guarantee that rebuilding a category\n")
+    puzzle.body.write("won't change puzzles and answers.\n")
+    puzzle.body.write("(Participants don't like it when puzzles and answers change.)\n")
+    puzzle.body.write("\n")
+
+    number = puzzle.rand.randint(20, 500)
+    puzzle.log("One is the loneliest number, but {} is the saddest number.".format(number))
+
+    puzzle.body.write("The answer for this page is {}.\n".format(answer))