After the Password: The Word and Logic Games on This Site
Bloxorz, Hangman, Word Search, Fast Typer, Little Alchemy 2 and the rest — what each one asks of you and which to play when.
Password Game Blog
The rules explained, a strategy that keeps Paul alive, and what to play when the password is finally accepted.
A Strategy for The Password Game: Order of Operations and the Digit Budget
The order that avoids redoing work, how to budget the 25-digit sum across five rules that all want numbers, and the two mistakes that lose Paul.
The Password Game, Rule by Rule: What Each One Wants and What Breaks It
All twenty rules explained — the arithmetic ones, the ones that change with the clock, and the traps where satisfying one rule silently breaks another.