Finally I was able to add the Gordian’s Knot Puzzle to my puzzle collection.

According to Wikipedia The Gordian Knot is a legend associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem, solved by a bold stroke (“cutting the Gordian knot”).

The Gordian’s Knot puzzle consist of six colored interlocking puzzle pieces which must be taken apart (it takes minimum 69 moves) and assemble again (also a minimum of 69 moves).

Thinkfun, manufacturer of Gordian’s Knot describes the puzzle [Read More...]

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You can’t spit on a ball if you’re a pitcher, but you can write on one if it’s The New York Times Crossword Puzzle Baseball. Edited by the legendary Will Shortz, head of the New York Times crossword and founder of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, this indelible baseball features countless questions on the game’s greatest slang, players and teams to show and broaden your knowledge of the national pastime. The questions and answers are included too, but don’t get caught stealing the latter. Ball is handmade and imported. Made in China and USA. Uncommon Knowledge: The first published [Read More...]

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Matt sent me an email about the WiiPocross website, where a lot of things are happening.

WiiPicross.com is probably one of the most accessible, and user-content driven picross (also known Logic Art, Nonogram, Hanjie and Griddlers) sites available. It has nearly 3,500 puzzles and already over 1.5 million games played.

They offer a Puzzle of the Day of course, a dynamic points scheme with three live rankings, voting, custom designer, user profiles, gamer-cards, Wii and PC compatibility and all kinds of other fun and frivolous features.

The main reason Matt contacted me, is that WiiPicross [Read More...]

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Give a one-of-a-kind gift with this personalized puzzle featuring a custom map. From any starting point, National Geographic will create a 400-piece jigsaw puzzle of a six-by-four-mile area using U.S. Geological Survey maps. A house-shaped piece in the center represents the address you choose.

The map puzzle shows main roads, contour lines, water features, vegetation, and notable buildings. Arrives in a presentation box with space for a personal message. Specify recipient’s full U.S. address, including street number and name, city, state, and zip code. 12 1/4”W x 18 1/2”L completed.

Available via National Geographic Shop. [Read More...]

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HowToDoThings.com recently published an article targeted at helping novices learn how to solve Rubik’s Cube.

The article called ‘Beginner’s guide to solving Rubik’s Cube – an introduction to strategies for solving Rubik’s Cube’ includes some ‘how to’ information for beginners, but is really geared at teaching new cubers some strategies for getting started with solving Rubik’s Cube.

Rather than focus entirely on techniques, it’s a way for beginners to think about how to approach the challenge. They got permission from Lars Petrus to use his java-based cube animation widget to provide [Read More...]

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Liam sent an email about his puzzle website where you can find Cube’o’, an online 3D Flash puzzle game and looks a bit like a Rubik’s Cube version of Peter’s Blackhole.

Object of Cube’o’ is to slide the pieces into position so that each side of the cube has its own distinctive color (green, yellow, red, blue, orange and purple). Dark grey is no good. You can do this by clicking on a cube next to the open space to make it slide into the open space. You can [Read More...]

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Solitairo is small Flash variant of the original puzzle game Solitaire.

Object is to remove the pegs from the board in this solitaire game. A perfect game would leave only one peg on the board. As the the game never starts with a peg missing at the same place it’s also playable more than once. Happy puzzling!

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