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...]

Category: All Puzzles, Jigsaw Puzzles

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...]

Category: All Puzzles, Rubik's Cube

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...]

Category: All Puzzles, Rubik's Cube

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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Category: All Puzzles

For the real Sudoku addicts Westin Hotels & Resorts will launch Sudoku-themed services by cooperating with Japanese publisher Nikoli Co. (well known for their hand made Sudoku’s), which has given the name of Sudoku to the number placement puzzle.

Westin has opened a Japanese-style garden called ‘Sudoku sanctuary’ in central London, which will operate for a limited period through Monday.

Westin Hotels & Resorts will serve tea to visitors, hoping that they will relax and enjoy Sudoku puzzles. Similar gardens are set to be launched in Paris, Milan and Madrid soon.

Westin Hotels & Resorts will also provide Sudoku-themed services [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Sudoku Puzzles

Room Fake is another Escape The Room type of puzzle game.

Object in Room Fake is to find yourself a way out of a room with an eclectic collection of objects, both whimsical and useful. Among other things, a painting depicting nursery rhymes, a toy dog statue, a number puzzle and the usual collection of screwdrivers and keys all aid you in finding a way out.

The puzzles are mainly intuitive and of moderate difficulty, a nice way to spend a lunch break or unwind from work. And, to what I am sure will be the delight of some [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Escape The Room Games

We all know the problem when Rubik’s Cube has more than three layers. They are very vulnerable and break down very easily.

With V-Cube this problem is now solved. V-CUBE products are manufactured under the V-Cube technology, invented and patented worldwide by the Greek engineer Panagiotis Verdes. V-Cube technology made the construction of cubes, of an unlimited number of layers providing safe and smooth rotation possible.

The use of V-Cube technology made feasible the construction of cubes of more than 5 layers, something that believed to be unattainable for over 20 years. In order to prove this, [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Rubik's Cube