The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books website has a weekly Mystery Godoku puzzle.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. The goal of Godoku is to fill in every empty box with one of nine letters. Each letter can appear only once in each horizontal row as well as in each vertical column and in each of the nine 3×3 grids. Some letters are always provided to get you started.

Finally, they also give you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column. It is [Read More...]

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In a previous post I already questioned if women do puzzle more. Most studies I found say so, women play more online puzzles than men, although if you look at puzzle competitions held all over the world most are dominated by men. Studies show that women spend as much or more time playing games on the web. Some of the Games of choice are word games.

Most people think men play the most online games. But a study conducted for AOL in 2004 revealed that women over 40 play the most often and [Read More...]

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This Wooden Sudoku Board I found via Sensory Edge. The Table Top Wood Sudoku Board doesn’t require pencil or paper.

This all wooden version of the addictive logical puzzle game allows you to solve it yourself or get help from others with two sided large tiles and a gaggle of small tiles for your possibility matrix. The game features: - 81 Double Sided Two Color Counters - 81 Mini Counters for multiple choices - A Sudoku book with 100 puzzles - 4 self adhesive board buffers - 1 Velvet counter bag

I think for children this is a much better and nicer [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Rubik's Cube, Sudoku Puzzles

Puzzle Bookshelf by KidKraft is a unique piece of child’s furniture in primary colors.

This imaginative puzzle shaped bookcase is a great place to store children’s books, toys, and collectibles. With this bookshelf a child’s room can be functional and fun.

The pieces are interchangeable and can sit side by side if you’d rather set them up horizontal. Size: 25″ x 11.5″ x 37.5″

Buy Puzzle Bookshelf from Amazon.com. Happy Puzzling!

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Probably you have seen this item about Sudoku Loo Rool already on different weblogs, but this time I could not resist to publish the text provided by UPI (United Press International).

Fans of numerical Sudoku puzzles could be spending more time sitting in the bathroom now that toilet paper with individual puzzles on each sheet is available.

Developed in Britain, its creators call the printed Sudoku Loo Roll “long, strong and entertaining,” and charge about $8 per roll on the iwantoneofthose.com Web site.

The site also says if a user makes it mistake, it’s [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Sudoku Puzzles

Do you like Sudoku or crossword puzzles? Then Schaeffer’s Stockdoku is the game for you!

Stockdoku is the same Sudoku-type game you love, with a stock market twist! The normal numbers from 1 to 9 in the Sudoku puzzle are replaced by nine ticker symbols with the highest Schaeffer’s Equity Scorecard rating of the day.

Arrange the nine ticker symbols so that there are no duplicates in any of the 3×3 grids; across any 9×9 row; or in any 9×9 column — and you’re a winner. Happy Puzzling!

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Category: All Puzzles, Sudoku Puzzles

During an official WCA cube marathon Zbigniew Zborowski broke the official WCA cube marathon record by solving 3,390 Rubik’s cubes within 24 hours.

The old record was 3,141 cubes, set in February 2006 by Brent Morgan. Also a group of six Polish cubers (Lukasz Cialon 3355, Adam Wojtyla 2540, Zbigniew Zborowski 3390, Artur Justynski 2162, Adrian Banas 2481 and Tadeusz Tomala 2011) solved the grand total of 15,939 cubes in 24 hours.

The full results of the Cube Marathon are available via speedcubing.com. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Rubik’s Cube

Category: All Puzzles, Rubik's Cube