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The Stomachion: Archimedes' Lost Puzzle
A puzzle designed in the third century BC, erased in the tenth, recovered in the twentieth, and finally counted in 2003. Nothing else in the hobby has a history like...
The Stomachion: Archimedes' Lost Puzzle
A puzzle designed in the third century BC, erased in the tenth, recovered in the twentieth, and finally counted in 2003. Nothing else in the hobby has a history like...
Tangram: History, Maths and How to Solve It
The tangram is the most widely taught mechanical puzzle in the world. It is also, almost always, taught with a history that is not true.
Tangram: History, Maths and How to Solve It
The tangram is the most widely taught mechanical puzzle in the world. It is also, almost always, taught with a history that is not true.
Impossible Objects Explained
Most puzzles ask you to do something. An impossible object asks you to explain something: not how to open it, but how on earth it was made.
Impossible Objects Explained
Most puzzles ask you to do something. An impossible object asks you to explain something: not how to open it, but how on earth it was made.
Dexterity Puzzles Explained
Every other mechanical puzzle is finished the moment you understand it. A dexterity puzzle is the one kind where understanding is only the start.
Dexterity Puzzles Explained
Every other mechanical puzzle is finished the moment you understand it. A dexterity puzzle is the one kind where understanding is only the start.
Maze Puzzles Explained
A maze on paper is trivial because you can see all of it at once. Take the view away and the same problem becomes something else entirely.
Maze Puzzles Explained
A maze on paper is trivial because you can see all of it at once. Take the view away and the same problem becomes something else entirely.
Best Cluebox Puzzles Ranked
iDventure make six escape-room-in-a-box puzzles. They look similar, cost about the same, and every one of them sounds essential. Here is how they actually compare.
Best Cluebox Puzzles Ranked
iDventure make six escape-room-in-a-box puzzles. They look similar, cost about the same, and every one of them sounds essential. Here is how they actually compare.