{"title":"Pocket Puzzles","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmall puzzles that travel. These fit in a jacket pocket, a backpack side pocket or a carry-on, and they are cheap enough that losing one is annoying rather than painful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSize is not the same as easy. Some of the hardest puzzles in the shop are the small ones - \u003ca href=\"\/products\/shinobi-puzzle\"\u003eShinobi\u003c\/a\u003e is three flat pieces at $7 and regularly takes over an hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat to pack\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a plane or a train, the enclosed ones are safest: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/swapping-castles\"\u003eSwapping Castles\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/slidely-trivial-3-piece-packing-puzzle\"\u003eSlidely Trivial\u003c\/a\u003e keep their pieces in the frame. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/turbulence-4-piece-packing-puzzle\"\u003eTurbulence\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/fish-tank-3-piece-packing-puzzle\"\u003eFish Tank\u003c\/a\u003e are flat trays that work on a tray table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a pocket: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/2-piece-pyramid\"\u003e2 Piece Pyramid\u003c\/a\u003e at $6, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/newtons-gravity-defying-puzzle\"\u003eNewton's Gravity Defying Puzzle\u003c\/a\u003e at $9, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/impossible-dovetail-box\"\u003eImpossible Dovetail\u003c\/a\u003e at $15, and the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/burr-puzzles\"\u003esmall burrs\u003c\/a\u003e from $13.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBest for\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrequent flyers and commuters. Parents building a distraction kit for a long journey. Teachers and managers who want a few puzzles in a drawer. Buyers assembling a stocking or a secret santa under $20.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAre pocket puzzles easier than full-size ones?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. Piece count and physical size are unrelated to difficulty. Several puzzles here are rated hard or expert despite having three or four pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhich ones can I solve on a plane?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sliding and tray puzzles, because the pieces stay inside the frame. Loose-piece assembly puzzles are risky on a tray table - pieces roll.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is a good set to buy together?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree or four under $15 covers different puzzle types and gives a traveller variety. Mixing one tray puzzle, one sliding puzzle and one small burr works well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAre these suitable for children?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost suit ages 12 and up. They are small enough to be a choking risk for young children, and the difficulty is aimed at adults and teens.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"shinobi-puzzle","title":"Shinobi Puzzle | Create a Symmterical Shape","description":"\u003cp\u003eShinobi is a flat 3-piece symmetry puzzle where the goal is to arrange all pieces into a perfectly symmetrical shape on a flat surface, with no overlapping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat Makes Shinobi Deceptive\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt looks like something you could solve in minutes - three pieces, one flat surface, how hard can it be? But most solvers take over an hour just to find the easy solution. 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