Puzzles

Architest Puzzle – Thank, challenge & embarrass your client, architect, contractor or engineer friends or project team with this architectural gift. The Architest Challenge: Balance six nails on the head of a nail! This is a folk tavern puzzle made of a milled maple wood block and 7 – 20P common golden nails. The fun is in the simple single solution. This handsome gift measures 2″ x 2″ x 9″. It has 7 gold nails (one stored in the center hole.) 1. Place The Architest I Puzzle on a level...

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Heavy Hitter is HUGE! That does not necessarily make this puzzle easier. The brass bats are much heavier, so you will need to hold the unfinished construction quite firmly and sometimes for quite a long time. As with all dexterity puzzles — the main difficulty is to understand how to handle the construction. You will feel, at times, that you need one more hand (at least) to complete it. You may actually ask somebody to help you, but most probably it will just complicate things.

The Double Tumbler is the second and more difficult iteration of the Tumbler puzzle. The Double Tumbler shares two identical pieces with his little brother but yet has added two distinctly different parts. Similar to the Tumbler, there are added slots and

Update 23 October 2017 - Dear Reader, please check out my new puzzle blog and e-store at http://mechanical-puzzles.com While my own Perplexity Puzzle is pretty worn looking, it happens to be one of my favourite puzzles (apart from the YOTs). I was lucky enough to find one of these pretty rare puzzles on Ebay. It was only when I received the puzzle from the seller did I realise just how tiny (and cute) the puzzle is. The Perplexity Puzzle was designed by a Richard M. Shaffer who patented the...

Inspired by Jules Verne and his trilogy, a new puzzle NEMO. Designed and made in the Czech Republic by puzzler RADEMIC. This stupendous multi-task puzzle has two brass balls inside, the aim is to remove them. Sounds simple, but it is far from it. The in

Road Blocks won the Jury Honourable Mention Award at this year's IPP35 Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition in Ottawa, Canada. This design comes from fellow Singaporean puzzler Goh Pit Khiam, whose other entry, "Number Blocks" also won the same award....two exact same awards in the same competition, a rarity indeed! My copy of Road Blocks was bought from Tom Lensch, during the IPP35 Puzzle Party. Made of Maple for the box and pieces comprising of Bocote, Indian Rosewood, Yellowheart and...

A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the puzzle-obsessed.

The Ocvalhedron Puzzles from VIN & CO are made from plum, elm, cherry and maple (#13) and walnut and maple (#30). Made in the Czech Republic, Ocvalhedron consists of 4 pieces. VIN & CO puzzles are beautiful and need to be held to be fully appreciated. Crafted by a master craftsman, Vaclav Obsivac is world renowned for producing superb premium puzzles with exceptional build quality. Buy Online at JPGamesLtd.co.uk

A rare opportunity to purchase this classic, available in very limited quantities, the Pachinko box is a captivating sequential discovery puzzle from Wil Strijbos. The 3 stages to solve are to free the coin (whilst the box is closed), then open the box and finally to free the second coin. No banging, rotating or external tools are needed at all, and importantly please don't use any force, simply slide back and forth carefully, change positions, etc. Buy @JPGames.co.uk

Luzon is the final "find the star" sequential discovery puzzle by Rex Rossano Perez. Luzon is another superb laser cut acrylic pocket size puzzle which measures Rex Rossano Perez is a name synonymous with packing puzzles and has quickly become one of the most high-profile designers around. The deceptive simplicity combined with superb engineering are his trademarks and make his puzzles extremely enjoyable and satisfying to solve. Buy @JPGames.co.uk

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Other sizes of King of the Mountain that you might like: Mini https://www.etsy.com/customcribboards/listing/1350942239/mini-king-of-the-mountain-cribbage-board Small https://www.etsy.com/customcribboards/listing/1656614209/small-king-of-the-mountain-cribbage With King of the Mountain Cribbage Board you get a different number of cribbage boards depending on the number of mountains you have. Each set comes with a different connectors depending on the number of mountains. As well as 3 metal...

Made by Jean Claude Constantin and made in Nuremburg, Germany using laser cut wood and stainless steel. Constantin is a prolific puzzle designer known worldwide, this is just one puzzle from his extensive range. The Viking Box is a combination of both a maze and sequential puzzle. To open it, you must solve the maze on the top of the box. To solve the puzzle, you must manipulate the combination of turning wheel, metal balls and sliding pieces. This is a challenging puzzle. Buy @JPGames.co.uk