Metropolis is a dissection puzzle. This puzzle is a variation on the soma cube. Although, his version does add to the soma cube in that the number of solutions is limited, this may make it easier to solve. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 4,4,7. It is quite a fun puzzle…
Double trouble is another puzzle by Jean Claude Constantin. It consists of two linked mazes. You push a ball through each of the two centre holes and have to retrieve from the outer holes. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 6,7,6. It is pleasant to look at and has a…
The Blue Dragon puzzle box was designed by Jean Claude Constantin. The aim, unsurprisingly, is to open the box. It is a hard puzzle but very satisfying once you succeed. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 8,8,7. It is very pleasant to look at and has a great aesthetic appeal. Like…
Dog pile is a set of packing puzzles produced by Brainwright. The puzzle was invented by Bob Ferron. The set consists of twelve various shaped dogs and cards with forty-eight puzzles of varying difficulty. That being said, this is basically a cube packing puzzle. An example of one of the puzzles. Artistic Ratings The ratings…
I came across this little puzzle in play store and would like to recommend it. The puzzle is quite simple, you are given four numbers and you need to work out a way to make them equal 10 using +, -, x, / or (). There are 500 puzzles to solve. They all have the…
The Soma cube is a solid dissection puzzle invented by Danish polymath Piet Hein in 1933. The puzzle consists of seven pieces made up of three or four cubes. These 27 cubes need to be assembled to form a larger 3x3x3 cube. I made this example. I purchased 27 child’s building block and stuck them…