Traffic Trauma is an edge matching puzzle. It has sixteen square pieces which need to be places in a square with edges matching. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 2,2,2. The puzzle is not very pleasing. There is nothing artistic in the design, three of the pieces are duplicated. There are…
Anaconda is a fun edge matching puzzle. It has eight rectangular pieces which need to be places in a square making one snake that weaves around the pieces. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 5,4,4. The final solution is pleasant to look at and I think the whole presentation of the…
The Case of the Treasury Safe is a puzzle box produced by Professor Puzzle Ltd. It is part of their ‘Sherlock Holmes’ range. Would you allow me a little rant here; I do get annoyed when puzzles are gratuitously linked to a famous person without a good reason. The same way classic films are remade…
Drivers Dream is a wooden packing puzzle from George Luck. You need to rearrange the town in order to park the car. This puzzle dates from the mid 1980’s and has been produced by hand. The family-run business has been making high quality and colourful puzzles since 1975 and now days uses the latest laser…
Jungle is an edge matching puzzle. It consists of thirty six square cards that need to be arrange into a larger square having six squares per side. There are four different coloured vines that need to be matched. Each vine crosses the outside edge twice, once to enter and once to leave. This puzzle is…
Another packing puzzle, arrange the squares into the large tray area. This version dates from the 1980’s and was made for British Home Stores. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 2,4,3. I think there is very little artistic merit. On the plus side you are putting the squares into a…
This vintage puzzle dates from the late 1970’s / early 1980’s. It consists of 13 pieces which need to be arranged in a frame. On the box it says there are 1641 different combinations. I have not checked this, but my take away is that its an easy puzzle. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have…
When our children were young we liked to get involved with the Parents Association and their Summer Fares and Winter Fares. We would run a puzzle stall. We had puzzles that the children could try and solve within a set amount of time. This is one of them that was used at a lot of…
This puzzle was invented by Bill Cutler and produced by Ishi International Ltd. As Bill says: “This is my best puzzle design ever. A good puzzle is one which looks simple or straightforward, but is not. You cannot get the answer by routine analysis. What you need is a flash of inspiration. After that the…