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…
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…