The Skull puzzle which I designed in 2019 is now available on Kickstarter. This is a campaign by PuzzleMaster of Canada. Precision machine cut from 1/8 inch stainless steel. 67 pieces requiring 116 moves to Read More
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coming soon in december 2021….
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Dirty dozen and l(8)tice on kickstarter project by puzzlemaster
For lovers of interlocking puzzles (and those of you who missed out on my Dirty Dozen), there is a Kickstarter project ongoing now which features two of my designs, the Dirty Dozen and L(8)tice. The Read More
Coin Puzzles By Rex Perez
A very Happy New Year to all my puzzle friends and blog readers! This is my first post for 2019. I have known puzzle collector and designer Rex Rossano Perez from the Philippines for the Read More
Of Mice & Mazes – A Puzzle Card Box
Sorry folks, but you must forgive me for my infrequent postings these days. I have taken on a couple of work commitments and my personal life is also going on! It’s been a couple of Read More
Double Vision
Now this is a very interesting and rather unique Exchange Puzzle. I received the Double Vision from Allan Slocum at this year’s IPP38 in San Diego. Is it even a mechanical puzzle? Well I suppose Read More
The Vault – Guest Post By Mike Desilets
Aloha Kākou puzzlers, I return to JL Puzzles for a quick follow-up to last month’s Flight Case post. As it turns out, I actually own two Smetsers items. When I purchased Flight Case, I couldn’t Read More
Sewing Box
Diniar Namdarian from Germany has always been very well known for his many 2D sliding block puzzle designs. In fact I have quite a number of puzzles he has produced over the years. These have Read More
U-Sockel By Jean-Claude Constantin
Unlike the Adam & Eve entanglement puzzle which I was able to solve on my own, I had little luck with Jean-Claude Constantin’s U-Sockel. Socke in German means “base” in English. The U-Sockel came to Read More
Super Cube
I am not a fan of twisty puzzles nor good at solving them. Not at all. With the exception of some twisties which I bought (because I liked their physical appearance), I own very few. Read More
Flight Case – Guest Post By Mike Desilets
Aloha Kākou puzzlers, Before I go any further, yes, you are at the correct blog! This is JL Puzzles, not a certain other highly esteemed blog I frequent. I have not turned colors, just indulging Read More
IPP38 Puzzle Exchange – 11 August 2018, San Diego, California, USA
This year’s IPP38 Puzzle Exchange took place (the day before the Puzzle Party) on 11 August 2018. It was held at the Wyndham Bayside Hotel in San Diego, California along with the rest of the Read More
Hanayama Cast Arrows
It was a busy last weekend for me at IPP38 in San Diego, California, USA. Two hectic days consisting of the Puzzle Exchange (blog post to come) and the Puzzle Party. Not to mention that Read More
IPP38 Puzzle Party – Part 7
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IPP38 Puzzle Party – Part 6
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