Now this must surely be one of, if not the most expensive puzzle in the world. At US$40,000 a pop, this exquisitely made puzzle cabinet was custom crafted by Robert Yarger for a very discerning Read More
Category: Puzzles
IPP38 Puzzle Party – Part 4
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IPP38 Puzzle Party – Part 3
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IPP38 Puzzle Party – Part 2
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IPP38 Puzzle Party – San Diego – Part 1
This 38th edition of this year’s International Puzzle Party (IPP38) was held in San Diego, California, USA from 10th – 12th August 2018. Venue was a nice hotel downtown, the Wyndham San Diego Bayside. The Read More
IPP38 Puzzle Design Competition
The IPP38 Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition entries are out. A total of 67 designs from around the world. From what I can see, there are loads of really interesting designs and I can’t wait Read More
3D Puzzle – Berro(Skull)
After successfully producing my first stainless steel burr style interlocking puzzle the Dirty Dozen, I was eager to try out another interlocking design in metal. And I got my inspiration from the wonderfully beautiful puzzle sculptures Read More
Anti-Gravity Box
Happy Friday the 13th! For me, it was my lucky day…I solve a rather difficult puzzle without resorting to the solution! It’s been several weeks since my last puzzle blog post. Sorry, I was very Read More
Haleslock 3
In the modern era of puzzle lock designers, undisputedly, only one or two names come to mind; Rainer Popp, the master of eleven Popplock designs to date. Dan Feldman is the other with his Danlock Read More
Symmetric Shape Puzzles
The IPP37 Puzzle Exchange saw no less than half a dozen or so symmetric shape puzzles. These and other similar style ones have become increasingly popular for puzzlers and designers in recent years. Especially so Read More
Adam & Eve
I normally don’t quite fancy disentanglement puzzles. But once in a while along comes something that looks to be quite manageable without all that twisting ropes and such and I will give one a try. Read More
Double Feature
This weekend’s puzzle is the Double Feature designed by Stewart Coffin. Exchanged by Saul Bobroff at IPP37, the Double Feature is Coffin’s design # X-75A as indicated on the packaging. There is a design #75A Read More
9 Puzzle – Hordern B25
Designer Naoaki Takashima designed this sliding block puzzle way in March 1985. From what I have heard, Takashima-san owns the largest collection of mechanical puzzles in Japan. The collection it seems is well in excess Read More
Eiffel Six Cube
I had read about this Eiffel Six Cube Puzzle a while back. This was a blog post by Allard Walker sometime in September last year. At that time, I commented on his post that I Read More
Currency R&R
This colourful 2D packing puzzle is the joint design effort of Rex Rosanno Perez and Stanislav Knot. Rex hails from the Philippines and Stan is from the Czech Republic.. Joint designs for puzzles are not Read More
Concentric Arc
After a dismal week or so of not being able to find the correct solution for the Gridlock at the Arc De Triomphe, I thought I would try another kind of “arc”. This time, it’s Read More