The last several months, all the attention appears to have been showered on Rainer Popp’s very massive, very challenging and very expensive puzzle lock, the T11 Popplock. This week I had the chance to play with a
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Ring Bottle Puzzle By Wil Strijbos
This glass puzzle called the Ring Bottle Puzzle. It has been sitting at the top shelf of my puzzle closet for the longest time. So long that I had forgotten about it for almost 7
Who Moved My (Swiss) Cheese?
I got this rather cute and interesting packing puzzle, the Swiss Cheese courtesy of William Waite. I have had the pleasure of meeting William on several occasions during the past IPPs and corresponded with him
Simplexity – “Natural” Disentanglement Puzzle
Strange Catapult looking device I have never been good at nor too interested in disentanglement puzzles, hence my collection is very small as I generally don’t buy any. As far as I can remember the
A Wooden Puzzle From Wil Strijbos
From Wil Strijbos? I think a wooden puzzle coming from Wil Strijbos would be usually somewhat of a surprise. Most puzzlers know Wil Strijbos as a designer of challenging, high quality (and some rather expensive)
Chorazin – A Puzzle Inspired By A Synagogue
This is the second put together puzzle designed by Yael Meron that I have played with (the first being Tel Arad). I must say I really enjoyed this one. I have met Yael Meron, who hails
Yet Another Clover Puzzle YACP
This has got to be one of the most colourful and “pretty” packing puzzles around. The YACP was Rik van Grol’s IPP37 Exchange Puzzle in Paris last year. With a name like that, I can
International ( Puzzle Party) Airports
Now amongst the many 2D packing puzzles made of acrylic (a.k.a Plexiglass), the International Puzzle Party Airports Puzzle (“IPPA”) must be one of the best made and sophisticated looking ones around. I really like the
Coffin’s Four Piece Cube
This weekend I opted for a “simpler” interlocking cube to navigate. So I decided on Norton Starr’s IPP37 Exchange Puzzle, Coffin’s Four Piece Interlocking Cube, designed by Stewart Coffin, the latter’s design #93. For the
Deadly Romance
This post is dedicated to fellow puzzler and designer Markus Gotz, who passed away on 7 January 2018. I have had the pleasure of meeting Markus at several IPPs previously and most recently last year
MiSenary Box
Dear Puzzlers UPDATE 22 Jan 2018 – Free Goodies For Winning Bidder of misenary box!!! Michel van Ipenburg has decided to give incentives for bids exceeding various levels in the hope that this will raise higher
Paris Pinned Wedge Key Puzzle
Keith Winegar’s rather lengthy named IPP37 Exchange Puzzle, the “Paris Pinned Wedge Key Puzzle” (PPWKP) is the latest in the series of his take apart Wedge Key Puzzles. These puzzles look like jigsaw puzzles but
Twisted Sisters
It sounds like the name of the 1970s heavy metal rock band…but that is Twisted Sister, without the “s”. This one is the name given to Theo Geerinck’s IPP37 Exchange Puzzle. The goal is to
Eye Fill Burr
The “Eye Fill Burr” was the IPP37 Exchange Puzzle of Steve Nicholls from the UK. Quite a cool name I might add for a burr puzzle that does not look like a burr; it not
Another Sharp Looking Puzzle
Until I did a Google for the meaning of French Point, I thought all razor blades for shaving were the same. Not that I know any better since I use a pocket electric shaver on
Hanayama Cast Ring
I have had the Cast Ring for quite a long time now, one of those puzzles that I bought a while back, stacked it together with other puzzles in the puzzle cupboard out of sight