I had a bit of spare time late Sunday afternoon so I thought I would separate out from my four years worth of IPP Exchange Puzzles those 3D packing ones that I thought would make a good article featuring “impossible” 3D packing puzzles. Not because they are impossible to solve; physically or otherwise, obviously they Read More
Month: January 2018
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 several IPPs that I have exchanged puzzles with Norton, he has engaged the services of Bill Sheckels, a fine furniture Read More
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 in August during IP37 in Paris. He was a fine gentleman with a sense of humour and quite full of Read More
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 bids for charity. These are fantastic puzzles and I have played with three of them personally. Bid more than € 450 Read More
Push Box 3
Push Box 3 is a puzzle box and third in the series of Push Box puzzles designed and made by award winning puzzle designer, Dr Simon Nightingale of the UK. As the name would suggest, the previous incarnations of the puzzle were the Push Box and Push Box 2. All three puzzles share the same Read More
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 is anything but such. His second version, the “Pinned Wedge Key Puzzle” was also his IPP35 Exchange Puzzle in Ottawa Read More
The Melting Tile
Happy New Year everyone and may 2018 bring you wonderful blessings and happiness. This is my first blog post of the year and I thought I would start off with a rather interesting and unique packing puzzle designed by my good friend and awarding winning puzzle designer Goh Pit Khiam. The puzzle in question is Read More