Longer pieces about how these games actually work: what separates one puzzle format from another, which techniques change how a board goes, and how to choose a difficulty or a piece count sensibly. Written from playing the games in the catalogue rather than from press copy.
A logic grid asks you to reconstruct facts nobody stated outright: five friends, five pets, five streets — who owns what and lives where?…
Read moreA jigsaw rewards method more than any other picture pastime: two people with the same board and the same hour finish half an hour…
Read moreEvery sliding grid — the classic 15-Puzzle, its little 3×3 brother, the picture versions with a photograph cut into tiles — falls to one…
Read moreMost puzzle games are competent and forgettable. The ones worth returning to share four properties, and none of them are about graphics. The rule…
Read moreAlmost every online jigsaw asks you one question before it starts, and most people answer it without thinking: how many pieces? It is the…
Read moreSorting puzzles are the newest large family in casual gaming and the one people are most embarrassed to admit playing. They also hold attention…
Read moreAlmost everyone believes they have a decent memory for pictures, and almost everyone is wrong in a specific way. Understanding it makes you noticeably…
Read moreThe block puzzle is the most copied format in casual gaming and one of the least understood. Its variants look different and share one…
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