Friday, August 31, 2012

T-POT: brass puzzle from Rocky Chiaro

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T-POT is a 2 inch puzzle from Rocky Chiaro. The object is to remove the lid. I bought this puzzle from Rocky at the International Puzzle...
Thursday, August 30, 2012

BeeCells Lite: free puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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BeeCells Lite is a point scoring puzzle app. The object is to group the colors into clusters of 6 or more. When that happens, you score 6 ...

Think-N-Link: puzzle app for 3 year olds

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Long time 'followers' of this blog may remember Quares. I reviewed it October of last year. It's a point scoring puzzle app. ...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Arrow Point: puzzle app FREE UNTIL SETP 3RD

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The object of Arrow Point is to place 16 tiles in the middle of the grid so that the numbered squares on the perimeter have exactly tha...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

PuzzleJanken: free puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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PuzzleJanken is really Rock, Paper, Scissors. Notice the Peace sign? That's scissors. You get the idea. You are given a grid of s...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Gone Buggy: puzzle app for ipad, iphone Review

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Gone Buggy is a packing puzzle consisting of mostly 1, 2 & 4 sized tiles in the shapes of bugs. The objective is to fit them into ...

Banzai Dice is free until Sept 1

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I wrote about Banzai Dice about 2 months ago. Banzai Dice is a point scoring puzzle app. Figuring out a strategy is tricky.  Good luc...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Cast O'Gear: Hanayama Mechanical Puzzle of the Week Review

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Cast O'Gear  comes from Oskar van Deventer. I bought Oskar's first version of this which was all plastic made by George Miller. ...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Lasers Free: puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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The object of Lasers Free is to move the laser nodes around so that the beams strike all of the white diamonds. There are more than 50...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

SEQ: free puzzle app for iphone, ipad Review

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SEQ comes from Thomas Castel and is an interesting puzzle app! The object is to draw paths from each colored number to any of the zeros on...
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Monday, August 20, 2012

TYL: free puzzle app for iphone ipad

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According to Benjamin Dicken, the author, TYL is "the most AMAZING PUZZLE APP YOU WILL EVER PLAY!" I'm not sure I'd a...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Cast Star: Hanayama Mechanical Puzzle of the Week Review

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Click here for the solution. This is a classic take-apart puzzle.  Great as a gift for kids.
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Blink Blox: puzzle app for iphone, ipad Review

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Blink Blox is a sliding tile puzzle app. The object is to get the colored tiles in a row or column in order to make them disappear.  The B...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Neon Snake: free puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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The object of Neon Snake is to slide the green snake to the big green circle. Neon Snake reminds us of Wriggle and Snake Slider. There...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

CrossCross Puzzle: puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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The object of CrossCross Puzzle is to make each square get to zero. Tap on a square and all the squares in that row and column will decrea...

International Puzzle Party

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I just got back from attending the annual International Puzzle Party. It was held in nearby Washington D.C.  There were about 400 puzzlers a...
Monday, August 13, 2012

Woodhead: puzzle app for iphone, ipad Review

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Matthew Klundt, of Terrible Games, recently sent me a promo code to play-test his puzzle app Woodhead. Woodhead is a sliding tiles puz...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Cast Heart: Hanayama Mechanical Puzzle of the week Review

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I first got Cast Heart about 10 years ago.  It's one of those few disentanglement puzzles that I really like. It's not terrib...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Chess Puzzle of the Day: puzzle app for iphone, ipad Review

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Chess Puzzle of the Day comes from Adrian Hanft. This is a legitimate 'Mate in 2' or 'Mate in 3' puzzle app. If you tr...
Tuesday, August 7, 2012

SudokuPDQ: puzzle app for iphone, ipad Review

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Are you a gambler? How fast can you do an easy Sudoku? SuDoKuPDQ! comes from Tom Emrich. Practice Mode: you are given 20 seconds to fin...
Monday, August 6, 2012

Arrow Command: free iphone, ipad puzzle app

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Arrow Command is a set of 120 maze puzzles.  The Big Red Arrow must get to the red circle, while picking up stars along the way. You mu...
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Friday, August 3, 2012

Cast Cuby: Hanayama Mechanical Puzzle of the Week Review

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The object of Cast Cuby is to swivel and rotate the object through the 6 windows until the correct orientation is achieved and can slide ...
Thursday, August 2, 2012

Minds of Mathematics: free iphone/ipad app Review

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IBM produced this free puzzle app that chronicles the history of mathematics. There's a lot here. Definitely check out the 9 s...
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Chain Solitaire: free puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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Chain Solitaire is similar to the Uno and Crazy Eights card games. But it's a solitaire version.Try to create a string of cards at the...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Drawesome: free puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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Look at the image on the left. Can you draw it without lifting your pen/pencil and without tracing a line? This was a very popular pencil ...
Monday, July 30, 2012

Banzai Dice: puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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Banzai Dice is a point scoring puzzle app. The object is to create strings of 4 consecutive numbers or 4 identical numbers to score poi...
Friday, July 27, 2012

NineOut: point scoring puzzle app: another update

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I have posted blurbs about NineOut a few times. You might say I've become obsessed with this little game. About 1 month ago, I was th...
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Cast Spiral: Hanayama Mechanical Puzzle of the Week Review

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This puzzle resembles a 4 piece puzzle that is shaped as a square. The old Binary Arts company, now known as ThinkFun, produced it. The ...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Stoked: free puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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The object of Stoked is to eliminate all the bugs - in this case - with 3 taps. Tap on a red bug and it shoots 1 bullet in each direction....
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Chess - Free by CNVCS: free puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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There are many free chess apps available.  Do a search for cnvcs at the app store. This particular version has lots of bells & whist...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Curvy Free: puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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The object of Curvy Free is to rotate all of the tiles - in place - until all of the lines and colors match up. We've seen this type...
Monday, July 23, 2012

Slide Frog: free puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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The object of Slide Frog, a free puzzle app, is to slide rows and columns - not individual cells - to match the given pattern. We've...

650 hits per day!

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This blog now gets about 650 hits per day! Also, if you google the phrase 'puzzle app', this site comes up #1.  The itunes store c...
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Friday, July 20, 2012

Cast Nutcase: Hanayama Mechanical Puzzle of the Week Review

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Oskar van Deventer created this take-apart puzzle. It's tough! I spent hours twisting the nuts back and forth. One of my studen...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Brain Fit 2: free iphone ipad puzzle app

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The object of Brain Fit 2 is to assemble the pieces to fit into the light green rectangle at the top of the screen. The graphics and use...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Frankenword

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The object of Frankenword is to use the given letters to find two words that blend into each other. Frankenword is a free puzzle app. We...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

PathPix HD: puzzle app for iphone ipad

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The object of PathPix HD is to connect pairs of numbers with a line that will cover exactly that many squares.  Look at the center of the ...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Fuusio: puzzle app for ipad, iphone Review

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Marko Salmela recently contacted me about his new puzzle app Fuusio.  You are presented with grids of different colors. Your task is to me...
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