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Here we offer you a variety
of puzzles - some great classics, some of them our own original
content - that you can play on your own or with friends. You'll also
find a few illusions, magic tricks and other amusements. |
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For the most part they're
intended to be played with simple props, such as coins, or by cutting
out paper shapes, away from the computer. Check them out on your
screen and, for the ones that intrigue you, print out the challenge
and play it wherever it suits you. |
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Play Six Puzzles of the
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Dodecagon-to-Square Dissection |
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Bet not every day you see a challenge to divide a regular dodecagon into a
set of pieces which can be then rearranged to create a perfect square.
Would you dare to give it a try? |
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Dissection Puzzles |
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Triangle in Addition |
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A rhomb and a square made of eight matchsticks. More just three
matchsticks and create an equilateral triangle in addition to the two
initial shapes. What is the right approach? |
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Matchstick Puzzles |
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The Three Dice Sum |
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Stack three dice in a tower. Glance at it for a moment and... say the sum
of spots on the hidden faces. You know for sure you won't miss but what's
the trick? |
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Other Manipulative Puzzles |
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Broken Checkerboard |
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Restore a simple 5x5 checkerboard from the six pieces scattered around.
Don't forget to alternate the colors of the cells. Are there many ways to
make the board? |
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Checkerboard
Puzzles |
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The Alkborough Maze |
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Trace your own route through the Alkborough turf maze in Lincolnshire,
England. This unicursal maze known as "Julian's Bower" is believed to date
from the medieval period. |
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Mazes |
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Play Puzzles of the Previous
Months |
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Last Updated:
May 25, 2008 |
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The Simple Book of Not-So-Simple Puzzles |
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More than a hundred original and creative puzzles
from the Grabarchuk family group. The puzzles collected in the book
are very different but they all require "out of the box" approach and
are based heavily on a visual appeal... |
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Play three new items:
Dodecagon-to-Square Dissection,
Triangle in Addition,
The Three Dice Sum
[April 25, 2008] |
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Play three new items:
Sphere Between Cubes,
Digits in the Square,
Pearls in the Grid 2 and
three modified items:
Missing Piece,
Magic Triangle,
Falling Box
[March 23, 2008] |
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Play three new items:
The Triangular Grid,
Square to Triangle,
The Theobalds Maze and
three modified items:
Shapes & Colors,
The Cross Breaker,
Next Symbol
[February 23, 2008] |
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