“Traveling Songs,” an amusing matching puzzle by Stu Agler, is in the Wild Cards section of June’s issue of Games World of Puzzles.
Your job is to match 20 song titles to the artists who popularized those songs.
Who knows? Might make a nice playlist for your next road trip!
“They treat the puzzle like a mixtape, and they treat language as powerful and arbitrating. They are very, very focused on an inclusive puzzle – where inclusive is both political and cultural.” — Natan Last on Gen Z crossword constructors https://t.co/NYsJmmHYbR via @csmonitor
In today's post, we've got info on upcoming crossword puzzle tournaments, events, and Free RPG Day. June is absolutely packed with puzzle and game fun!
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Thomas L. McDonald reviewed Sea Scroll, a new set-building game, in June’s issue of Games World of Puzzles.
McDonald praised the game for its artwork, table appeal, and variability.
“Itʼs the type of design that could easily become a perennial favorite,” he wrote.
Grade? A!
In the latest installment of “Discovering Japanese Logic Puzzles,” Andrew Parr introduces “Worms.”
This amusing puzzle, created by Naoki Inaba, is relatively easy, so Parr has added a few tricky ones—just for fun.
Get June’s issue of “Games World of Puzzles” and give ’em a try!
Joel Nanni’s “52-Skiddoo” is always fun to solve.
For such a simple puzzle, it can be confounding. But we enjoy the challenge!
His latest, in June’s issue of Games World of Puzzles, includes a synonym for immovable, immutable, and unswerving.
Have you found it yet?
When you think about why you enjoy puzzles, who do you think of? In today's post, I celebrate one of those people.
If there's someone you'd like to honor, or a story you'd like to share, I'd love to hear it.
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“By the mid-2010s, Mbock became one of the world’s top players of Chun-Li, the ‘strongest woman in the world’ from the Street Fighter series. He’s so good that he’s actually beaten gaming legend Daigo Umehara…” — Gene Park https://t.co/89DC8buZI2
“What makes ‘Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play’ worth recommending is not simply that it tells a familiar story well. It is that it treats games with seriousness without draining them of joy.” — Jake Su https://t.co/ToutVmwBfm @SavePGaming
“Mr. Nosowsky had a sense of humor long before his puzzle constructing days. When he was a urologist, his family said, patients would thank him and call him a great doctor. He would answer: ‘Please tell my mother.’” — Deb Amlen https://t.co/Ree8uDo1i1
Great news, puzzle lovers! The June issue of Games World of Puzzles is on sale now.
It’s crammed with lots of clever, creative puzzles, including Floris Smith’s “Tents” and “Domino Sums” by Rodolfo Kurchan.
Grab a copy and start solving!
“The first chance I have to create a positive response in the solvers’ experience is when they look at the puzzle.” — Robert Logan, crossword constructor https://t.co/SXCnMe8TDh
Puzzlemaker Rodolfo Kurchan likes to keep solvers on their toes.
In May’s issue of Games World of Puzzles, he presents a new challenge: “Word Battleships,” a clever variation on the classic pencil-and-paper game.
Better batten down the hatches before beginning this one!
You don’t need to drive anywhere to enjoy “Plate It Again, Fans,” Shawn Kennedy’s clever puzzle all about automobile license plates.
Can you identify the TV show or movie where each one appeared?
See how fast you can solve it—without exceeding the speed limit!
Think you know movies? Then try Jack Lechner’s latest TriviaLogic Puzzle, “Take One.” It’s all about the Student Academy Awards.
You’ve likely seen the Hollywood movies these budding auteurs later made.
But can you identify their apprentice work, film school & year they won?
Now Online! Watch recordings of the 2026 Punniest of Show (start 00:07.30) and PunSlingers (02:17:50) on the YouTube channel. https://t.co/AVWfEz1R81 Thanks Sasha for iPad Switcher production. #puns, #comedy, #punoff, #austinatx
May’s issue of Games World of Puzzles includes two entertaining Murdoku puzzles by Manuel Garand.
Murdoku is a clever combination of Sudoku and murder mystery.
Garand has published two books of Murdoku with Puzzlewright Press.
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“You just meet these people who are wicked smart, and funny and kind. It's nice to have a group of friends who speak the language.” — Claire Rimkus, a 36-year-old chemist, on crossword puzzle tournaments https://t.co/p0fBdQ1Z8Y
We’re always delighted to bring you a new puzzle by Pedja Banovic.
His latest, “Gray Matter,” is a clever combination of word recognition and logic.
It’ll stretch your mental muscles, but we’re confident in you.
Grab the May issue of Games World of Puzzles and give it a try!