A spirited journey through the world of collectible artisan puzzles
Pairing craft cocktails with crafty puzzles
Mona Lisa Smile
Incisors, canines, premolars or molars, pick your favorite out of thirty two choices.
Animal Cruelty
The story begins in 1975, when the Japanese amusement ride company TOGO released Mogura Taij (Mole Buster), a franticly fun mole smashing game invented by Kazuo Yamada.
What about BOB?
Kagen Sound is trying something new. The American master of finely crafted secret opening boxes is incorporating electronics now, but at least in this case, the batteries are included.
Cosmic Buddha
According to Mr. Puzzle (the original), the mountainous, momentous objective of this puzzling object “is to get Mt Fuji to blow it's top and find the Buddha of All-Illuminating Wisdom, the Dainichi Nyorai.
Bank Account
Located a few miles northeast of Hollywood and known as the “media capital of the world”, the Los Angeles adjacent city of Burbank, California, is occasionally confused with a puzzle.
A Day at the Circus
What has 114 individual parts, weighs almost 1.5 kg, pays homage to a petting zoo, the circus, an Angel, Harry Potter, and has been confused with a berry?
Free at Last
Notes from a conversation with Joseph Turner about his Free Me coin release series
Old Blue Eyes
Madagascar is a small island about two hundred and fifty miles off the east coast of Africa, where you’ll find the only natural habitat of the lemur in the world.