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Big Things

A little over three years ago now, Alan Lunsford began introducing the world to these marvelously compact little puzzle cubes that pack a punch.

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Year of the Dragon

It’s time to celebrate bravery, creativity and innovation here at Boxes and Booze – because it’s the Year of the Dragon!

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The Piano Has Been Drinking

It’s time to celebrate another new designer here on the pages of B&B, someone familiar to many by way of his surprisingly complex and mind boggling printed puzzle boxes but being featured here for the first time and at long last.

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Feeling Dizzy

I continue to be impressed and inspired by the big ideas from QuizBrix, and thrilled with their wonderfully fun creations which are made completely out of Lego bricks.

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Knight Rider

Any witch or wizard worth their wand and in need of transportation, because they are too young to aparate or too old to bother, knows all that is required is to hail the bus.

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Brick by Brick

“We are hoping to spread the word that we make the best LEGO PB out there and try to create more great puzzles in the future.”

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Dew the Suze

Sometimes, you just want a soda. Sure, you know it’s bad for you, basically sugar-water and chemicals, and that you really shouldn’t indulge. But life is too short for the ascetic life, right?

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Lunar Landing

With Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos hot on his tail, little ol’ Leisure Luke B. from Minnesota has beaten them to it and gone off to the moon on his own.

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Heart of the Matter

The Golem is a pervasive mythical guardian which appears time and again in various fantasy lore, originating with Jewish myth and mysticism.

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Reindeer Games

They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

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Stuff of Legends

So sets the stage to start this new year off on an incredible adventure …

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Good Egg

Season’s Greetings everyone! I have something special in store for the holidays, so be on the hunt. Keep your eyes peeled, your wits unscrambled, and you hunches hard boiled. Eggsceptional offerings are to be eggspected this time of year so let’s get cracking.

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Antics

Mule. Prius. Broccolini. Live-Zoom. What do these random things have in common?

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Born to be Wild

One of the most notorious criminals in US history, known for his bold and audacious acts of robbery and brutality, gained his fame the old fashioned way, through self-promotion.

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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.

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Let the Good Times Roll

Pair O’ Dice is much more than meets the eye, packed with surprises, clever mechanisms, and plenty of steps needed to find the treasures hidden inside.

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Ice Capades

It’s getting hot here in Houston Texas, so let’s crank the AC and head to the local ice house for a few cold drinks.

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Burr Bot

Burr Bot is a hybrid puzzle box and burr puzzle which also incorporates sequential discovery elements. For a non-burr puzzle enthusiast, it’s also an approachable and addictive introduction to the genre that manages to be both seriously challenging and incredibly fun.

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Box of the Celts

How do you fit all the “Gauls, Celtiberians, Gallaecians, Galatians, Britons, Gaels and their offshoots” (Wikipedia) into a little box? That stunt would take some gall, I imagine.

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Dabbit Invasion!

This story arguably starts back in 1892, in a German satire magazine called Fliegende Blätter (flying leaves / loose sheets), where the first published illustration of these ambiguous animals appeared with the caption “Rabbit and Duck”. Was it a rabbit, or a duck?

A spirited journey through the world of collectible artisan puzzles