A spirited journey through the world of collectible artisan puzzles
Pairing craft cocktails with crafty puzzles
Coastal Living
There was a time, once upon a time in the not too distant past, when becoming a metagrobolotegestolomixologist was merely a speculative thought experiment meant as clever wordplay.
Critic’s Pick
If mechanical puzzles came with a soundtrack, this one would elicit fine chords of acoustic guitar to placate you every time you picked it up, soothing your frustration in failing to solve its secrets. And if you found yourself with a selection of well made, compact, clever, multistep, elegant and entertaining sequential discovery puzzles to choose from this year, you would surely heed the call of this one, to Pick Me.
Making Waves
In ancient Greek lore, the Titan Cronus was overthrown by his children, the gods Zeus, Hades and Poseidon, who divided the skies, the seas and the underworld amongst themselves.
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.
Numbers Game
Something wonderful arrived from Greece earlier this year, a gift from Mike Toulouzas, a talented and award winning designer and craftsman who makes some of the most beautiful puzzles in his spare time. Generous of spirit and in celebration of life, friendship and a common passion for being puzzled, Mike sent these gorgeous gifts out around the world as a holiday and end of year present to some very lucky people.
The Lost City
In 1905, French author Maurice Leblanc introduced the world to a charismatic aristocrat who often operated as a force for good from the opposite side of the law, a “gentleman thief” if you will, named Arsène Lupin.
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!
Stream of Consciousness
The Hollywood writer’s strike is over! We can now proceed with our regularly scheduled programming and bring you the next episode of idiot Boxes and Boob tubes ….
Feeling Frosty
It’s been really cold here in Houston over the past week or two, and any time the temperature gets below freezing the city goes into crisis mode. We can’t handle the cold!
Whale of a Tale
Call me Ishmael … no, that doesn’t sound right. You can’t start anything good with a line like that. Hmmm … Call me Idan.
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.
By the Numbers
The evolution of Jesse Born’s craft is on full display, and he intentionally took his time with this box in order to showcase his abilities now to produce a high class, elegant and structurally sensational piece of art which also functions as a puzzle.
Stream of Consciousness
This holiday episode of Stream of Consciousness is brought to you by our sponsor, Doog Menzies of Doogaloo Games.
Wardrobe Malfunction
Enter a winter wonderland that is just in time for the holidays courtesy of Dee Dixon, master storyteller at DED Wood Crafts, who presents his most whimsical puzzle adventure yet in the form of a magically mysterious wardrobe.
The Adventure in the Cardboard Box
Listen closely, or you may well find your ears roughly severed and mailed to your next of kin, packed in salt in a cardboard box. The game is afoot again in Scotland Yard …
Stream of Consciousness
We are celebrating our collective love of the TV with a limited series on the B&B Network. Tune in!
Pearls of Wisdom
Fans of Brian Young know of his occasional “limited edition” puzzles, which he has released in small numbers since practically the start if his business.
Beauty Mark
Here at Boxes and Booze, we love books. Someday, when I need to give up drinking entirely (is that possible?), I might change the theme here to Boxes and Books, in fact. It has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?