Your Key to the Puzzle World
Everyone has their own preference, in every aspect of life.
As you’d expect, in puzzling it’s not different.
As long as we’re all individuals, there will always be more than one puzzler type.
But why does it matter to you?
What difference does it make if you know your puzzler type or not?
Well, there is a lot I have to say about this.
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“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”
-Albert Einstein
When Einstein said this quote, it might be he was referring to Interlocking puzzles.
With them you might be trying the same things again and again, and without noticing – you’ll become insane.
But becoming insane will not help you solve Interlocking puzzles.
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Are you a master of planning ahead?
Combination puzzles are here to push your limits.
Also known as sequential movement puzzles, these contain numerous steps and problems to be solved before you fully complete them.
What this means is you’ll need to continuously assess new objectives and plan your way to achieve them.
They also can be a bit like chess. Sometimes you’ll need to make an unusual move by itself, as part of a bigger, intricate combination.
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How much time does it take to solve a 15$ puzzle?
5 minutes? 30? 2 hours? 5 hours?
Well usually that’s the case.
But how about never? Or after years?
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Some of you will find everything you need among take-apart puzzles.
These puzzles may have a simple look, but looks can be deceiving and your mind will need to find the hidden, tricky steps for the solution.
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Did you ever get lost?
In maze puzzles you will, many more times.
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When I asked puzzlers around the world about difficulties in getting started with puzzling – I found something surprising – for many puzzlers the hardest thing was finding places to buy puzzles. They saw puzzles they liked in YouTube videos but never knew where to buy them.
That’s why I decided to compile the best puzzle shops in one place for you.
You can save this page to your browser if you want to be able to find which shop is the best for your next purchase, in any budget or puzzle type, in a matter of seconds.
Continue reading “What are the Best Places to Buy Mechanical Puzzles Online?”The puzzle community is a large portion of the fun in puzzling. I always loved people in the puzzle community – they are great people with great intentions.
But even among those great people there are some that really stand out.
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Welcome back to the ultimate mechanical puzzles guide – the place to find your challenge.
In part 1 we learned about four of the basic puzzle types – Put-Together, Take-Apart, Mazes and Impossible Objects. If you haven’t read it yet, it’s pretty close. Right here actually 🙂
So without further ado, let’s dive in.
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Mechanical Puzzle – “a physical object with a certain objective, without obvious right steps to achieve this objective, where the solver will have to use wits and logic in order to discover the steps.”
This may sound scary or daunting, but you should know that there are tons of interesting puzzle types – and with such a huge selection, anyone can find the best puzzle for himself. Inside those types will be even more categories.
You don’t have to love everything – but you should try and find the type of puzzles you like most, so you don’t have to waste time and money – find the puzzle that brings you the most “bang for your buck”.
Continue reading “Mechanical Puzzles – the Ultimate Guide : Overview, Part 1”