Trick puzzle box 003 from Siebenstein-Spiele has arrived!
17 June 2017Puzzle boxes 001 & 002 in the series have been here for a while and now 003 has arrived. This box 003 is much bigger,…
Cluebox – Escape Room in a box puzzle
The company that produces the box calls it a 60 minute escape room in a box. 60 minutes? Maybe if you’re particular talent is this type of code deciphering. I guess it’s not mine!
The puzzle is laser cut with many, many small working parts and it’s packaged in a funky steampunk design box. So it makes a great gift. There’s a detailed solution for the puzzle so it’s not too scary to give to most people. Whether most people could solve it would be a different matter.
Essentially you’re faced with a series of coded messages but there are mechanical puzzling elements too. Everything printed on the box or parts in the box means something towards solving a step in the puzzle that leads you to the next step. At times you can find one piece of information and a whole sequence of steps falls into place. The puzzle is resettable so you puzzle over it again and again. A nice merging of mechanical puzzle and escape room elements. There is nothing based on randomness, only on logical decisions.
Japanese Craftsman made puzzle boxes
1 March 2017These days its getting more and more difficult to get stocks of fine quality Japanese puzzle boxes. The amazing woodcraft skill displayed by the craftsmen who…
Puzzles to hold gift cards or cash
27 September 2017If you’re not sure what puzzle to buy someone you can always give a gift card inside a puzzle. These smaller size wooden secret opening…
