Puzzles by Type
Slocum's Classification is probably the most widely used classification for mechanical puzzles. James Dalgety has also published an even more detailed list of classification which he uses to group puzzles in his collection. See his classification page at The Puzzle Museum website.
We've sorted puzzles into more generalised groups to help you find the puzzle you're looking for so look for the + sign and expand the sub categories under this heading.
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Hot Spot multi level challenge game
Ages 8 to Adult. Hop your Bot to the Spot! Try all the puzzles on th...$18.17 -
Visual Brainstorm will keep your mind thinking
Visual Brainstorms. The smart thinking game. 100 challenge cards wit...$21.77 -
Kaleidoscope Colour Mixing puzzle
Create vivid kaleidoscope patterns in this dazzling logic puzzle from ...$20.86
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GraviTrax expansion kit - Building
GraviTrax allows you to build your own rolling ball sculpture which is...$31.77 -
GraviTrax expansion kit - Trax
GraviTrax lets you to build your own marble run. Use this Trax expansi...$31.77 -
GraviTrax accessories kit - Magnetic Cannon
Gravitrax. A STEM activity for kids that is all about physics. Or just...$16.32
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GraviTrax accessories kit - Looping
Add an amazing looping accessory to one of your tracks and watch the b...$16.32 -
Tipover multi challenge logic game
Create a path by tipping over the stacks of crates until the Tipper Ma...$29.95 -
GraviTrax expansion kit - Tunnels
GraviTrax lets you build your own marble run. Use this Tunnels expansi...$31.77
Metagrobology is the study of puzzles.
A metagrobologist is a person who studies puzzles.
Metagrobolise means to puzzle, mystify, baffle or confound.
The words are uncommon in everyday use and the only reference in print that I could find was this quote from Rudyard Kipling's Stalky & Co in 1899 “It’s the olive branch,” was Stalky’s comment. “It’s the giddy white flag, by gum! Come to think of it, we have metagrobolized ’em.”
More recently many puzzlers have used the word metagrobologist to describe themselves. Wikipedia credits the American wire puzzle designer Rick Irby with first applying it to a puzzler in the 1970's but that's open to argument.
A search of the Oxford English Dictionary show no listings for either metagrbology, metagrobolise or metagrabologist so it seems the word is still puzzling us!