#Puzzly Gift Guide

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What's New in the Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide?

In today's blog post, we discuss new additions to this year's Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide! Perfect for Black Friday scrolling!

It’s Black Friday, and I’m sure you’ve already been bombarded with emails and posts promising deep discounts and sales galore. We could do that too. I mean, we’ve got terrific deals on puzzle bundles for all of our apps… but then again, we do that all the time. We’re nice like that. =) And plenty of the companies that have products in this year’s Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide are going all out with…

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PN Product Review: Star Trek Fluxx: The Archer Expansion and The Porthos Expansion

In today's blog post, we venture into the final frontier with two new expansions to the Star Trek Fluxx universe of games from @LooneyLabs in our latest product review!

[Note: I received a free copy of this game in exchange for a fair, unbiased review. Due diligence, full disclosure, and all that.] Crossovers have always been part of the fabric of Star Trek. The Next Generation‘s debut episode had Dr. McCoy (and later cameos by Spock and Scotty), Deep Space Nine‘s debut had Picard (and later Worf joined the cast), and Voyager‘s debut actually launched from Deep…

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PuzzleNation's 2021 Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide!

It's this year's edition of the Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide! Loaded with dozens of puzzles, puzzle books, games, and more!

Happy Holidays and welcome to the PuzzleNation Blog 2021 Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide! Each year, we scour the world of puzzles and games for the best, the most engaging, the most creative, and the most enjoyable products we can find, and we think this year’s collection is the best we’ve ever had! We’ve got three different versions of the Gift Guide for your perusal, each of them absolutely loaded…

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5 Questions for Game Designer Ellie Dix

In today's blog post, we sit down for 5 Questions with Dark Imp game designer and owner Ellie Dix! @EllieDixTweets

Welcome to 5 Questions, our recurring interview series where we reach out to puzzle constructors, game designers, writers, filmmakers, musicians, artists, and puzzle enthusiasts from all walks of life!

It’s all about exploring the vast and intriguing puzzle community by talking to those who make puzzles and those who enjoy them! (Click here to check out previous editions of 5 Questions!)

And…

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PuzzleNation Product Review: Homeworlds

In today's blog post, we take our Looney Pyramids to war in space as we explore the deliciously complex Homeworlds in our latest product review!

[Note: I received a free copy of this game in exchange for a fair, unbiased review. Due diligence, full disclosure, and all that.]

One of the coolest moments in a board game player’s life comes when you’re immersed in a game, and someone walks by, stops, and simply must ask, “What is that?” Because you’re showing them something new.

Homeworldsgot that reaction the very first time I played it at…

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PuzzleNation Product Reviews: Martian Chess

In today's blog post, we go extraterrestrial with our latest game review as we tackle the curious challenge of Martian Chess by @LooneyLabs!

[Note: I received a free copy of this game in exchange for a fair, unbiased review. Due diligence, full disclosure, and all that.]

There are an unbelievable number of chess variants out there.

You can play with narrower boards and fewer pieces (TrimChess), or wider boards and additional pieces (Capablanca Chess). You can play All Queens chess, 3-person chess, or that multi-level chess game from

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PuzzleNation Product Review: Top Trumps Pub Quiz

In today's blog post, we enter a virtual bar trivia contest as we review Top Trumps Pub Quiz!

[Note: I received a free copy of this game in exchange for a fair, unbiased review. Due diligence, full disclosure, and all that.]

One of the flagship games under the Winning Moves UK umbrella is Top Trumps, a one-on-one game similar to War where you try to capture all of your opponent’s cards with your own. Superior value wins. But unlike War, Top Trumps cards have multiple attributes based on…

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PuzzleNation Product Review: Sword in Stone, Cathedral Door, and Grecian Computer

In today's blog post, we test our mettle against a trio of mechanical brain teasers from the folks at Project Genius in today's product review!

Puzzles come in many forms, all shapes and sizes, but there’s probably no puzzle genre that offers more variety and range in difficulty than mechanical brain teasers.

The physical element adds so much to the solving experience that cannot be replicated in other puzzle styles. Whether you’re assembling pieces into a given shape, manipulating two pieces to separate them (or put them together), or…

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PuzzleNation Product Review: Knot Dice and Knot Dice Squared

In today's blog post, we tie ourselves in puzzly knots as we review Knot Dice and Knot Dice Squared!

[Note: I received a free copy of this game in exchange for a fair, unbiased review. Due diligence, full disclosure, and all that.]

You can easily lose yourself in a Celtic knot design if you stare long enough. Elaborate unbroken paths, formed within circles, crosses, and other shapes, weave together in compelling patterns.

There are many dice games on the market today, but none of them capture…

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December Deal of the Day!

Have you checked out our Deal of the Day today?

Hello fellow puzzlers and PuzzleNationers!

Have you been checking out our Deals of the Day? If not, then you are missing out, my friends!

Every single day through the end of 2019, we’ll be offering a special deal for our puzzle apps!

We’re talking sales, discounts, special promotions, the works! And the best part? It’s something exciting and unique every single day!

And today is no different.…

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PuzzleNation Product Review: Bananagrams Duel

In today's blog post, we roll the dice on a new Bananagrams variant as we review Bananagrams Duel!

[Note: I received a free copy of these games in exchange for a fair, unbiased review. Due diligence, full disclosure, and all that. /end disclaimer]

When it comes to word-forming tile games, the folks at Bananagrams are the masters. Their fruit-inspired packaging is synonymous with that particular brand of puzzling, giving Scrabblea run for its money in terms of letter-tile games. And they have…

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PuzzleNation Product Review: Waiter's Tray, The Curated Collection, and Ghost Cube

In today's blog post, we've got a bevy of brain teasers from Project Genius to try out! It's Waiter's Tray, The Curated Collection, and Ghost Cube in today's product review!

Whether it’s a puzzle box, two joined pieces of twisted metal, or an elaborate wooden network of interconnected pieces, a mechanical brain teaser offers a physical dimension to puzzling that is often lacking in pen-and-paper puzzles and other traditional puzzle forms.

And in today’s product review, we’ve got three different varieties of brain teaser to test out, all courtesy of the creative minds…

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PuzzleNation Product Review: Smart10

In today's blog post, we test out the party-friendly multiple-answer trivia game Smart10 in our latest product review!

[Note: I received a free copy of this game in exchange for a fair, unbiased review. Due diligence, full disclosure, and all that.]

If you’re familiar with trivia games, then you know there’s one answer per question, one crack at a pie wedge or a Linkee letter or a few steps forward or an answer point or whatever.

The subject of today’s post turns that convention on its head with a clever tweak:…

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The PN Blog 2021 Countdown!

In today's blog post, we count down our 10 favorite blog posts of 2021!

It’s the final blog post of the year, so what do you say we revisit all of 2021 with a countdown of my ten favorite blog posts from the past year! #10 The Man Who Found Forrest Fenn’s Treasure One of 2020’s most baffling stories was the announcement that Forrest Fenn’s treasure, a mystery sought by thousands for most of a decade, had been found, but the lucky solver was remaining anonymous.…

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PN Product Review: Caesar's Codex and Minotaur's Labyrinth

In today's blog post, we've got a pair of mechanical brain teasers to test your puzzly mettle as we review two new products from the team at Project Genius!

Puzzles come in many forms, all shapes and sizes, but there’s probably no puzzle genre that offers more variety and range in difficulty than mechanical brain teasers. The physical element adds so much to the solving experience that cannot be replicated in other puzzle styles. Whether you’re assembling pieces into a given shape, manipulating two pieces to separate them (or put them together), or…

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PuzzleNation's 2018 Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide!

It's finally here! The PuzzleNation 2018 Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide has all sorts of fantastic gift ideas for you!

Happy Holidays and welcome to the PuzzleNation Blog 2018 Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide!

Each year, we scour the world of puzzles and games for the best, the most engaging, the most creative, and the most enjoyable products we can find, and we think this year’s collection is the best we’ve ever had!

We’ve got three different versions of the Gift Guide for your perusal, each of them absolutely loaded…