For Fall, Ravensburger has released two brand new "What If" puzzles by artist Geoff Tristram. If you're not familiar with this series, it's similar to Wasgij. The image on the box is NOT the puzzle image. The puzzle image is a 'what if' riff off the box image. You can read our interview with artist... CONTINUE READING
I've been watching for the appearance of the 2015 limited edition Christmas puzzle from Waddington's. It still hasn't appeared there, but a Google search brought this up. Title is "The Christmas Snowman" and it's not for sale yet. .. CONTINUE READING
Ah, it's July and the Christmas puzzles are coming in fast and furious. Here's all the ones I know about right now! RAVENSBURGER - Limited Edition #19 - "Santa's Final Preparations" by Roy Trower SEE OUR REVIEW HERE I love this new image for 2015 and prefer it to last year's puzzle. It's got so... CONTINUE READING
The Christmas puzzles for 2015 are starting to appear. Yay! The Christmas puzzles are my favorite of the year. Gibson has new images on their website of not just one, but several gorgeous new Christmas puzzles. Gibson's Limited Edition puzzle for 2015 -- "It's Christmas" by Marcello Corti, 1000 pieces First up is their limited... CONTINUE READING
As usual, the wonderful website jvh-puzzles.nl has the new Jan Van Haasteren puzzle announcements first. Look at what's coming! Chaos in the Field and Fun In The Park -- 150 pieces each First, there are 2 new 150 piece puzzles. These are too small for me, but "Chaos in the Field" looks like an image... CONTINUE READING
I'm starting to see some new puzzles coming out. Watch for our feature on the new House Of Puzzles line-up coming JULY 19 including 12 new 1000 pieces puzzles, 8 new BIG 500, and the 2015 Christmas puzzles. Other Christmas puzzles typically announce in July too. I'll post them as I see them. Here are the new... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: Ravensburger (Germany), published 2015 Title: “Crafty Yarns: Perplexing Puzzle No 5”, 1000 pieces OUR RATING: 9.25 The "Perplexing Puzzle" series from Ravensburger features collage photographs with repeating colors and elements. The idea being that the puzzle is more challenging, but the challenge isn't in the piece cut but in the layout of the image itself. "Crafy... CONTINUE READING
Buffalo Games has put some excellent new puzzles up on their website. I've been collecting all of their Charles Wysocki cat puzzles, so I was happy to see two new ones. "Remington the Horticulturist" by Charles Wysocki, 750 pieces "Frederick the Literate" by Charles Wysocki, 750 pieces There are also a number of Josephine... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: Heye (Germany), published 2004 Title: “Chinatown”, Artist: Hugo Prades, 2000 pieces OUR RATING: 9/10 I finally worked this masterpiece I've had on my shelf for a while now. Fantabulous. Box Quality: I'm quite a fan of the Heye triangular boxes. I love the fun shape and they shelve well in pairs of two. They're sturdy... CONTINUE READING
