Games Magazine Presents Brain Twisters from the First World Puzzle Championships


Book Description

Last June in New York City, U.S. and foreign teams dazzled each other with all types of clever language- and culture-neutral puzzles in the first World Puzzle Championships. Now, in this uniquely challenging Games compendium, Will Shortz brings readers 100 of the best of these championship puzzles: Brain Twisters, Hidden Pictures, Memory Tests, and more.




The Puzzlemaster Presents 200 Mind-bending Challenges


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A collection of 200 word puzzles of infinite variety from NPR's "Puzzlemaster" Will Shortz.




Games Magazine Presents the Second Giant Book of Games


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Tlhis book contains a selection of favorite puzzles, games, quizzes, and other features found in the Games Magazine from the past few years.







Will Shortz Presents The Ultimate KenKen Omnibus


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The biggest, best collection of KenKen puzzles ever published!




Games Magazine Presents the Giant Book of Games


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A wonderful collection of games, puzzles, mind teasers, and head-twisters, this compendium, culled from Games magazine, is highly entertaining, intellectually challenging, and visually intriguing. The perfect gift for avid puzzlers everywhere. Previous Games magazine books have sold more than 250,000 copies. 50,000print.




The New York Times Will Shortz Picks His Favorite Puzzles


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For the first time ever, Will Shortz personally selects 75 of his favorite puzzles from his tenure as editor of The New York Times crossword puzzles. Special commentary will appear along with each puzzle and give clever insight into the puzzle-solving world that Will Shortz dominates. Getting to know the background on these puzzles will add a new dimension for the growing number of crossword buffs. Also included is a special introduction written by Shortz that explains why these puzzles qualify as his favorites among the thousands of puzzles he has edited in his career. Since Will Shortz has become crossword editor of the Times, the puzzles have featured increased wordplay, and a hip, contemporary attitude towards crosswording.




Games Magazine Big Book of Games II


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From the editors of Games magazine, their cleverest, quirkiest, orneriest, most playful and beguiling brain twisters.




The Giant Book of Sudoku Presented by Will Shortz


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The hottest craze in puzzles! From puzzlemaster and New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz comes sudoku, the new "wordless crossword" puzzle that's taking the world by storm! Once you start, you won't want to stop. These addictive puzzles are easy to explain--just fill the grid with numbers according to the few simple rules--but incredibly fun and engaging to complete. You don't need any mathematics knowledge: Just supply a pencil and an inquisitive mind. This brand-new collection features original sudoku ranging from effortlessly easy to devilishly difficult, along with an introduction from Will Shortz that explains these fascinating puzzles and how to solve them. If you're a crossword fan, a fan of logic puzzles, or just a puzzle lover in general, you will be engrossed and delighted with sudoku!