puzzles

[monkeyclogs]

as I complete my daily ritual of NYT puzzles over morning coffee. I'm wondering if others have favourite puzzles.

in the NYT app i love pips, connections and strands at the moment. Eventually I switch puzzles type so would love to know what everyone else plays and other puzzle sources.

so puzzlers, what's your fix?

 

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Sudoku.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Only like real life puzzles.

 

[monkeyclogs]

Only like real life puzzles.

those tend do drive insane. very messy

 

[Misery]

Stuff like Rubik's Cubes.

I've got so many of the things and they get increasingly insane the further you get into the hobby.

They're all over my room here.

Usually they're just called "Twisty puzzles" by those who are into them, or sometimes just "cubes" even if they arent cubic. I've got like a... triangle something or other here next to the keyboard, I still just call it a cube.

 

[TouhouFan28]

I love love LOVE minesweeper. Lots of it surprisingly is pattern recognition and SOMETIMES theres gambling. But, it really does help your brain with logic and the rush you feel when you speed up and enter the flowstate is unreal. Highly recommend it since you can basically play it anywhere and on your browser.

 

[monkeyclogs]

Stuff like Rubik's Cubes.

I've got so many of the things and they get increasingly insane the further you get into the hobby.

They're all over my room here.

Usually they're just called "Twisty puzzles" by those who are into them, or sometimes just "cubes" even if they arent cubic. I've got like a... triangle something or other here next to the keyboard, I still just call it a cube.

my ex husband had a rubiks cube obsession. he'd spend hours practising ridiculous challenges like finishing it with one hand in a certain time frame. kind of took the fun out of the idea. Now you mention it though, and he's long gone maybe i should try one. thanks