Our new flip catalog!
Now you can view our condensed 24-page print catalog with flippable pages or even as a slide show. The Flash program lets you zoom in, turn pages, and print out any page you like. Get an instant overview. Just click on the little cover page thumbnail at right.

 
Simply beautiful... Flashes of Life
We offer, as a small departure from physical puzzles, a book of breathtaking photography by Robert L. Steinberger, Ph.D., each image paired with a haiku by Kate Jones. Flashes of Life, The Flower Collection comprises over 100 pages of digital photography, poetic interpretations, and stories. It's the first in a series of volumes on different subjects by this great visionary whose legacy will live on in the "flashes of life" he captured during a lifetime of passionate photography. You can preview the whole book at the publisher's website, and you can also order it from us as a lifetime treasure, in the best archival quality and now also in a more moderately priced hardcover edition. More...

Our newest releases!
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Tangramion^TM   Designed by Serhiy Grabarchuk, this fusion of Archimedes' Square ("Stomachion") and classic Tangrams has unique properties of its own. How many symmetrical and convex figures can you form? Find a new one and win a prize. Be creative in building picturesque figures for fun and as art. Endlessly entertaining and beautiful, yet not too easy.
 

Hopscotch^TM   A new, original polyform set—the polyhops—has pieces composed of 1, 2, 3 and 4 squares joined that plot onto a hopscotch grid (alternate rows are displaced by half a square). Solve an open-ended collection of strangely difficult figures, small to large, simple to complex. In short, we're crazy about it. Invented by Thomas Atkinson, developed by Kate Jones.

 

Fractured Fives^TM   This puzzle set is both making its debut to the world... and celebrating its 25th anniversary since Kate first designed it as a limited edition for puzzle collectors. This two-sided puzzle has multiple levels of difficulty as you match fractured pentominoes into complete images, or, on the flip side, connect a twisted web of rope segments. You'll be fit to be tied solving it.

 
Six Disks, with teddybears^TM   For the holiday season 2011, our unique number/TicTacTo/magic squares set with original decorative designs now has a Teddybears theme, with each cheerful bear sporting a number on his chest. Playing with numbers is great brain practice for kids and, come to think of it, even for grown-ups. The set also includes our surprising and original "Vertical Tic-Tac-To" strategy game for 2 players. Bears' poses and colors may vary. Nicely bagged, the Six Disks Bears make a fine and enduring gift.

 
MemorIQ^TM  (say "Memory Cue")   The 24 inlaid hexagonal tiles in 4 colors match in intricate ways to form a gallery of interesting figures, a total joy. Created by Zdravko Zivkovic, styled by Kate Jones. Hot News! MemorIQ was chosen for the Games 100 list and Buyer's Guide for 2012!

 

A+D+D+D^TM  (say "Add") — Portable instant fun with numbers and strategy. The storage pouch is the gameboard. Add numbers on dice for sums that get your pawns on the board in rows of 3, 4 or 5. Invented by Devin Stewart; puzzles by Kate Jones.
 

Silver Anniversaries

These games are celebrating their 25th anniversary of first publication, and most have been continuously in print, 1987-2012.

• Royal Game of the Goose/Game of the Labyrinth — a Renaissance sensation in handcrafted wood
  
• Grand Tans^® — going portable in drawstring pouch
  
• Hexmozaix^TM — this year with silver and frosted colors
  
• Hex Nut^TM— with brilliant new colors and silver touches
  
• Iamond Ring^TM — delicious complexity in gorgeous new colors
  
• Leap^®, softpack — a huge repertoire of challenges to keep you hopping
  
• Void^®, softpack — a favorite game goes portable
  
• Proteus^® — a quarter century of travel
  
• Renaissance Playing Cards — from Hungary, with our booklet
  
• Scoozie^TM — limited edition, just a few left
  
• Surprising Pyramid^TM — a visitor from the past, this year only
  
• Triangoes^TM — one of our grandest productions
  
• Triangoes Jr.^TM — always a bestseller, this year with silver touches
  

Other news:

Our 2012 Winter and Spring shows, mainly in Florida, have begun. Check our Show Calendar from time to time to see where we're going next, and stop by to say hello if you're in the area. Play with old favorites and meet the new ones.

Our Hexdominoes set now has its own independent website and domain name, with additional materials not found in our main website, such as the entire rule book and actual-size grids to print out for use with special figures. We plan to offer new challenges there eventually and maybe even some play-online features. A new little logo for it is on the bottom of the homepage. And check out the awesome new designs we've found for this amazing set.

Tri-Jazz now has a rule book. If you own this marvelous and transcendental piece, email us to request the booklet. Please include your current ground address.

Another rule book finally published is for the venerable Tan Tricks series. If you acquired any part of this trilogy somewhere in the past 24 years, and did not receive the book, please email us to request the book. Please include your current ground address.

A highly condensed printable catalog has been updated and is available online as three .pdf files. It has 24 standard pages plus an order form, in full color, although it works just fine printed in gray. Feel free to download as much of it as you want, and you're welcome to print it out for Web-deprived friends, too.

Have you checked out our Great Wall, a huge billboard of thumbnails behind the right margin of the home page? Look for the scroll bar at the bottom and pull it to the right to see the full line-up. Scroll down to see the lower half. Click on thumbnails for larger views.

Old but still good news:

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Here's a recap of all the gamepuzzles added to our website recently and in the past year, in case you missed their first announcement.   Bowties .... ChooChooLoops .... Hexdominoes .... Q-Bix .... A+D+D+D .... MemorIQ .... Hopscotch .... Fractured Fives .... Six Disks, Bears .... Tangramion ....

Blooper Bounty — This is a standing offer:  we'll send a small prize to the first person who advises us of a mistake in this website, whether a typo, broken link or other goof. Each blooper gets a separate prize. Email us and provide your ground address, so we can mail you your prize. And thanks!

Our hot-link icons are listed, along with some surprises and hidden prizes, for those of you who care to read directions for getting around this place. For the others, there's always logic, intuition and serendipity.