Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog

I've seen a fair number of bolt puzzles, and tend to enjoy them. It is always interesting to see what ideas people can come up with that...

Kenal is a puzzle designed by Alfons Eyckmans and Ken Johnson, hence the name. Peter actually had pointed it out to me at IPP, where a copy ...

This is another one of Jeff's new puzzles I saw at RPP, Hiroshi Iwahara 's latest design,  Aquarius Drawer. The name references th...

One of the favorites at RPP this year was a cute little box designed by Dave Rust, the 7th in his unnamed series. I should have included a...

This is the second of two escape rooms in a box that Rob Stegmann brought to RPP: UNLOCK! Squeek & Sausage . This one had some different...

Rob Stegmann brought two escape-room-in-a-box games for us to try out at RPP. We teamed up with Haym Hirsh and Neil Hutchison to give it a...

This is another new box I spotted in Jeff's collection at RPP. It is from a new Karakuri Creation Group craftsman named  Yasuaki Kikuc...

Last weekend I had a great time at the Rochester Puzzle Picnic hanging out at Jeff Aurand's house with a bunch of other puzzlers. In th...

Here's the last part of my write-up of the various puzzles in the  design competition  this year! (Photo credit to Nick Baxter) Tagai ...

Here's Part 5 of my write-up of the various puzzles in the  design competition  this year! (Photo credit to Nick Baxter) The Rocking H...