Games Magazine Big Book of Games
by Ronnie Shushan
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Author: Ronnie ShushanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1984-01-10
ISBN: 0894808060
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
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Book Review: Great way to pass the time!
Summary: 5 Stars
The best way to sum up my opinion of this book is to say that I've now purchased it five times. I first got this book when I was in 7th grade, and I remember spending hours and hours working on the different puzzles. I misplaced the book at some point but purchased it again when I was in college, and again found myself engrossed in the many puzzles. A puzzle I saw recently reminded me of how much fun I'd had with this book, so I picked up a used copy here on Amazon. As I flipped through it, I remembered some of the puzzles from my youth, but others drew me in for the first time, and I realized that I now enjoy very different puzzles than I did as a kid. That makes this book even more wonderful because it encompasses so many different styles and types of puzzles, from vocabulary and word puzzles, math and logic puzzles, to visual teasers and a myriad of puzzles I'd never seen before!
I found another interesting event happened as I dove into this book's puzzles again... my teen daughter heard me giggling and came to investigate, then got pulled into a page of cryptograms (one puzzle I never liked!) She ran for her allowance and promptly begged to purchase it from me. My husband wondered what the fuss was all about and asked to look through the book as well. So, here I am at Amazon again, having just purchased a replacement copy for the one my daughter claimed and an additional one for my husband, since he immediately found several puzzles that caught his eye. So, that now makes five purchases, and something tells me it won't be our last, either, judging by how quickly my daughter grabbed the book and took it with her when her boyfriend called earlier... maybe they'll go do puzzles together. *laugh*
GAMES released at least two other puzzle compilations that are equally good (though I like the starred difficulty ratings in this first book, which are omitted in the others) -- if you can get your hands on a new or lightly used copy, do so! It seems like paper puzzles have gone the way of video games these days, so to find a great compilations of puzzles like this is becoming a rare opportunity. Who knows, maybe you'll reintroduce yourself (or your kids or grandkids) to a new "fad" of puzzles! :D
**One note: some of the puzzles rely on references to then-current media or pop culture icons, so they may be outdated ... or just extra challenging for anyone Gen-X or younger.
Summary of Games Magazine Big Book of Games
A compendium of the cleverest, toughest, strangest, wildest, prettiest, most elegant and deviant exercises of mental gymnastics around, this bestselling book is a must for anyone who likes puzzles that actually pose a challenge.Mixing off the wall humor with on-the-ball logical puzzles, here is a thousand hours of brainteasers and word twisters in one giant book. From Think-and-Blink to Eyeball Benders, from Dszquphsbnt! to Sequences, each page is a winner for both aces and amateurs. A special 32-page section in full color presents artistically pleasing and logically enigmatic labyrinthine dilemmas. (Try dodging the hidden cameras in the three-dimensional maze.) Answers are revealed in the back of the book. Selection of the Literary Guild. 356,000 copies in print.
If you've played with Games magazine at all, you know what to expect here. It's page after page of the best word, logic, number and observation games and countless unclassifiable brain teasers from the magazine's first few years. Some are simple, many are diabolical, and most are witty as well as challenging. Even if you've subscribed from the beginning, odds are there's plenty you've forgotten and will enjoy playing again. Here's a perfect book to accompany you on a long trip--or to give a bedridden friend.
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