Puzzles & Word Games

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Direct Source Games offers a large selection of Puzzles & Word Games, including jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, mind games ... Minesweeper Games, Puzzle Collections, Slider Puzzles, Sudoku, Tetris Games and Word Games.

While there is certainly more to puzzle history than the traditional crossword, this extremely popular word game is worthy of special attention. The crossword evolved from a long line of word games, from the simplest riddle or pun to the cryptic crosswords and acrostics, which delight so many puzzle solvers today. Some of the earliest evidence of crossword-like word play dates from the first century A.D.

The earliest precursor to the crossword is the word square. A word square consists of a group of words, all equal in length, arranged to form the same words across and down. The first known word square, called the Sator Square, is carved in stone and dates from the first century A.D. in Pompeii.

Mathematical puzzles abound in history and literature, having been used as trials, intelligence tests, and amusements. Many fields of mathematics began with such puzzles. Word games involve manipulation of the basic units of language for amusement or, in the case of puns, to drive your friends batty. They challenge the imagination and can increase a player's general knowledge and vocabulary. Some word games are simple enough for preschool children while others are extremely complex. Word games and word-association techniques are often used by educators.

Puzzles & Games Magazines

RIVER CROSSING $14.99

From the makers of Rush Hour and Hoppers comes River Crossing. In this challenging brain game, you have to help a stranded hiker cross a snake and alligator infested river. This is a linear problem solving game for one player, much like Rush Hour and its variations, but the movement works differently. Instead of just sliding back and forth, the Hiker can actually pick up a log, carry it down the path, and set it down. The game comes with 40 different puzzles in 4 levels of difficulty. Fans of other Binary Arts puzzles like Prairie Dog Town and the Classic Fifteen Puzzle will find something fun and different with River Crossing.

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