Happy Anniversary! – Yet Another Year of ZenPuzzler

ZenPuzzler has reached the end of its third year.  Readership has increased by 25% thanks to the arrival of my brother’s first baby.  After discovering that it immediately puts the baby to sleep when my brother reads the blog out loud, he finally relented and subscribed to the blog.  The subscriber base is now holding at a steady 5.  Hopefully, next year will see another increase of 25% as I promote the blog as a cure for insomnia.

To wrap up the year, I have created a list of the posts and the puzzles that are mentioned in each.  This year included puzzles made from exotic woods and colorful plastics (printed and cut) as usual, but also saw the addition of a book this year.  Hopefully, there will be more books forthcoming in the future.  The name of each post is linked to the entry so that you can easily jump to it by clicking on the name.  


20 APR 22 – Solve Before Midnight - Pumpkin 1

•     Pumpkin 1 by Osanori Yamamoto

6 APR 22 – Are You Worthy - Enter If You Can

•     Enter If You Can, The art of puzzle boxes by Peter Hajek

Puzzle Knowledge

30 MAR 22 – A Particlely Nice Puzzle - XI

•     XI by Haym Hirsh

23 MAR 22 – Going Postal – Letter Box

•     Letter Box by Pit Khiam Goh

16 MAR 22 – Puzzling Preparation Purgatory – Helical Bits and Pieces

• HeLLical Burr by Derek Bosch

• Oliver Twist by Derek Bosch

• Twiddle Dee by Derek Bosch

• Twiddle Dum by Derek Bosch

• Dodekastar (improved) by Yavuz Demirhan, tweaked by the Two Brass Monkeys

 9 MAR 22 – Puzzle Of A Year! – 20-22

•     20-21 by Stéphane Chomine

Puzzles in Plastic

16 FEB 22 – X-tra Protection – T Lock

•     T Lock by Andrew Crowell

9 FEB 22 – Happy VD! – Broken Heart

•     Broken Heart by Techno Angels and Bozoou

2 FEB 22 – Wonderizing Puzzles – Benno’s TIC 2.0

•     Benno’s TIC 2.0 by Benno de Grote and Andrew Crowell

26 JAN 22 – Where Does That F’n Piece Go! – Melting F

•     Melting F by George Bell

19 JAN 22 – Put It To The – Side Lock

•     Side Lock by Andrew Crowell

12 JAN 22 – Say Hello To – Goodbye

•     Goodbye by Tomas Vanyo

5 JAN 22 – Not a Box For Tea, A – T-Box

•     T-Box by Haym Hirsh

Puzzles in Wood

27 OCT 21 – Shhhh! She Just Turned – 6T

•     6T by Ken Irvine

8 SEP 21 – A Puzzle to Save the Day - Mighty Pin

•     Mighty Pin by Alan Lunsford

4 AUG 21 – Tooling Around With Puzzles - Sequential Discovery Cubic Box

•     Sequential Discovery Cubic Box by Junichi Yananose

28 JUL 21 – An Acute Case of Soma Mangling - Halfcut Soma

•     Halfcut Soma by László Molnár

15 JUN 21 – BBQ With Charcoal

•     BBQ Basket by Akaki Kuumeri

•     Charcoal Basket by Akaki Kuumeri

26 MAY 21 – Need An SD Fix? CD With The - ResQ

•     ResQ by Frederic Boucher and Eric Fuller