Puzzles & Games

Wordscapes, the top-rated word game played by more than 14 million fans, is now a puzzle book with the same word challenging fun! Wordscapes combines the best of word search, anagrams, and crosswords! Challenge your brain and vocabulary by connecting letters to find as many hidden words as you can, then fill-in the crossword grids to complete each puzzle. Organized by difficulty level, these 250 anagram word puzzles start easy but ramp up fast! Sharpen your mind, improve your smarts, and enjoy the challenge of these addicting word puzzles.

Wordscapes, the top-rated word game played by more than 14 million fans, is now a puzzle book with the same word challenging fun! Wordscapes combines the best of word search, anagrams, and crosswords! Challenge your brain and vocabulary by connecting letters to find as many hidden words as you can, then fill-in the crossword grids to complete each puzzle. Organized by difficulty level, these 250 anagram word puzzles start easy but ramp up fast! Sharpen your mind, improve your smarts, and enjoy the challenge of these addicting word puzzles.

Tee off your season with 101 delightful trivia on the greatest game.Did you know a Canadian coined the term "mulligan" -- a noun meaning a "do-over" many recreational golfers take on the first tee after an errant drive? How about this: the creators of one of the greatest board games ever, Trivial Pursuit, also built a devilish golf course north of Toronto. Fact: the world's most expensive golf course that is open to the public will set you back $1,000 to play just one round. Here's one more: Scotland, where golf was invented in the Middle Ages, later banned the sport -- not just once, but three times.In 101 Fascinating Golf Facts, author, historian, and award-winning golf journalist David McPherson shares these stories and 97 more tales that illustrate the sport's rich history. Golf lovers and trivia buffs alike will love learning about these interesting and fun facts.

Misc. is a playful and modern take on the classic Miscellany: a highly entertaining and unapologetically arbitrary collection of curious facts. In one slim, pocket-sized volume you can learn: - How many spiders have been to space? - What removing goal keepers would do to the Premier League table? - What is the sausage count of novelty Christmas hits?- What is the location of the UK's most godless city?Misc. will spark a million spirited pub and dinner table conversations, as well as prompting overly long stays and irrepressible guffaws in toilets across the globe. Designed to be dipped into and revisited time and time again, this repository of things you didn't know you needed to know.

A guide to solo wargaming that offers tips and tricks to beginners and seasoned veterans.This practitioner's guide to solo wargaming offers comprehensive coverage of the subject, showing how it can be a fascinating complement to social gaming or an entire hobby in its own right. This book integrates ideas from across the hobby to discuss various aspects of gaming alone across all manner of conflicts, whether land, sea or air and in any historical period or imagined setting. Starting with the fundamental question of why people play solo wargames, David Heading lays out the various advantages and disadvantages. He also considers such questions as whether to 'play both sides' or to command one army against an 'automatic' opponent, giving various ideas on how to control or program the responses of the opposing force with dice, cards or by other means. There is advice on how to construct challenging and interesting scenarios for one-off engagements, whether these are skirmishes or major battles, historical events or more generic ones, and how to combine these tactical actions into wider campaigns, involving grand strategy, logistics and other factors. Tips on sustaining interest through such activities as recording results, writing campaign diaries and online blogs will help you enrich your hobby. The author has been playing solo wargames for forty years and shares the secrets of happy solo gaming. Packed full of common-sense advice and inspiration, it offers plenty of value to the beginner and the seasoned veteran alike.

The perfect stocking-filler for the puzzle fans in your family.Su Doku took the world by storm in 2004 when Wayne Gould published his first series of puzzles in The Times. Marking 20 years since this phenomenon Wayne has hand-selected 300 of his original puzzles for this special anniversary collection.The ideal gift for every fan of Su Doku.

A detailed guide to the German forces in Bolt Action: Third Edition, containing updated special rules, unit entries, and Theatre Selectors.This new and revised supplement for Bolt Action: Third Edition provides players with all of the information they need to command Germany's military might. Detailed unit options and theatre selectors allow players to build armies for any of Germany's campaigns, from the Blitzkrieg against Poland and France, through North Africa and the Eastern Front, to the fall of Normandy and the defence of Germany.

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The murderers have committed the crimes, now it's up to you to put in the time to solve each of the heinous homicides, revealed via 100 puzzles. Using your logical powers of deduction, can you play detective and help put the killers behind bars?5 Minute Murder features 100 logic and code-based murder-mystery puzzles, skillfully compiled by acclaimed US psychological thriller writer Christopher J. Yates and puzzle expert Bruce Pitchers.Each murder-based puzzle forms part of a complete storyline set across one of 10 scenarios, including the dreaming spires of Oxford University, the City of London's stuffy gentlemen's clubs and the gritty streets of New York.5 Minute Murder combines classic logic problems and code-cracking with Christopher J. Yates's crime-writing to create a sleuthing experience that's perfect for all puzzle and whodunnit fans. If you're an armchair detective with a 5-minute coffee break to spare, can you crack the case? Just don't make your answer a stab in the dark!Praise for the work of Christopher J. Yates:"A new Stephen King, albeit with a British accent." - New York Post

A fast-paced miniatures game of whimsical fantasy jousting.Grab a lance, jump on your mount, and get ready to joust!While the Hairfoot halflings typically prefer eating and drinking to strenuous exercise, one thing that is sure to stir them from their armchairs is the noble sport of Hairfoot Jousting. Small teams take to the field on the backs of various unruly mounts - pigs, turkeys, sheep, and more - to tilt against their rivals, striving to knock them to the ground with their blunt lances. For the victors: fame, glory, and perhaps a new pair of gardening gloves. For the defeated team... well, everyone loves an underdog, so they'll have more fans cheering them on next time!Hairfoot Jousting is a quick and simple tabletop miniatures game in which players seek to lead their teams of three to victory in tournaments or over the course of a season. Play on some of the most famous pitches to grace the sport, such as Baker's Run, The Puddles, and Barrel Bottom, each with their own special challenges. Point your jousters in the direction of their opponents and hope their mounts don't have their own ideas! In Hairfoot Jousting, sportsmanship and a sense of humour are as valuable as skill or luck - after all, it's joust a bit of fun.

Challenge your brain with word puzzlesThe Sun presents this cracking collection of 250 fun, quick crosswords so you can while away your leisure time at home. Wherever you are, Britain's bestselling daily ensures you will always have a quick and enjoyable brain challenge to hand.

Challenge yourself with number puzzlesPreviously unpublished quality Su Doku grids from The Times, which help develop your skills to take on Extreme Su Doku.

Challenge yourself with word and number puzzles200 brand new compelling and addictive word and number puzzles from The Times. Appearing daily in the newspaper, Codeword is the cracking alternative to Su Doku and Crosswords.

Challenge your brain with word puzzlesA super-sized challenge for crossword lovers, selected by the Times2 Crossword Editor John Grimshaw.

Challenge yourself with number puzzlesThe latest volume in the hugely popular Killer Su Doku series from The Times, featuring the highest-quality puzzles with an extra element of arithmetic.

Crossword Challenge presents a unique collection of wordsearch puzzles to do anytime, anywhere, perfect for those who want to take their crossword skills to the next level.

Wordsearch Challenge presents a unique collection of wordsearch puzzles to do anytime, anywhere, perfect for those who want to take their word searching skills to the next level.

A nascent cosmic entity stirs deep within one of the Pact Worlds planets. To aid the god's birth, its most devoted followers search the Ghost Levels of Absalom Station for a sufficient power source--a strange pocket dimension existing alongside the hub of the Pact Worlds. As the entity's emergence sends ripples across space time, a group of heroes becomes trapped in the Ghost Levels! With dangerous creatures and ominous power surges threatening the station, the heroes must team up with the residents of Little Akiton to investigate these horrifying new foes, stop their meddling--and stay alive! A Cosmic Birthday is a complete Starfinder Second Edition Playtest adventure for 1st-level characters written by Jenny Jarzabski, and features fan-favorite Starfinder creatures updated to Second Edition, all-new cosmic horrors, and a mix of classic dungeon crawling and narrative-rich sandbox adventures. This adventure is designed to introduce the Starfinder Second Edition Playtest rules, giving players like you a chance to shape the new edition through feedback surveys about your playtest experience! It also takes place during a pivotal moment in Starfinder history--even if you miss the playtest window, you won't want to miss the adventure!

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PRE-ORDER THE LATEST PUZZLING PHENOMENON NOWAfter Murdle comes Spydle... Following last year's bestselling phenomenon, The National Archives and Britain's leading puzzle writing duo, Dr Gareth Moore and Laura Jayne Ayres, have teamed up to produce a brand new puzzle book that promises to perplex and excite with tales of espionage and intrigue. Drawing on five centuries of British intelligence, spycraft and cryptography - from Sir Francis Walsingham's Elizabethan school of espionage and the interception of the Gunpowder Plot through to MI5 operations, cryptographers at Bletchley Park and Cold War agents - each puzzle will be inspired by real-life events and original records held at The National Archives, some only recently discovered, taking the reader on a tour that will educate, intrigue and leave them scratching their heads.

A beautifully illustrated step-by-step guide to twisting, weaving and wrapping wire jewellery. In Twisted!, wire artist Nadja Shields encourages you to twist, wrap and weave your way to a treasure trove of stunning jewellery. Featuring 15 step-by-step projects, you can use copper, steel, silver or even gold wire and embellish your pieces with sparkling gems or beads. Before embarking on your first project, discover the techniques used for various weaves, information on tools and materials, details on creating and assembling components, and options for setting gems and beads. After gaining a grasp of the basics, delve into projects ranging from beginner through to advanced, such as simple butterfly earrings, a beaded cuff bracelet and a complex bejewelled pendant. By the time you have completed the last project, you will have all the skills and techniques you need to become a confident and skilled wire artist, from the first twist to the final polish.

With over 500 questions, facts, and quizzes from the top 100 romantic comedies, The Rom-Com Ultimate Trivia Book will test fans to see how much they know about the most iconic rom-com movie moments.

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This book discusses man's derivation from inert matter and disproves the general validity of the Second Principle of Thermodynamics, together with inherent social considerations.