An almost inadvertent mention of Woodtale ApS, and its location somewhere in Denmark got me curious about this Kaiyue puzzle with determinedly “Chinese only” instructions for use. A cursory Google search led to www.tots.com.cn and an entity called Creative & Learning ApS, a subsidiary of a Chinese toy company in Shanghai.

I recently discovered Hexal with people I love playing board games the most with. The few rounds we played, reminded me of the joy of shared experiences with the like-minded. Clearly, heterogeneity works better for some, than it does for me!

No.1131, a blurb with a dramatic 36 imprint, and the url www.kaiyuetoy.cn is the only content in English on the 26-sided three dimensional puzzle. The instruction sheet, carefully squeezed into the tiniest little rectangle, was full of busy Chinese instruction. I carefully opened the many-sided block. A few minutes later, I discovered

It’s appropriate that someone deeply immersed in the field of “transcription fidelity in bacteria using genetics”, should present me a board game that involves fighting global outbreaks of deadly diseases! Pandemic from Z-Man Games (Canada), is a 2-4 player, 45 minutes thriller.

I’ve seen shape-shifter visual prints before. Look directly at the image and you see one visual. Tilt the print slightly, and there is either a movement, or another visual altogether. I took my new Disney Lenticular Puzzle, and made a quick

It’s been an intensely busy fortnight, and I’m spending way too much time on things that don’t really matter. This revelation is hardly new, but a mail earlier this week from a Dr Suresh Jariwala from Chidambaram, administered

The familiar roulette set with a gleaming golden wheel, had a distinctly different spin to it this time. Yagna apparently spotted this incredible value buy on a site called www.fashionandyou.com. A quick `600 online transaction, was followed by a prompt, well-packed delivery of a “Drinking Roulette” set.

The Great Kiwi Hunt is an “easy level” challenge, and the first in a set of 24 challenge maps that span easy, medium and hard. The first map took 15 minutes, and I visited all seven Kiwi spotting sites, using three of the direction change squares along the way.

Sixteen cubes of 1.25 square inches each with six coloured faces vary in some presumably algorithmically arranged manner! Pixelate from Dr Wood has everything going for it. It retails at `299 and the set of cubes provide varying

Sixteen cubes of 1.25 square inches each with six coloured faces vary in some presumably algorithmically arranged manner! Pixelate from Dr Wood has everything going for it. It retails at `299 and the set of cubes provide varying