Wrap-Up: Sherlock Holmes
After about a week of actual effort (the Next Up post for this one was published several days before we actually started work on it), “Sherlock Holmes” by New York Puzzle Company is done. I’d…
Wrap-Up: Harry Potter Quidditch
We took a little longer with this puzzle than we usually do. It was hard to get going on this puzzle, not really sure why. I think I had issues in part because, as I…
Wrap-Up: Jack O Lanterns
With plenty of time left before Halloween, we wrapped up the spooky “Jack O Lanterns” by White Mountain Puzzles. The question I had going in was how the larger pieces would feel. The word that…
Wrap-Up: Bengal Blue by Vinita Karim
As expected, this puzzle was so fun, and so delicious to do! Exemplified by me, laying on the puzzle stroking the velvety finish, when we finished it tonight. This puzzle was super fun, and as…
Wrap-Up: Lego Paint Party
We had a bit of a busy week so this one took a little longer than it probably should have but we’ve completed Lego Paint Party by Chronicle Books. There were a couple interesting things…
Wrap-Up: New York Times Front Page Redux
That was fast. It took us a little over 24 hours (Sunday to Monday), with a work day in there, to finish up this puzzle. There was a lot that was different about this puzzle.…
Wrap-Up: Antique Map
Well… That was much faster. “Antique Map” by Buffalo Games was meant to be a palate cleanser of sorts and, having wrapped it up on our respective lunch breaks today, it worked perfectly for that…
Wrap Up: Custom Patternography Puzzle
Well, well, well. Here we are again, a wrap up — even if it’s five months later than we expected it to be! It was really hard to not start this post with laughing emojis…
Wrap-Up: Coffee & Donuts
We finished off Aimee Stewart’s “Coffee & Donuts” from Buffalo Games last night, joking that, between this and “Talkin’ All That Jazz,” we’re working to get our average time to finish back up after taking…
Wrap Up: Talkin’ All That Jazz
Talkin’ All that Jazz by Tim Okamura was fast, but oh, it was so fun! The pieces locked together so well, that even when working on her shirt, it was easy to feel when a…