Like Elms, Stave Puzzles also makes hand-cut puzzles and is more widely known among puzzlers. Many of Stave’s puzzles are ...

When puzzles were first invented, they were made out of wood, and carpenters used jigsaws to cut the pieces (which explains how they got their name). Perhaps that’s why it feels so good when you put a ...

From Lego sets to 3D wooden puzzles and miniature model kits, these adult-friendly building kits offer hours of focused fun ...

Kagen Sound is an artisan of remarkable skill, engineering and constructing incredibly intricate puzzle boxes made entirely of wood. WIRED brings you inside his workshop as he breaks down the design ...

For Press Puzzles owner Marc Tschida, it took several years before the pieces fell into place. “I had casually researched puzzle-making, but I thought I’d need lots of expensive equipment to make my ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Walking into the factory of Liberty Puzzles in Boulder is like a buffet for the senses. Smells of freshly cut wood waft among the dozens of people operating machines, cleaning, ...

Growing up, J. B. Manning spent many weekends at his family’s deer lease in South Texas or on another parcel of land they owned outside of Georgetown. He’d sit in the blind for hours, peering through ...

When Steve Richardson was an 8-year-old in Attleboro, Massachusetts, he butchered his fingers trying to make a puzzle with a miniature Dremel saw. He had grown to love the feeling of fitting pieces ...

Holidays bring celebration, rest and, for many families, long stretches of indoor time. For some, this means table top games quickly reappear on kitchen tables. Games provide opportunities for ...