Games_World_of_Puzzles 2019-12-01

Easy Medium

Hard Mixed

DIFFICULTY RATING

COVER DESIGN | REGIS MODESTA

PENCILWISE

52-SKIDDOO ................................................................

500 RUMMY ....................................................................

ART ON THE SQUARE .............................................. 24

BATTLESHIPS ................................................................

CATCH-22 .................................................................. 50

CODE CROSSWORDS ...................................................

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 ........................................ 60

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2 ............................................

CRYPTOLISTS ........................................................... 20

DOUBLE CROSS .............................................................

ERRATA ...................................................................... 52

FAMILY REUNIONS ........................................................

FLUSTERED ............................................................... 30

FOR BIRD BRAINS ..........................................................

HELTER-SKELTER ..................................................... 31

HO HO HO! .......................................................................

HOLIDAY CRAFT ....................................................... 15

KID STUFF ........................................................................

MIX & MATCH ........................................................... 22

MIXED DOUBLES ............................................................

MULTI KAKURO ......................................................... 13

ONE, TWO, THREE ..........................................................

PAINT BY NUMBERS ................................................ 56

PENCIL POINTERS 1 ......................................................

PENCIL POINTERS 2 ................................................ 18

PREFERRED PAIRS ........................................................

QUOTE BOXES ........................................................... 12

REBUS RECALL ..............................................................

SETKA ........................................................................ 54

SIAMESE TWINS ............................................................

SOLITAIRE HANGMAN ............................................ 16

SOMETHING FUNNY ....................................................

SPLIT ENDS ............................................................... 67

SYLLABISM ......................................................................

THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT ................................. 10

THE SPIRAL ....................................................................

THE TWELVE DAYS REVISITED ............................... 62

THERE, THERE .................................................................

WORD MAZES ........................................................... 29

WORLD’S MOST ORNERY CROSSWORD ..................

DECEMBER 2019

IN THIS ISSUE

2019 Spiel des Jahres Awards

A look at all of the winners and nominees for

Germany’s prestigious Game of the Year award 34

Your Word Against Mine

A collegian captures the 2019

North American Scrabble title 38

The Buzz About the Bee

A Q&A with Beeline

author Shalini Shankar 40

Dungeon Sudoku

Can you appease Scrooge and the Grinch

to solve your way out of the dungeon? 42

This Old Game: Dr. Ruth’s Game of Good Sex

Vintage games from the collector’s closet 43

Check It Twice!

A Yuletide trivia quiz to celebrate the season 46

PLUS...

Wild Cards

A potpourri of amusing little

puzzles for your solving pleasure 26

What’s Happening

Previews of upcoming events 33

Contest:

Coded Crisscross X 44

Contest Results:

QWERTY (from April) 45

Change of Art

Find the 10 differences between these scenes 48