In the 2025 competition, Tortoise Protocol was runner-up for the Puzzlers’ Award, which is determined by attendees who vote for their favorite. The year before, another of Mr. Yananose’s creature ...

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 ...

Everything you need to know about this year’s special print puzzle section. By New York Times Games This month’s grid is a collaboration between Ken Burns, a documentarian, and Christina Iverson, a ...

In the late ’70s and early ’80s, the Rubik’s Cube took the world by storm. Billed as a puzzle toy, it was equal parts mechanical wonder and near-magical oddity. As a kid, WESN’s founder, Billy Chester ...