David Jacobsen released The Mad Tea Party, a fully armchair treasure hunt, soon after The Hatter’s Hat treasure hunt in 2020. Both of these are part of The Wonderland Treasure Hunts. The Hatter’s Hat treasure hunt requires physically retrieving a proxy item, hidden somewhere in the US, to claim the …
The last section in the 1934 Torquemada Puzzle Book contained one of the world’s most difficult literary puzzles and murder mysteries; Cain’s Jawbone. Supposedly named after the first ever murder weapon. This puzzle was created by a gentleman named Edward Powys Mathers who also introduced the Cryptic Crossword to readers …
The Beacon Star is an armchair treasure hunt with a prize over $5000 dollars and a gold coin. Since it’s release in 2017, searchers have been wondering about the large puzzle covered in symbols on page 55. Many feel it could be used as a Map to the treasure. The …
UPDATE: THE RING OF OLD: SOLVED! Congrats to Don A.! Story coming soon! MW is excited to announce that another MW Treasure Hunt has been released! Entitled, The Ring of Old, this Fall 2017 MW Treasure Hunt is fully armchair. This means there isn’t any physical object, or need for travel, …
One of the easiest and most enjoyable ways to exercise the mind is by playing a game. And a perfect game for having puzzling and riddle fun is with Mastermind. Since 1970, the game has been challenging players to each break his opponent’s code before the time it takes his …
It doesn’t have to cost anything to puzzle and riddle the mind, giving it exercise. However, can you find the missing dollar? The riddle of the Missing Dollar, for a first time reader, always causes one to stop and think. The facts are presented in such a way that the …
Since the thirteenth century, measuring puzzles have been challenging minds and offering a fun form of riddles. Niccolo Fontana (1500-1559) is credited with popularizing the puzzles. Fontana was an Italian mathematician and published one of the first dilemmas- which actually is know to be from the 1200’s. The puzzles involve …
The history of Sudoku is a story which begins in the United States, travels around the world, and returns back to the United States after twenty six years. Almost everyone today has seen a Sudoku puzzle. The uncompleted 9X9 number grids can be found in the majority of newspapers, puzzle …
Published in 1891, along with the game of Seven Sleepers, the 24 Puzzle challenges a player to find a way to move 8 pawns from one side of an 8×8 checkered board to the other side. This must be done in 24 single or multiple moves. My favorite sentence within …
Dating back to cuneiform tablets written in the 18th century BC, the following two ancient Sumerian riddles hold clues to a person’s quest for knowledge. I find them amazing. They share wisdom which was later conveyed in not only the Bible, but in other beliefs and teachings, as well. These …
