Constructing a puzzle is a puzzle unto itself. The challenge isn’t just in finding an entertaining theme or a clever gimmick, but in tailoring your puzzle’s difficulty to the audience. It’s a feat to leave your players thrashing around in the forest, while still leaving a carefully hidden trail of breadcrumbs to lead them to the solution before they collapse from hunger or boredom.
In the pages of this website you’ll find some of my favorite puzzles created for fun and profit. (Mostly fun.) You are free to download, share, and enjoy them with friends or by yourself on a quiet evening, but please don’t sell or repackage them.
A few of the puzzles here are not available as downloads because they require special preparation or preprinted materials. These are presented as fond memories (and in a few cases, as cautionary tales) rather than challenges. Remember that you can always click on a category such as “Downloadable Files” if you just want the playable puzzles.
I hope you enjoy them!
— John Doppler