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Logic Puzzles |
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Hare & Hounds - A 19th-century board game invented in France, also called The Military Game. It was popular among French army officers during and after the Franco-Prussian war. |
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English 16 - A delightful puzzle created in the 19th century by Sam Loyd, described by Martin Gardner as "America's greatest puzzlist." |
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Hex-7 - An elegant game of strategy invented in the 1940's, Hex is no longer available commercially but has recently seen an increase in popularity. |
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Fiver - A simple and surprisingly addictive puzzle. I named it after a character in one of my favorite novels, Watership Down. |
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TacTix - Created by the brilliant Danish inventor Piet Hein, TacTix is a variation of Nim, one of the oldest of mathematical games. |
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Peg Solitaire - When we were kids, my sister and I played this as a board game called Hi-Q. I named this version after her. |
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Triplets - A simple three-in-a-row game first proposed by the Polish-American mathematician Stanislaw Ulam. |
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Sliders - A couple of famous sliding block puzzles, a not-so-famous one, and an infamous one. |
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Tower of Hanoi - The classic puzzle, a favorite of programmers and Buddhist monks. |
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