Armchair Puzzlers: Cryptograms [Paperback]

Maria Llull (Author)

Book Description

Series: Armchair Puzzlers | Publication Date: August 1, 2004

With Armchair Puzzlers, you can give your feet a rest and put your mind to work. It's time to sharpen your pencils--and your wits! This giant book of bona fide mind-benders includes dozens of clever cryptograms that'll keep your brain busy for hours on end.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: University Games (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575289571
• ISBN-13: 978-1575289571
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,526,737 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Idea, But..., October 18, 2006

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Ruth E. Belasco "artist and professor" (Mobile, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Armchair Puzzlers: Cryptograms (Paperback)

I love cryptograms. I've lost hours *spell-bound* in the darn things, even though I'm not the best cryptographer. This book of puzzles is immediately appealing because it's shaped like an armchair - and that shape somehow makes it comfortable to hold and fun to see. The layout of the puzzles is interesting because the puzzle on the left page relates to the puzzle on the right page of each two-page spread. Even though the two puzzles use different codes, you can use information on one page to help figure out the code of the facing page.

On the negative side - and this was frustrating enough that I decided to write a warning about it - the type is tiny and the lines are too close together. If you write letters above the coded ones, it is then difficult to read your own writing. The type is also a serif italic font that makes it difficult to distinguish between the letters "b" and "h". Similarly, some upper cases are tricky.

Worst of all, there are several typographical errors. This is a sure killer in a word game.

I hope that the editor decides to re-edit it, making the type larger and plainer, and correcting the errors.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Armchair Puzzlers, July 10, 2005

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M. A. Matteson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Armchair Puzzlers: Cryptograms (Paperback)

The book has interesting cryptograms, but the letters are too close together, making it difficult to write in new letters. I became very frustrated and am ready to throw the book away.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for cryptogram lovers, August 17, 2005

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Celery Hilliard (The Red House) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Armchair Puzzlers: Cryptograms (Paperback)

Fun and interesting cryptograms. Not the same old quotes. Am looking forward to more by this author.