Games World of Puzzles

Product Description

Product Description

GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES features pencil puzzles of all variety for the avid puzzle player.

Product Description

GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES features pencil puzzles of all variety for the avid puzzle player.

Product Details

• Format: Magazine
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Publisher: Kappa Publishing Group
• ASIN: B00008JO1R
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #494 in Magazines (See Top 100 in Magazines)
  • #2 in Magazines > Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Crosswords
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bi-monthly GAMES Pencilwise, December 29, 2007

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K. W. Schreiter (Conshohocken, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Games World of Puzzles (Magazine)

This bi-monthly GAMES Magazine spin-off offers sixty-plus pages of 'crosswords, word searches, picture puzzles, cryptograms, trivia, logic, double-crostics, cryptics and other pencil puzzles' reminiscent of GAMES' signature Pencilwise section. Most puzzles are rated on the standard one-to-three star scale of difficulty. The center of each issue contains a ten-page 'special section' of related puzzles. Each issue also features a contest with a $500 grand prize (and famed GAMES T-shirts for lucky random runner-ups). These puzzles are better crafted than those of the cheaper Dell or Penny Press competing publications and at $3.25 an issue this still offers good value. I enjoy the crosswords and double-crostics best.
Over my year-long subscription I accumulated a backlog of unread issues and eventually decided to cancel my 'World Of Puzzles' subscription. I'm saving the unused issues for future use. Single issues are highly recommended for airport bookstores and long airplane or train travel.
Amazon's annual rate is currently about $3.50 less than that directly offered by the publishers (each issue is loaded with subscription cards). However, be advised that subscribing through Amazon takes a LONG time to start (Amazon currently estimates 3-4 months between payment and first issue).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best puzzle magazine I've found, June 1, 2011

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M. Lamp (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Games World of Puzzles (Magazine)

This magazine is on the pricey side, but it is packed full of really clever puzzles -- of all kinds. There are the staples: crosswords, paint by numbers, cryptoquotes, battleships -- but also all kinds of original, unique puzzles as well. You get what you pay for with this magazine. It keeps me entertained for many days (and nights). I save the old ones and go back to find a little nugget of a puzzle that I hadn't finished when I first looked at it. Great magazine -- so glad it is on the market.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best puzzle magazine out there, April 15, 2009

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sarabella (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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I have tried the basic crossword and logic puzzle magazines out there, the kind you get at the airport and so on (usually by Penny Press), and the Games Magazine publications, World of Puzzles in particular, are by far the best. The simple physical quality of them is better, the puzzles more interesting and just overall a better buy. I admit I have never finished all the puzzles in it, but it's also great because I can keep them a while and still find puzzles to do! If you do a lot of puzzles, get a subscription. If you're more limited on time and never finish as many of them as you like, you can generally find this at places like Borders and buy every other edition.