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Stave Puzzles 101: What Is a Trick Puzzle?

By RAR Puzzles

Oh where oh where do we start with this? Historically Tricks have been some of the hardest puzzles Stave makes. However, in recent years, this has changed with some new, even harder types of puzzle designs including Troublemakers that often have multiple solutions or another category called Tormentors that are… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Puzzle Tips and Tricks, Stave Puzzles

Stave Puzzles 101: What Is a Teaser Puzzle?

By RAR Puzzles

Whether you are new to the world of wood puzzles, specifically Staves, or experienced at doing traditional puzzles and looking for your next challenge, have we got a type of puzzle for you, drum roll please…Stave Teasers. Stave has been pushing puzzle innovation for nearly 50 years now and always… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Puzzle Tips and Tricks, Stave Puzzles

4 Ideas to Get Your Children (or Grandchildren) Working on Wood Puzzles

By RAR Puzzles

cool wood puzzle

There are myriad things that children do and we as adults rarely continue. Doodling, playing with blocks, going down the slide, the list goes on and on. However, there are a few activities that seem to get more popular as we age, and puzzling is definitely in that category. When… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: General Puzzle Posts, Puzzle Tips and Tricks

How to Use Google Image Search to Identify Unknown Pictures on Puzzles

By RAR Puzzles

You may be asking yourself, how are we able to figure out the titles and names of the artists for a lot of the puzzles we sell? With no signed names and so many artists out there, it would seem like a puzzle! Well, the answer is surprisingly simple, it’s… [Continue Reading]

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A Sort of Movie Review of Puzzle

By RAR Puzzles

What if your whole world got turned upside down by doing a puzzle? For a bored housewife named Agnes it did, and that is the premise of the movie Puzzle. Before I go further, let me first start off by saying I am no movie critic. In fact, outside of… [Continue Reading]

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The Power of Jigsaw Puzzles to Bring People Together

By RAR Puzzles

There is something unique about a puzzle, more than any other indoor activity I can think of, that creates such a strong emotional connection for people. I can’t begin to tell you the number of times we have had a wood puzzle out on the table when guests are over…. [Continue Reading]

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The Dog Ate My Puzzle – I Couldn’t Do It!

By RAR Puzzles

Has this ever happened to you? You’ve finished dinner, cleaned up and now are settling into your favorite puzzling chair to get going on a fun evening of puzzling. You have been working on this particular puzzle for three weeks now, most every evening spending 2-3 hours on this 1500… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Puzzle Repair

3 Tips on How to Pick out a Stave Puzzle as a Gift

By RAR Puzzles

Peter and the Wolf

We are sometimes asked to give suggestions on what type of Stave Puzzle to give as a gift. Whether it is for the winter holidays, birthday or other special occasion, your puzzling friend or loved one will no doubt appreciate any Stave that they receive. That being said, here are… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Puzzle as Gifts

Overview of the 12th Puzzle Parley

By RAR Puzzles

We just got back from the 12th Puzzle Parley and had an amazing time. For those not familiar with the Parley, it is held every other year and is a weekend of non-stop “everything wooden puzzle”; cutting workshops, informational panels, puzzle history talks, puzzle sales and,of course, puzzling! This year,… [Continue Reading]

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Review of the Jigsort Jigsaw Puzzle Case by Jigthings

By RAR Puzzles

Jigthings is a company that sells a range of products for puzzlers. They have puzzle tables, puzzles cases, frames and other storage items to keep puzzles safe and secure. Given the much larger size of the cardboard puzzle market, the products seem primarily designed for that market. However, as a… [Continue Reading]

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