Pavel's Puzzles

Artisanal befuddlement!

(Challenging) Puzzles

[Photo of The Devil's Half Doven]

The Devil's Half Doven

Tie these pieces into a compact knot, fitting every dovetail tab into a neighbor's matching notch!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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Cornered: the Logical Jigsaw

It looks like a jigsaw, but really, this is a mind-bending logic puzzle!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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What is the Name of this Puzzle?

A deck of cards with no name and no instructions! What can it all mean?

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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Punana Split

Cleverly mixing wordplay, assembly, and mystery, it's a multi-stage adventure for a team of 4-6 solvers!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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Ana-Links, Series A

A new kind of puzzle combining jigsaws and word play: find your way through some awful puns!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
[Photo of Puzzle Earrings, round]

Puzzle Jewelry

These eye-catching enigmas are both beautiful jewelry and fully functional puzzles!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
[Photo of Logical Leaps and Landings: an Adalogical Ænigmas Collection]

Logical Leaps and Landings: an Adalogical Ænigmas Collection

Like Sudoku? Here are 24 new kinds of logic puzzles, sure to challenge you!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
[Photo of The Maze of Games]

The Maze of Games

Eighteen years in the making, this is the world's first and only interactive puzzle novel!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
[Photo of Eccentric's Dream (executive edition)]

Eccentric's Dream

This idea came to Pavel in a dream, but it may prove a nightmare for you!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
[Photo of Dancing Shoes]

Dancing Shoes

Fit four shoes and a cross into an obstructed tray to solve this award-winning puzzle!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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Pair-Shaped

Pavel's unique take on the classic edge-matching puzzle form: a multi-stage solving adventure with a one-word answer!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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X Games

Weaving these 20 strips together is just the beginning of this multi-stage solving adventure!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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Marble March 2

March two groups of marbles past one another in this classic brainteaser!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
[Photo of The Plumber's Candelabrum (4 stick)]

The Plumber's Candelabrum (4 stick)

From a pipefitter's fever dream, can you remove the rubber O-ring from this candle holder?

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
[Photo of The Plumber's Candelabrum (5 stick)]

The Plumber's Candelabrum (5 stick)

From a pipefitter's fever dream, can you remove the rubber O-ring from this candle holder?

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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Star-Crossed

Young lovers, cruelly separated: a sad but timeless tale. Can you reunite this couple?

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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The Bickering Couple

Two estranged plumbing parts are no longer on speaking terms: reconcile the couple and get them face-to-face again!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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Edgewise

Watch out! This jigsaw looks simple, but it's really a multi-stage solving adventure!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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Icicle Jam

Brrr! This huge, frigid beauty is both a bracing challenge and a striking addition to any room!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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Get a Clue!

Assemble the nine pieces of this magnifying glass in two different ways to reveal its secrets!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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Anansi's Maze

Anansi the spider god presents a tricky maze with no walls or paths: a multi-stage solving adventure!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
[Photo of Gamesters of Triskelion]

Gamesters of Triskelion

Eight pieces and an engraved tablet mysteriously combine in this multi-stage solving adventure!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
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Octamaze

Triangles, tabs, slots, and a whole lotta holes! A multi-stage solving adventure!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
[Photo of The Finnish Cross]

The Finnish Cross

Six simple little pieces assemble so elegantly, we made it our company logo!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
[Photo of Easter Island Dominoes]

Easter Island Dominoes

Commune with Pavel's (entirely fake) Easter Island history lesson to get all twelve pieces into the tray!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)
[Photo of Sleazier (executive edition)]

Sleazier

It's just four pieces and a simple tray, but our most popular puzzle is surprisingly difficult!

Difficulty:  (Challenging)

Special Feature

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[Image of Countess Ada Lovelace]
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Adalogical Ænigmas

Every month, Pavel publishes a new paper-and-pencil logic puzzle, crafted by Countess Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, and oft-reputed first computer programmer. The puzzles are all available for free, and you can earn a discount on our physical puzzles simply by solving the current month's ænigma!

Even better, we are now also hosting a contest every month, where a randomly selected solver will receive a free physical puzzle!

 Click here for all of the ænigmas!