A quick list of puzzle based boardgames:
- Dimension: This is a competitive board game where you race against friends and foes to follow spatial rules in arranging spheres. Sounds simple? The timer is your primary enemy and your optimization skill is the best friend. It’s easy to learn and I found it remarkably simple to teach my 9 year old niece and start playing.
- Ricochet Robots: A classic puzzle game that barely passes as a board game. Players compete to form the shortest path for pawns on the board to reach a target. Everyone controls the same pawn, and most of the game is spent in thinking of solutions and bidding for the shortest. This makes it a very cool single player game as well, and there are plenty of mobile applications that ape this game.
- Chessformer: This is a mobile game you can play on rob1221.itch.io which is a 2D chess game where the pieces fall down after moving to the lowest level. Aim is as always to capture the opposing King (who, to make things easier, never moves)
- Letter Jam: If you like a good word puzzle and anagramming game, Letter Jam is perfect for you! You’ll need a few friends who are equally enthusiastic, or very strong persuasion skills. This is a co-operative word puzzle game where groups give clues to each other to solve each of their letters that are hidden from them and seen by everyone else. Once you have all your letters, anagram them to create the final solution. You score points based on how many in the group got their entire words right, so make sure you’re all moving together co-operatively!
Perplexed Potatoes 