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Please send me year of Games World of Puzzles (GMS) $43.00 · Issues NAME Please send me years of Games World of Puzzles (GMS) $78.00 · 18 Issues PAYMENT ENCLOSED ADDRESS Check or Money order (Payable to KAPPA PUBLISHING GRP, LLC) APT# VISA MASTERCARD ACCT # CITY Expiration date: STATE ZIP EMAIL MO / YR SIGNATURE AKPZ22 Remit with payment to: KAPPA PUBLISHING GROUP, LLC • PO Box 37028 • Boone, IA 50037-4028 Please allow weeks for subscription to begin *Canadian funds accepted; however, outside the U.S add postage: $22.50-9 issues $38.00-18 issues Outside U.S and Canada, pay with check drawn on a U.S bank or money order issued in U.S funds 9720.g/12-22/4c DECEMBER 2023 P E N C I LW I S E IN THIS ISSUE Discovering Japanese Logic Puzzles: Nekkuresu The ninth in a series of columns featuring lesser-known Japanese logic puzzles 33 The Game of Battleship This classic board game puts players right in the middle of an exciting naval battle 36 Child’s Play Kids’ favorite board games—in their own words 40 This Old Game: Bargain Hunter Vintage games from the collector’s closet 48 PLUS… Wild Cards A potpourri of amusing little puzzles for your solving pleasure 26 Contest: Adventures in Adventing 44 Contest Results: Printer Issues (from April) 45 Electronic Game Reviews Paperback Adventures, Pikmin 46 Tabletop Game Reviews Pyramido, Savernake Forest 47 52-SKIDDOO .4 ART ON THE SQUARE .24 BATTLESHIPS 23 BOXING MATCH .16 BRANCHING OUT CHAIN SUDOKU 52 CODE CROSSWORDS 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 60 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 61 CUTTING ROOM 63 DICEY DECISIONS 49 DOUBLE CROSS 51 DSZQUPHSBNT! 20 EASY AS 1-2-3 67 FAMILY REUNIONS 66 FIDDLE-FADDLE FOUR IMPORTANT LETTERS 14 FUNNY BUSINESS .10 GREATER, LESSER, EQUAL CROSSWORD PUZZLES .64 IN AND OUT 15 KID STUFF KNIGHT’S ADVENTURE 54 MIXED DOUBLES ONE, TWO, THREE 32 PAINT BY NUMBERS .56 PENCIL POINTERS PENCIL POINTERS .18 QUOTE BOXES 12 SIAMESE TWINS 22 SKYSCRAPER CROSSWORD PUZZLES 55 SLEIGH BELLS RING SLITHERLINK .13 SPLIT DECISIONS 50 STRIP TEASE 62 TECTONIC .29 THE SPIRAL 19 THEMELESS SPECIAL 21 WORD FINDER 30 WORLD’S MOST ORNERY CROSSWORD 67 DIFFICULTY RATING Easy Hard Medium Mixed COVER PUZZLE | ADAM FROMM december 2023 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES '3:)6 49>>0) -27869'8-327 8ljnj6ǂƸǐDž)ƾǎǂƿƽƾ %1ǐƷnj 'ݟ&ݓ+ݟݟݝݚ Editor in Chief Jennifer Orehowsky Editor Raymond Simon Contributing Editors Scott Appel, Thomas L McDonald, Andrew Parr, Jonathan Schmalzbach Supporting Players Rachel Garland, Catherine Keeney, Julie Snider, Madison Starr Email Address games@kappapublishing.com Creative Director Shaun Baron I n this maze, you’ll be making your way through the sprawling royal palace shown in the diagram on the cover Start in the pantry (marked with an ivory star), then move from room to room through the doors (indicated by lettered squares), and exit at last through the door at the very bottom To enter a room, however, you’ll need the right royal to escort you in—and royalty, busy as they are, aren’t always available To play, you’ll need three playing cards: a Jack, a Queen, and a King, of any suit Before you begin, place the three cards face-up in a horizontal row, in any order (You have six possible arrangements to choose from: J-Q-K, J-K-Q, Q-J-K, Q-K-J, K-J-Q, or K-Q-J.) These will be cards 1, 2, and 3, respectively, reading from left to right as shown below; for example, if you place them in the order K-Q-J, the King will be card 1, the Queen card 2, and the Jack card You’re now ready to tackle the maze Each move consists of two steps: Move from the room you’re in through a door to an adjacent room, but only if the card shown on the door is face-up So if, say, the door has a J, and your Jack is currently face-down, that door is blocked to you for now Doors with arrows through them are oneway, and can only be passed through in the direction of the arrow Each room besides the pantry contains a number: 1, 2, or 3RGI]SYŭZIQEHI]SYVQSZIƥMTXLIGEVHMRXLITSWMXMSRMRHMGEXIH by the new room’s number, regardless of whether the card is faceup or face-down You can reuse doors and revisit rooms as often as needed, and you can even backtrack to the room you just left through the door you just passed through if the right card is still face-up There is one exception: If you revisit the pantry where you started, you must enter through one door and leave through the other one 8LIVI MW RS RYQFIV MR XLI TERXV] WS ]SY [MPP RSX FI ƥMTTMRK E card on that turn.) We found an arrangement of cards that will allow you to escape the palace in 10 moves Can you find it (or improve upon our solution)? Good luck finding the path to freedom! 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(800) 426-3768 For subscription problems, attention: Timothy Whalen Allow six weeks for change of address Please include all label information when writing about service, renewal, or change of address GAMES-WORLD OF PUZZLES (ISSN 1074-4355) Vol 47, No is published monthly except March, July and November by GAMES Publications, a division of Kappa Publishing Group, LLC, 6198 Butler Pike, Suite 200, Blue Bell, PA 19422 Copyright ©2023 GAMES Publications, a division of Kappa Publishing Group, LLC GAMES-WORLD OF PUZZLES is a trademark of Kappa Publishing Group, LLC No part of this issue may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher Use of a product name or logo without its trademark symbol is not meant to suggest lack of trademark status Periodicals postage paid at Blue Bell, PA, and additional mailing offices POSTMASTER: Send address changes to GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES P.O Box 37028 Boone, IA 50037-4028 PRINTED IN USA GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES | december 2023 1ǂǑƾƽ(LjǎƻDžƾnj BY MIKE NOTHNAGEL Each answer in this crossword variation has two clues leading to it, using different meanings of the word The clues are separated into Across and Down, but are otherwise ordered randomly When you find two Across or two Down clues that seem to have the same answer, add up their clue numbers to determine the place in the grid at which the answer should be entered For example, if the clue for 1-Across were “Metallic element” and the clue for 17-Across read “Starring role,” the answer would be LEAD, which would go in 18-Across (1 + 17) Tags such as “Hyph.” and “2 wds.” have been omitted ANSWER, PAGE 70 29 18 15 24 19 32 30 27 16 14 23 13 17 33 12 22 21 11 25 10 11 12 13 14 ACROSS Organized groups of workers Directly above Trouble, metaphorically Actor Cumberbatch Just beats (out) Mount Rushmore president Court summons Sharp parts of knife blades Business’s general upkeep cost Untamed strand of hair Rankings in tournament brackets Gardener’s purchases Marriages Take off in a plane 15 16 17 18 19 20 Egg dish served with hollandaise Doctor who becomes The Hulk Type of website ad Steeping liquid, often Navigator producer 1948 Triple Crown winner DOWN Outdoor movie theater Close the gap, in a race Board game sometimes called Reversi Platform between flights of stairs Nickname for Alcatraz Island Back-of-book reference lists 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Dwayne Johnson, familiarly Type of residential school “Heart of Glass” band Pointer fingers Getting on an airplane Left-leaning, politically Reconnect with an old friend Touchdown Joker, sometimes Cause a runner to score Unpredictable influence Generous Tragedy with Iago and Desdemona 20 Comic strip featuring the Bumsteads december 2023 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES 7DŽǂƽƽLjLj BY JOEL NANNI There is one place for each letter of the alphabet in the 26 empty squares of each blank column in the diagram below Fill in each letter so that a word of at least five letters is formed reading across only Not all of the letters to the left and right of the empty box are used; it’s up to you to determine which ones are needed to complete familiar words Some letters may fit in more than one of the empty squares to complete words, but we only came up with one arrangement that would complete a word in each row Proper names are not allowed ANSWER, PAGE 71 A F M A D O U R B R U A A B C N E S U I S Y B P C B C B A X L A S T R E M U C D B H D E E L O E R I Y D E Y P F A B R O I A S K E F W F S M A L T H H B J F G H M R W M A N I N D B G H B Y G E U B E A N C E H I S T E T O S C P E Q K I J A T M P R A F I N Z M J K Q P U Z L I N K T G G K L H G L I E B O T I J Y L M J B Y O I N D E I Z H M N U S U P R H U A N M L N O F R E A O N A L E L I O P O S Y C I M A L P S J P Q R S U N U R S F D L T Q R T G V M S T I D V A V R S O A I S A I R A Y K H S T T R F P S H O E R A J T U J E Q U V A L N T X M U V T W V X E M I O H N W V W G X T E H N I U E G E W X F J L U L O A E D G B X Y Q P U N E N C S C R L Y Z C V P A E V V N G X F Z GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES | december 2023 4ƾLJƼǂDž4LjǂLJǍƾNjnj BY FRANK LONGO In this crossword puzzle, the clues appear in the grid itself Enter the answers in the direction of the pointers George HBO Takei comedy and Yoko series Ono, e.g ࢣ Turning into Finally drops the issue Nonearthling Bleeped out Nope director Jordan ࢣ ࢣ Key Occupy related to a chair G major ࢣ ࢣ Lang of London ࢣ Lots ࢣ Lends a hand ࢣ Using very few words Nutty candy ࢝ Country east of Hungary ࢝ Have a snack, say ࢣ Sleepinducing fairies ࢣ ࢝ Albany- Very Buffalo hard waterway gems ࢣ ࢣ 7IPƤWL motorist of a sort Golden (senior) ࢣ ࢝ avis Phrase (unique for an thing) optimist ࢣ ࢝ Ran off, as out of fear “34+35” singer Grande Be a cast 7RMJƤRK member organs of ࢣ WWW page code TV studio alert ࢣ ࢣ Adding a Hand lime slice over to, e.g formally ࢣ Zilch Sale caveat ࢣ Make the Top 40, e.g ࢝ Neighbor of Neb and Mo ࢝ Found natively in ࢝ Assess XLIƥEZSV of Fruit drink brand Airport Soldiers’ guess, in meal brief holders ࢣ Pistons great Thomas Despise ࢣ ࢝ African cobras Words in an anaolgy ࢣ Bravo ࢝ ࢝ Uncle, in Spanish ࢣ Wrap in layers of cloth ࢣ ࢣ ࢝ -RHMIƤPQ venue, often Practical smarts ࢣ ࢣ ࢝ Letters after pis ࢝ ——————— Novel ࢝ Puts in a tomb ࢣ The “S” of PTSD ࢝ ࢣ Starting place on a map ࢣ ࢝ Giants slugger Mel ࢝ ࢣ ࢝ “Ouch, that hurts!” Bulbous African plant ࢣ ࢝ Slash symbol, e.g Native of Sanaa or Aden ࢣ Film units ࢝ ࢝ ࢣ Some Like cartoons ZIP+4 codes ࢝ ࢝ Sicillian volcano Surprise sales visit Part of 8LIƤVWX “C” of CFC ࢝SSN: Abbr ࢣ Toothed turner ࢝ What a goalie guards ࢣ ࢝ ࢝ ࢣ Texas border city Rodeo ropes ࢣ ࢣ Spud Very doubtful about Plan (for) Ran with map and compass ࢣ ࢝ ࢣ Truth, old-style Glimpse ࢣ ࢝ ࢣ Govt Metal deposits agents ࢣ ࢣ Snow queen in Frozen ࢝ Simian ࢝beasts ࢝ ࢝ Darkens in the sun ࢝ ࢝ Gas brand in Canada ࢝ Some reddish deer ࢝ Traverses on foot ࢝ december 2023 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES ANSWER, PAGE 70 Zor-El Like (Super- villains girl) 250, in Roman numerals &NjƺLJƼǁǂLJǀ3ǎǍ BY MARGERY ALBIS Place the words from the list into the boxes so that any pair connected by a line will form a compound word or familiar two-word phrase Use each word only once ANSWER, PAGE 71 ARREST DOOR LUNCH SODA BOOK EATEN MANAGER STAGE CALL FIELD MONEY TABLE CENTER FOUNTAIN MOUSE TENNIS CLUB GUEST PHONE TRAINED COACH HOCKEY PICNIC WINE COMPANY HOLE POLICY WORM COUNTER HOUSE POP GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES | december 2023 *ǂƽƽDžƾ*ƺƽƽDžƾ 13 14 16 17 19 20 21 22 24 26 27 28 31 34 35 36 37 40 41 43 44 46 48 49 50 54 56 57 Youngster 58 _ about (roughly): wds 59 Nonsense 62 Heap 63 Two words after “Doe” 64 Racket man Nastase 65 Hot times in Paris? 66 Good Friday observance 67 Stylist, sometimes DOWN Comic opera clown Lily or Tim Nonsensical Eavesdrop via bugs Flowers Solo Luke Skywalker’s mentor Word section: Abbr Woodwind section members 10 Nonsense 11 Banister 12 Noble Italian family name 15 Flatten, as a tire 18 One of the Brothers Karamazov 13 18 20 21 24 22 29 30 52 53 23 34 42 46 12 16 28 37 41 11 26 33 36 10 19 25 32 15 27 35 38 39 43 44 47 40 45 48 49 54 14 17 31 50 55 51 56 58 59 62 63 65 57 60 61 64 66 23 “Alley _” (comic strip) 25 Suit accompaniment 26 Replica made in a test tube 28 Intone 29 Sax type 30 Use a pitcher 31 Song for a twosome 32 Open, as buttons 33 34 38 39 42 45 47 48 50 ANSWER, PAGE 70 ACROSS Worms, to an angler Howls at the moon Grimm bad guy Radius neighbor Father of Beau and Jeff Prejudice Nonsense Passing notice? Marshy ground Da Vinci's _ Lisa Human weakness Former: Hyph Actress Glenn Part of TGIF Nonsense German etcher Albrecht Photograph, briefly Missile housing Cycle or corn starter Select jurors PQR followers Advantage Top-of-the-line: Hyph Loathe Nonsense Cube root of eight Fool or showers lead-in Completely out of control Strict adherence to the rules Imposter BY S.E WILKINSON 67 Nonsense Thread holder Xylophone’s kin Courtroom figure Vast realms Curtsy’s counterpart 12-month periods: Abbr Bet accepters Netherworld of Greek myth 7Džƾǂǀǁ&ƾDžDžnj6ǂLJǀŷ 51 Michelangelo’s country 52 O’Donnell of talk television 53 Anesthetic of the past 54 Vatican VIP 55 Module 56 Rover rider 60 Navy officer: Abbr 61 Performed BY SCOTT ERDMAN Are you listening? Once again, the holiday season is upon us, and, indeed, bells will be ringing In fact, each clue below leads to a word or phrase containing the word BELL For example, the clue “Class period ender” leads to SCHOOL BELL Get all 14 correct, and we’ll give you our ringing endorsement! ANSWERS, PAGE 71 Holiday song with the lyric “What a bright time, it’s the right time…” Home of the Crunchwrap Supreme Peter Pan’s fairy friend Flared pants of the ’60s and ’70s Clown on Howdy Doody “Fractured” Philadelphia tourist attraction Famous Hemingway novel Statistical graph image Cowboy’s meal call 10 Veggie that can be green, yellow, orange, or red 11 1969 hit for the 5th Dimension 12 End-of-trading signal at the New York Stock Exchange 13 Classic SNL skit with Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell 14 “Mr Watson—come here—I want to see you” utterer december 2023 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES