In the Hellraiser series of movies, there’s a devilish puzzle box called the Lament Configuration, also known as Lemarchand’s box, that contains numerous secret tricks and compartments. When fully ...

The New York Times Games: Puzzle Mania! features an in-depth foreword by author Joel Fagliano alongside an assortment of Mini ...

I cleared off a table in the basement to do jigsaw puzzles. It turned out to be too small to do a 1,000-piece puzzle. So I laid down posters on the floor, white side up, to have a surface. I can’t ...

It is the time of year when families spending days together at home often start a challenging new jigsaw puzzle. But many households fall at the first hurdle by failing to find the right-sized surface ...

The puzzle table sits off to one side of the infusion room. The chairs are now vacant, and the flat, white expanse of the table shows through the jagged outline of the emerging pattern. I think of her ...