What is Puzzlecraft?

Puzzlecraft, the only book that teaches you how to make every kind of puzzle, is back! Seven years after its initial publication, this heavily revised and expanded book from puzzlemasters Mike Selinker and Thomas Snyder contains over 100 sections of step-by-step instructions on making individual puzzle types, each with accompanying puzzles. In addition to classics like crosswords and sudoku, this new edition contains all new sections on escape rooms, interactive fiction, puzzle rallies, bonzas, variety cryptic crosswords, new Japanese logic puzzles, videogame puzzles, and much more. Plus there’s a new foreword by NPR quizmaster Peter Sagal and a new adventure in the Maze of Games world. Become a puzzlecrafter today!

Is there more?

Puzzlecraft is jam-packed full of everything you could want to know about creating all kinds of puzzles, but we realized we still had more to share. The Puzzlecraft Workbook provides extra information, lessons, and review questions for each section of Puzzlecraft to make sure you’ve absorbed every bit of puzzle-crafting knowledge possible. You’ll use these lessons to create a weeklong birthday-themed puzzle series. Perfect for classroom use, puzzlemaking practice, or surprising that special person.

Can I see some pages?

Yes!

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Who made this?

Thomas Snyder

Logic and number puzzle expert

Mike Selinker

Word puzzle guy

Gaby Weidling

Developer and Workbook author

Francis Heaney

Editor and graphic designer

Peter Sagal

Foreword author

Who made this?

Thomas Snyder

Logic and number puzzle expert

Mike Selinker

Word puzzle guy

Gaby Weidling

Developer and Workbook author

Francis Heaney

Editor and graphic designer

Peter Sagal

Foreword author

Where can I get the books?

Puzzlecraft and the Puzzlecraft Workbook can be found on the Lone Shark Games store.