Puzzling in Circles, Literally
February Newsletter | Experimental Mazes + Knight and Knave Logic
This month I experimented with creating a multi-page maze puzzle. I have been curious for quite some time about how a puzzle like this might work, so I was pleased to finally give it a proper try.
Last month’s poll ended in a tie between a secret rendezvous and a missing pet, and this puzzle set takes a little inspiration from both. It is also influenced by puzzle legend Lewis Carroll, best known for writing Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Beyond his stories, Carroll had a deep interest in logic, wordplay, and chess, and he created puzzles for children in his family, including a pencil maze published in his family magazine, Mischmasch.
Rather than steering solvers with dead ends, the paths in Carroll’s maze loop and reconnect, sometimes leading you back to where you began. There are multiple correct routes, with fewer immediate signals about whether a choice is leading you forward or simply around in circles.
In my puzzle set, I leaned into this idea. The maze pages include loops instead of dead ends, and the set also includes symbol matching, a sentence unscramble, and a classic Knight and Knave style logic puzzle, complete with talking animals, in true Lewis Carroll fashion.
Ready to Solve! Open Puzzle Set PDF Show me the Answers. View the Solutions
32 Modern Pencil Maze, Plus More….
My newly released puzzle book includes 32 modern pencil mazes, along with word searches, kriss krosses, cryptograms, double puzzles, sudokus and riddles.
Keep Calm and Puzzle On, Volume 1 is a large print puzzle book for adults with 200 easy to medium puzzles, designed for relaxed, everyday solving. The variety makes it easy to dip in for a few minutes or settle in for a longer solve.
This sample includes one maze and two cryptograms, complementing last month’s preview, which is still available here.
Take a Peek. Open Sample Puzzle Pages PDF Need a Hint? See the Solutions
For those who solve on e-ink, a Kindle Scribe edition will be released later this month.