101 Checker Puzzles

101 Checker Puzzles
Author: Robert W. Pike
Publisher: Sterling/Sew Information Resources
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Checkers
ISBN: 9780806960807

This book shows the logic behind these 101 brilliant strategies in checkers. Divided into beginning, middle, and endgame tactics, this great book of checker challenges will hone your skills and your analytic powers. Each puzzle showcases a different board layout, with a description of what's happening: for example, "Black Flabbergasts White" reveals that very early in the contest, Black is about to make a move that will assure almost instant victory.

The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Checker Puzzles

The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Checker Puzzles
Author: Robert W. Pike
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2001
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780806979755

Universally popular, checkers is one of the world s oldest and most elegantly structured board games and on a high level, it can demand real strategic thought. Put your skill to the test with these puzzles all based on the Standard American game. (Federation rules appear in their entirety.) Each is solvable in no more than six-and-a-half moves, and sometimes, the winner even seems at a serious disadvantage at the start. Quite a few of the solutions list alternative patterns of play. "

The Curious Book of Mind-boggling Teasers, Tricks, Puzzles & Games

The Curious Book of Mind-boggling Teasers, Tricks, Puzzles & Games
Author: Charles Barry Townsend
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2003
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9781402702143

Mathematical dupes, sleights of hand, shady shuffles, and impossible predictions: these are just a few of the 80 ways to use a pack of cards to dazzle and baffle everyone.

Study Maths

Study Maths
Author: Wendy Colyn
Publisher: Pearson South Africa
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2000-12
Genre: Competency-based education
ISBN: 9780636047075

Pride & Prejudice & Puzzles

Pride & Prejudice & Puzzles
Author: Richard Galland
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1623545331

Enter the world of Sense & Sensibility, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion with this beautifully realized puzzle collection that transports you to Jane Austen's England--a land of polite intrigue and conjugal contrivance. Permit yourself the indulgence of an interval of recreation and amusement to make your acquaintance with the riddles and conundrums contained within; for you are sure to receive no inconsiderable pleasure from the puzzling over and resolving of them. Your quest for an amiable distraction will be over, leaving your curiosity entirely satisfied. Puzzles there are plenty, clues there are many, and the pages are handsomely decorated with fine engravings entirely suited to the subject matter. "Really, Mr. Collins," cried Elizabeth with some warmth, "you puzzle me exceedingly. . ."--Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

World's Most Baffling Puzzles

World's Most Baffling Puzzles
Author: Charles Barry Townsend
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1991
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780806958330

Over 95 all-time bewildering puzzles are designed to confound, confuse, and make you cry "Uncle!" The 95-plus graphic illustrations help, but don't look for quick, easy solutions. Just sharpen your pencils--and your wits--and get ready to tackle the WORLD'S MOST BAFFLING PUZZLES. Answers can be found in the back, but no fair peeking first.