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This traditional Chinese puzzle, known as a tangram, reveals some surprising properties of squares!

Here’s a quick sliding puzzle to get your brain pumping. See if you can separate the light and dark counters in as few moves as possible!

Written by Mike McRae Stuck inside with nothing to do? Grab a chess board and see if you can control an outbreak in this isolation game!

Here’s a simple game that can be very tricky to play well. Give it a go, then find out why it’s such a challenge.

Here’s a traditional card game that’s bound to get your brain pumping. Being able to add up will help, but there’s plenty more to puzzle over!

Len Choa is a two player game from Thailand. It’s an asymmetric game, which means the two players have different rules to follow. In this game, one player controls a pack of six leopards, and their opponent controls one scary lion!

Here’s a tricky puzzle for you! An eight pointed star, and seven coins. Can you put all the coins onto the star?

Stuck in a boring class? Can’t wait for cricket season to start up again? Have a go at pencil cricket, and fix both your problems at the same time!

Here’s a quick puzzle for you – this square is too wide for its envelope. Can you find a way to make it fit?

Many people know how to play solitaire or patience, but there are actually lots of different one-player card games. This version of patience has a bit of addition, and also some tricky strategic thinking.