I prefer not having a theme.

I also like logic puzzles.

Love it! I can't get anyone to play with me anymore, though. lol

@tallgreentech Yeah. But not as satisfying as those smooth tile in hand.
And actual dumb. I was challenged on ennui once.

Scrabble with assumed large vocabulary people would be interesting

I'd probably keep an active jigsaw puzzle going in my home...but I have a cat that's an asshole.

Love it. With the cheap crappy crayon?

@BufftonBeotch I've become a crayon conasseiur.

It is quicker. At least for me.

I like both. But a Sudoko is a quick stress reliever for me.

Yes!

That's fine.

I love the NPR quiz shows when I can catch them, And "This American Life" is a favorite. The archive is online now.

I'll have to check that out.

@BufftonBeotch it’s cool

I have a friend that teaches chess to kids and takes them to tournaments.

Solitaire is much more transportable on a computer screen. Many more varieties as well.
How about Mahjong?

@BufftonBeotch Don't know that one.

@JackPedigo It is a fairly ancient Chinese game using tiles that have to be removed in pairs. The pairs you remove have to have at least one long edge free.
No, I don't carry around actual tiles. There are numerous varieties online.

What would be an example of this?

@BufftonBeotch My favorites were long division problems with lots of missing digits throughout, requiring a lot of reverse math, context clues, and logic. Found a bunch of them in an old Games magazine in the 80s.

I don't do them nearly as much as I used to either.

And that's....OK.

@BufftonBeotch Yeah, I guess...... Now, if I may...Which one do you like and why are you asking?

@IamNobody Sodoku can be done fairly quickly, so for a quick diversion that would be what I would choose.
But it is not something that is going to increase my math skills. Except for recognizing certain patterns for solving Sudoku.
Crosswords, though more time consuming. do have the benefit of increasing ones vocabulary.

@BufftonBeotch ahhh...ok, thanks !!

Have you done any of those puzzles where there is a mystery to solve in the picture?

@BufftonBeotch No, I don't believe I have. In fact, I'm not quite sure what you are talking about.

@joeymf86 There is a a murder/theft/ whatever short paragraph included in the book.
When the puzzle is solved here are images that will solve the mystery if you spot them.

Oh yeah. Those are brutal.

They can be, but they're the most rewarding to me. So many of the clues are simply beautiful. And the "variety" cryptics, where extra gimmicks abound, are often works of art.

There are places online where you can make your own word search puzzles for a group activity or party. You can probably adjust the level of difficulty, I'd imagine. Save the backwards diagonals for the experts.

Have you played with those Logic Problems?

@BufftonBeotch Every day.

lol. You know what you like.

Give it a shot. There are many online.

Both sides of the brain.

@BufftonBeotch Really? Makes sense...I am an accountant but I also do a lot of art...both sides of the brain there as well

OK. What is Two Dots?

Will Shortz?

@BufftonBeotch

Hi..no that's the New York Times guy.

Crosshairs the Irish Times guy..he is dead now..but knowing he was dying he constructed a huge store of them..so that his legacy would continue..he was a cruel but wonderful genius..??