World of Puzzles Magazine

Pros: No advertising. Combines stress and relaxation in an entertaining way.

Cons: Some of the puzzles may be too difficult for some.

The Bottom Line: Challenging, but enough variety to keep you going until the next issue arrives. Entertaining nevertheless.

Review: I've recently become a subscriber to World of Puzzles magazine, the companion magazine to Games. I ...

Pros: varying difficulty levels, variety of puzzles, quality puzzles

Cons: Only 6 issues per year! Deciding who gets to solve the wordsearch!

Review: This puzzle magazine from the people who gave us GAMES magazine is a sure hit for those (like me!) who love do tackle interesting and diverse puzzles. From my all time favorites (spirals and paint by numbers) to those that my younger children can work...

Pros: Variety and challenges

Cons: NONE!

Review: This is a great magazine for anyone who wants to sharpen their brains. It contains a great variety of puzzles: crosswords, crisscross puzzles, math, logic, trivia, nameplay, crossword varieties, cryptics, word searches, wordplay, double crostics,...

Pros: Huge variety in the puzzles, tons of puzzles in each issue, superb puzzle creators.

Cons: Too many paint by numbers. Need more Rummy 500, that's the best there is!!!

Review: There are few things I look forward to more than getting my next issue of WoG! I guess you could say I'm a WoG-aholic! It takes me several weeks(!) to go through and do most of the puzzles, so the cost to fun ratio is superb. I love doing crossword ...

Pros: Variety of puzzles, both in content and skill

Cons: Pricey, same structure for each issue

The Bottom Line: Will provide hours of enjoyment with high quality puzzles.

Review: I have been a World of Puzzles user for many years now, and have recently become a subscriber. I lov ...

Pros: All puzzles.

Cons: Eats your free time, expensive

The Bottom Line: Not cheap, but a lot of fun.

Review: I used to get "Games" magazine, and would turn straight to the Pencilwise section and only read the rest if I ran out of puzzles. Then "World of Puzzles" came out, from the same publishers, and I switched to it. It has more of the same crosswords,...

Pros: some interesting variations, some word play and visual puzzles without overwhelming everything else

Cons: many ridiculously easy puzzles, not grouped by difficulty, odd unannounced variants, badly presented (physically)

The Bottom Line: While I like World of Puzzles a lot more than I like its sister publication Games Magazine, it's vastly inferior to most Dell or Penny Press titles.

Review: I've never been very fond of Games Magazine - it's too reliant on rebuses, puns, and other gimmicky stuff plus it tends to have many fewer puzzles than a comparably sized Dell or Penny Press magazine. When Games started publishing World of Puzzles ...