Stave, 80 pieces. Marked as a 3-sword Teaser, but not incredibly challenging (it's possible my standards just keep drifting higher). Nice design! 7/10
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Dall-E, Animals in Motion
Artifact, 225 pieces. I probably wouldn't have put this on my Hoefnagel list if I'd paid enough attention to see it was AI-generated art. I just don't see the point--the images are certainly no better, and there's no human art to connect with. But it arrived, and not doing it wouldn't have changed much, so here are the pictures:
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Stumpcraft minis
Cute and some alternate solutions, though I only put one together. 3/5
Marsh, Meadow, Mountain, Catherine Robertson 61 pieces
look at how the cut goes around the bird's beak at the bottom left! |
This is It, Cecile Albi 62 pieces
Comin' Round the Mountain, Julie deBoer 73 pieces
Emerald Lake, Ruolin Shi 62 pieces
Lilac, Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Salt Pond Puzzles, 175 pieces. Another really impressive hand-cut puzzle, with intricate dropouts making for high difficulty despite the relatively low piece count. 8/10 Stave scale (but the wood could still use a little bit of improvement)
Friday, October 18, 2024
Horsing Around
Salt Pond Puzzles, 72 pieces. This Teaser-style puzzle was a lot of fun, probably 3 sword equivalent, in significant part because the frame had small dropouts to make it harder to connect specific pieces. My only complaint was that the wood felt a little softer than my ideal. If you like Teasers, put this on your Hoefnagel list! 7/10