Happy Anniversary! - A Year's Worth of ZenPuzzler

This post marks the first-year anniversary of ZenPuzzler.  For the horde (I use the term horde loosely; couple = 2, few = 3, horde > 3) of regular readers, I hope that the ZenPuzzler blog provides some entertainment during your week. It has been an interesting journey and my goal is to keep it going for as long as there is interest.  After doing this for a year, I have even more respect for the puzzle bloggers that have been generating quality posts for many years.  I still have a lot to learn from them.

To wrap up the year, I have created a list of the weekly posts and the puzzles that are mentioned in each.  The name of each post is linked to the entry so that you can easily jump to it by clicking on the name.

29 APR 20 - Is Metagrobological Science Broken? - EnigmaTIC

•     Enigmatic by Andrew Crowell, made by Ken Irvine

22 APR 20 - Earth Day Celebrates 50 Years - Globe Ball

•     Globe Ball by Vesa Timonen, made by Hanayama

15 APR 20 - The Proper Way to Solve a Puzzle - PedanTIC

•     Pedantic by Andrew Crowell, made by Andrew Crowell

8 APR 20 - Here Comes Peter Cottontail - Kimiki Bunny

•     Kimiki Bunny

1 APR 20 - The First of April - Fool’s Cube

•     Fool’s Cube by Ken Irvine, made by Ken Irvine

25 MAR 20 - Supporting Social Distancing - Burr Lock “E”

•     Burr Lock “E” by Christoph Lohe, made by Cubicdissection

18 MAR 20 - Inspiration from Grandchildren - Little Kenny and Wooden Puzzles

•     Little Kenny by Ken Irvine, made by Tom Lensch
•     Wooden Puzzles (book) by Brian Menold

11 MAR 20 - Green Beer ‘ill Cure What Ails Ya - BioTIC

•     BioTIC by Andrew Crowell, made by Andrew Crowell

Puzzles Made by Wood Wonders

4 MAR 20 - Foreign Fame - 4 In Frame

•     4 In Frame by Stéphane Chomine, made by Wood Wonders

26 FEB 20 - A Nice Clean Look - Dirty Dozen

•     Dirty Dozen by Jerry Loo, made by Puzzle Master
•     Slideways by Ray Stanton, made by Puzzle Master
•     Lattice by Jerry Loo, made by Puzzle Master

19 FEB 20 - A Puzzle Party in the Big Apple - NYPP 2020

•     MagnaCube by Ron Duban
•     Logical Progression by Rick Eason, made by Cubicdissection and Rick Eason
•     Cover Up by Col. George Sicherman, made by Wood Wonders
•     MultiTarget by Glen Iba, made by Glen Iba
•     Licorice +-x by Ken Irvine, made by Ken Irvine

12 FEB 20 - I Heart You, Whatever Your Name Is - In Inima

•     In Inima by Kirill Grebnev

5 FEB 20 - TIC, TIC, TIC - PackTIC II

•     PackTIC II by Andrew Crowell, made by Andrew Crowell

29 JAN 20 - Food for Thought - Bitten Biscuits

•     Bitten Biscuits by JinHoo Ahn

22 JAN 20 - Finding Your Way Through the Labyrinth - Daedalus

•     Daedalus by Gregory Benedetti, made by Maurice Vigouroux

15 JAN 20 - Puzzling DNA - GeneTIC

•     Genetic by Andrew Crowell, made by Andrew Crowell

8 JAN 20 - An Impediment to Rolling Along - Wheel Lock

•     Wheel Lock by Tzy Hun Chein, made by Wood Wonders

1 JAN 19 - Happy New Year!

•     Happy New Year by Johan van de Konijnenberg, made by Cubicdissection

Puzzles Made by Cubicdissection

25 DEC 19 - A Christmas Present For You - Ultimate Penultimate Burr Box Set Challenge

•     Penultimate Burr Box Set by Jack Botermans, Peter Van Delft, Ken Irvine, and Eric Fuller, made by Cubicdissection

18 DEC 19 - The Marriage of a Great Design with Great Craftsmanship - Bouquet

•     Christoph Lohe by Christoph Lohe, made by Wood Wonders

11 DEC 19 - Half A Dozen Rhombic Dodecahedrons - Cluster Buster

•     Cluster Buster by Stewart Coffin, made by Pacific Puzzleworks

4 DEC 19 - How I Learned to Hate Myself - Licorice +-x

•     Licorice +-x by Ken Irvine, made by Ken Irvine

27 NOV 19 - This Puzzle’s No Turkey - Chicken

•     Chicken by Olexandre Kapkan, made by Cubicdissection

20 NOV 19 - Monkey Business - HepTIC

•     HepTIC by Andrew Crowell, made by Andrew Crowell

13 NOV 19 - A New Spin on Puzzling - Tetra Spinner

•     Tetra Spinner by Yasuhiro Hashimoto and Mineyuki Uyematsu

6 NOV 19 - Yanked My Chain - Chain Store

•     Chain Store by Goh Pit Khiam, made by Tom Lensch

30 OCT 19 - Off With Her Head! Part 2 - Skull

•     Skull, made by BePuzzles

23 OCT 19 - Molnar Scores Again! - Hat Trick

•     Hat Trick by Laszlo Molnar, made by Wood Wonders

16 OCT 19 - Uns@lv*bl# F!&#ing O$j@ct - Cast UFO

•     Cast UFO by Vesa Timonen, made by Hanayama

9 OCT 19 - Just Plain Mean - Split Cube 2

•     Split Cube 2 by Andrew Crowell, made by Andrew Crowell

2 OCT 19 - Providing Solutions, A Slippery Slope - Cast Slider (Redacted)

•     Cast Slider by Vesa Timonen, made by Hanayama

25 SEP 19 - Playing With Fire - Oscar's Matchboxes

•     Oscar's Matchboxes by Oskar van Deventer, made by Philos

18 SEP 19 - 5 Is the Magic Number - PenTIC

•     PenTIC by Andrew Crowell, made by Andrew Crowell

11 SEP 19 - Totally Tubular Dude! - Tube It In

•     Tube It In by Wil Strijbos, made by Cubicdissection

4 SEP 19 - Off With Her Head!- Guillotine

•     Guillotine by Volker Latussek, made by made by ROMBOL GmbH

Puzzles Made by Andrew Crowell

28 AUG 19 - Is it Love? - Cast Arrows

•     Cast Arrows by Andrei Ivanov, made by Hanayama

21 AUG 19 - A Decade of Puzzling - RPP 2019

•     Cast Slider by Vesa Timonen, made by Hanayama
•     Cover Up by Col. George Sicherman, made by Ken Irvine
•     Outstandin' by Haym Hirsh, made by Haym Hirsh
•     Hat Trick by Laszlo Molnar, made by Wood Wonders
•     Multiball by Eric Fuller, made by Cubicdissection
•     Triagonal Pyramid by Kohno Ichiro, made by Ken Irvine
•     Petit Ring by Osanori Yamamoto, made by Tom Lensch
•     Rules of Attraction by Laszlo Molnar, made by Wood Wonders
•     Somaa Cube by Haym Hirsh, made by Wood Wonders
•     TD345 by Chico Banan
•     Custer by Andrew Crowell, made by Wood Wonders
•     Mushkila by Yavuz Demirhan
•     Wavelinks by Rod Bogart
•     Tetra Spinner by Yasuhiro Hashimoto and Mineyuki Uyematsu
•     All In by Haym Hirsh, made by Haym Hirsh
•     Xtic by Andrew Crowell, made by Wood Wonders
•     Cluster Buster by Rex Dwyer, made by Wood Wonders
•     Half Lid Box by Hajime Katsumoto, made by Cubicdissection
•     Rectilinear by Goh Pit Khiam, made by Tom Lensch
•     Pack 3 by Osanori Yamamoto, made by Tom Lensch
•     Cribbage Dance by Tyler Somer, made by Greg Davis
•     Pack 012 by Osanori Yamamoto, made by Tom Lensch
•     Die Welle, made by Jean Claude Constantin
•     Kawashima W Box by Kawashima
•     Harun by Volker Latussek, made by Cubicdissection
•     Reversal of Fortune Box by Jeff Aurand, made by Jeff Aurand
•     Bouquet by Christoph Lohe, made by Wood Wonders
•     Broken Soma by Ken Irvine, made by Ken Irvine

14 AUG 19 - I've Been Framed - Quadripole

•     Quadripole by Stéphane Chomine, made by Wood Wonders
•     Beta Funzzle by Mr. Y Gong, made by Puzzle Master

7 AUG 19 - Chico Strikes Again - TD345

•     TD345 by Chico Banan

31 JUL 19 - Puzzle-A-Month Challenge

•     Two Keys, made by Jean Claude Constantine
•     Symmetrick by Vesa Timonen, made by Sloyd
•     Heartbreaker, made by Puzzle Master
•     Handcuffs, made by Puzzle Master
•     “A” puzzle, made by Puzzle Master
•     Perseus by Steward Coffin, made by Philos
•     Six-T-Puzzle by Dr. Volker Latussek, made by Rombol
•     Spring Time Box
•     Dynacube 1 by Gabriel Songel and Gianni Sarcone, made by Recent Toys

24 JUL 19 - Where Do Great Puzzles Designs Come From?

•     Trifecta by Ken Irvine, made by Tom Lensch
•     Brass Monkey Two by Steve Nicholls and Ali Morris, made by Tow Brass Monkeys
•     FantasTIC by Andrew Crowell, made by Andrew Crowell
•     Hokey Cokey Lock by Steve Nicholls and Ali Morris, made by Two Brass Monkeys
•     Jack in the Box by Jesse Born, made by Jesse Born
•     Logical Progression by Rick Eason, made by Cubicdissection and Rick Eason
•     Mazeburr L by Diniar Namdarian, made by Diniar Namdarian
•     Multiball by Eric Fuller, made by Cubicdissection
•     PedanTIC by Andrew Crowell, made by Andrew Crowell
•     Puzzleduck Pastures by Kel Snache, made by Kel Snache
•     Slammed Car by Junichi Yananose, made by Pluredro
•     Cast Slider by Vesa Timonen, made by Hanayam
•     Somaa Cube by Haym Hirsh, made by Wood Wonders
•     Venn Puzzle, made by Puzzle Master
•     Wave 5 by Yuu Asaka, made by Yuu Asaka
•     Yosegi Patter Box by Jesse Born, made by Jesse Born

17 JUL 19 - To Bevel or Not to Bevel, That is the Question

•     Cereal by Ken Irvine, made by Ken Irvine
•     Exolution Cubes I - IV by Andrew Crowell, made by Andrew Crowell

10 JUL 19 - The Sting of Five Fantastic Scorpions

•     Scorpion’s Sting, made by Puzzle Master
•     Fantastic Five, made by Puzzle Master

3 JUL 19 - Puzzle Complexity

•     The Nagging Wife by Ken Irvine, made by Ken Irvine
•     H&H by JinHoo Ahn, made by Hanayama
•     Delight by Stéphane Chomine, made by Pelikan
•     Spin Out by William Keister
•     Wookey Hole by Stewart Coffin
•     Man-O-War, made by Puzzle Master
•     NOS 5 Crenel by Gregory Benedetti, made by Cubicdissection
•     Soma by Piet Hein, made by Creative Crafthouse
•     Half Hour by Stewart Coffin, made by Ken Irvine

Puzzles Made by Ken Irvine

26 JUN 19 - The Nagging Wife

•     The Nagging Wife by Ken Irvine, made by Ken Irvine

19 JUN 19 - A Puzzle with No Name - Yukuri's Cube

•     Yukari’s Cube by Junichi Yananose

12 JUN 19 - Mesmerized by - HypnoTIC

•     HypnoTIC by Andrew Crowell, made by Andrew Crowell

5 JUN 19 - A Second Chance - Puzzle Auctions

•     Wausau ’82 by Bill Cutler, made by Mr. Puzzle
•     Wausau ’83 by Bill Cutler, made by Mr. Puzzle
•     Jupiter by Stewart Coffin, made by Steward Coffin

29 MAY 19 - Penultimate Burr Box Set

•     Penultimate Burr Box Set by Jack Botermans, Peter Van Delft, Ken Irvine, and Eric Fuller, made by Cubicdissection

22 MAY 19 - You Only Have to - Pack 6

•     Pack 6 by Eric Fuller, made by Ken Irvine

15 MAY 19 - Identity I A

•     Identity I A by Andrey Ustjuzhanin

7 MAY 19 - In The Beginning - The Kimiki Cube

•     Kimiki Cube