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I’m not a person that usually do puzzles or other logic games. I found it boring. To spent my free time looking at small pieces, grids or other board game stuff is not my idea of fun, but there are some things that have the ability to fascinate me because of the insinuated grammars or the infinite combination potencial structure of these games. Tilling, Number and Word puzzles. These magical games that occupy our time while evaluating our knowledge of general and specific culture.
We can find different species of puzzles and games: ancient or recent, original or clones, analogic and digital. Games of skill, strategy, chance or mixed type. Solitary or group games. Board, cards, pen and paper, etc. Several different types that can suit every single necessity or condition. Some are well know and some are restricted, transforming their players into some kind of card and board fanatics.
I’m particularly interested in three types of puzzle games. Jigsaw Puzzles, Su Do Ku and Crosswords. Why? Because these are the most known puzzle games in the world. Widely sold and daily published in newspapers and magazines across the entire world, they have fans everywhere. Games that distract us while commuting between home and work place, or the countless hours in a waiting in a doctor's office looking at ¡Hola! magazine. Simple, basic games, with clear and precise rules that have the ability to complexify their contents. A clear case where the sum of the simplicity of the pieces is inferior to the global linked and cross-referenced result.