Games

For complete beginners, this guide to playing Mah Jong introduces each phase of play with a clear explanation and step-by-step illustrations. Scoring is set out simply, with illustrations of scoring for specific hands.

Another 125 Code-Cracker puzzles in the sixth volume of the puzzle series that is enjoyed daily in newspapers from Whangarei to Invercargill, including the Otago Daily Times, Dominion Post and New Zealand Herald.

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Following the success of the first Code-Cracker book (it was so popular it reached the national Top Ten bestseller lists in 2004), I've had many requests for another volume - so here it is: Code-Cracker Volume Two with another 125 puzzles to keep you entertained over the warm summer months. Have fun! Try a couple of interactive Code-Cracker samples

Readers can enjoy battling with all of their favourite word games from the puzzle pages of "The Daily Telegraph". Perfect giving the brain a thorough work-out, this new collection will provide hours of entertainment for even the most experienced solver. As always, if inspiration fails, all the answers are included in the back of the book.

Fun exercises and puzzles to make you think quicker and remember more. This fun-filled puzzle-packed book is designed to empower your brain. With puzzles and brainteasers of different levels to challenge your logic and reasoning, memory and perception, spatial awareness, lateral thinking, maths, and problem solving skills.

Another 125 Code-Cracker puzzles in the seventh volume of the puzzle series that is enjoyed daily in newspapers from Whangarei to Invercargill, including the Otago Daily Times, Dominion Post and New Zealand Herald.

This companion contains a cross-file reference to over 120 hands. The hands are illustrated in colour and identified by following flip-top headings on each page. Each hand also contains a full synopsis. First published 1997.

With 300 fascinating and conversation building questions, plus blank cards on which to write your own questions, this game is for everyone. The only knowledge needed to successfully contribute to The Art of Conversation is your own life experiences, interests and ideas. When time is short, a proper conversation is often the first commodity to be cut from our to-do lists. Yet it is necessary to understand each other and build our relationships. As well as helping people learn how to talk, The Art of Conversation places equal emp... read more

Maybe you think you're a genius, but these 25 brain-stumping IQ quizzes will put "that" to the test Featuring wordplay, diagrams, numerical challenges, and more, they provide an intriguing and irresistible challenge. Can you think abstractly? Comprehend complex ideas? Decide which number comes next in a sequence? See which drawing is the odd one out? The best way to know is to take the quizzes and see how you score: exceptional, excellent, very good, good, or average. Above all, these are designed to entertain, and you can add t... read more

Coder-Cracker is looked forward to every day by it's legions of fans throughout New Zealand who enjoy this challenging but satisfying word puzzle.

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Like sudoku - but now the numbers count!KenSudoku combines the logic of sudoku with simple sums. 200 brand new puzzles Includes double, triple and fiendish zero grids, graded by difficulty, one logical solution to each puzzle, tips and hints on solving techniques, brain train and improve maths skills at the same time, hours of mind-boggling entertainment, take the next logical step and test your brain with KenSudoku. But be warned - you will be addicted before long!

Can't get enough KenSudoku? Take your addiction to the next level with a Konundrum of brand new brainteasers. Numbers count! Includes KenSudoku, Killer, Futoshiki and Cross-Number - all puzzles that combine reasoning with basic maths. 200 brand new puzzles Graded by difficulty One logical solution to each puzzle Puzzle solving tips Brain train and improve maths skills at the same time Mind-bending fun Hours of endless entertainment and stimulation for even the sharpest brain. If you thought you'd reached your logic-puzzle limit, yo... read more

Chambers Card Games includes a wide-ranging selection of almost 100 card games: setting out the rules, explaining how to play and offering strategies and hints. Clear and concise, this new fully-illustrated collection is authoritative yet - as importantly - great fun. There's a glossary, a history of card games, advice on card-playing etiquette and information on playing cards on the Internet. Find the card game you're after with the useful list of alternative names, or use the number of players index to find a game for every occas... read more

Volume Eight of New Zealand's most popular word puzzle returns with another 125 Code-Cracker puzzles to solve. Enjoyed daily in newspapers from Whangarei to Invercargill, including the Otago Daily Times, Dominion Post and New Zealand Herald, Simon Shuker's Code-Cracker has a legion of devoted fans.

Always wanted to play chess but haven't much time to learn? This dinky little book will show you how - in just 10 minutes.
Covers all the pieces and how they move, plus simple tips and tricks. Informative chessboard diagrams and quirky illustrations help the information stick.
Most people think chess is a difficult game to learn. But that really isn't the case. By the time you've read this helpful little book, you'll have absorbed all the information you need to know to go off and play your first game. In clear, sim... read more

Parlour Games for Modern Families, a book for fun-lovers aged four to 104, winds back the clock to remind you of games you'd forgotten and then a whole lot more. So, gather the family together; ask over some friends. Warm the milk for hot cocoa, play Squeak Piggy Squeak, and watch the good feeling spread; see it grow exponentially.

This is the sudoku collection with the grace and flair that all the others try to imitate! Puzzle aficionados will love having these challenges with them at the country club, at a fine restaurant, or just on hand during a first-class flight to Paris. With its super-convenient size and VIP panache,Petite Elegant Sudokupushes not just fashion boundaries, but also solvers' prowess with a pencil.

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