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Promises Promises Puzzle from Buffalo Games

I probably say it too much. But it’s true. We always love doing a puzzle of Charles Wysocki‘s art after we’ve finished a really hard puzzle. It’s not so much that puzzles of his nostalgic, stylized works are easy. They can be quite challenging. No, it’s more like that feeling you get coming home from a long day at work. Or a long trip. Comforting. Familiar. This Promises, Promises Puzzle from Buffalo Games was another example of that. Although we finished it fairly quickly, we enjoyed it just as much as we do larger puzzles. It’s another Wysocki favorite of ours!

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Snow Blind

We kind of divvied up the assembling of this puzzle. My wife worked the bottom half and I worked the top. She loves the parts of the Wysocki puzzles where there are horses, carts, and animals so this Promises Promises Puzzle from Buffalo Games was perfect for her. Me, I got ‘stuck’ with the snow and sky. You’d think that after all my years of puzzling, the larger pieces and the smaller puzzle, that I’d knock them out in no time. But nope. I hit some roadblocks. They made it fun. I love a good puzzle challenge.

In the end this was another great puzzle. Actually, not just in the end. It was great from start to finish!

The Last Piece

This 500 piece puzzle included a nice poster. The assembled puzzle is about 21″ wide and 15″ high. The pieces fit kinda tightly and it is possible to put pieces where they don’t belong (“mis-fits” or “false fits”). The color and image quality are fantastic. It’s another great example of Wysocki artwork and a quality Buffalo Games puzzle.

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Know It All Puzzle from Buffalo Games

We’ve done quite a number of puzzles of art from Charles Wysocki. And we’ve enjoyed them all. Usually, there are elements in his works that are common across them. Hearts. Chimneys. The types of trees. Those things. We found this Know It All Puzzle from Buffalo Games to contain a few of those common things, but also, many new ones that we had not yet experienced. This was a little different than our ‘usual’ and we really enjoyed it!

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Kick Back And Enjoy

It’s a sign of a good puzzle when, after the last piece goes in, you can kick back and enjoy the results. Look around. Find things. Point to them, smile. Remember the easy parts. And the tough ones. This Know It All Puzzle from Buffalo Games was a good puzzle. Even great!

The Last Piece

This puzzle included a poster. There are 1000 pieces in this puzzle. The assembled puzzle is about 20″ high and 27″ wide. The pieces fit very well and the image quality on the pieces is fantastic. This is a very fun puzzle to do and enjoy afterwards. The sky and grass areas were the most challenging but not frustratingly so!

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Cincinnati Puzzle from Dowdle

We were in Cincinnati at an antique mall. I was perusing the booths when I ran into this Cincinnati puzzle from Dowdle. I had to have it. I was in Cincy, after all. And we both love puzzles of Eric Dowdle’s works. They’re often challenging, and always great to look at. Even as Indiana Hoosiers we were able to identify many of the landmarks in this puzzle. Red’s stadium (Go Reds!). PNC Bank. And of course, there’s even a Skyline Chili sign! This was a fun puzzle for sure!

I wasn’t able to find this puzzle online new, but you can always find it (and many others) used on eBay, Facebook Marketplace, thrift stores or flea markets, and our favorite place to find used puzzles, antique malls!

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No Stroll Along The River

I can’t say we’ve ever ‘blown through’ a Dowdle puzzle. The colors and pieces can make them challenging. That’s what we want, right? And we want things we can identify. As visitors to Cincinnati on a regular basis, we found this to be a really fun puzzle and one we definitely didn’t finish in just minutes!

The Last Piece

This 500 piece puzzle did not include a poster. The image on the box is a bit small, and somewhat obscured (at least on front of the box). The assembled puzzle is about 20″ wide and 16″ high. The pieces (some are cut in wild shapes) fit great but we did have a few false fits (you know, pieces that looked like they went somewhere but really didn’t belong there). The color and image quality are fantastic. The puzzle came in a nice box. This is a quality puzzle that is a real joy to assemble.

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Amish Country Puzzle from Buffalo Games

We absolutely love puzzles of the artwork from Charles Wysocki. Well, the 1000-piece puzzles. And the 500-piece puzzles. This was our first time tackling a 2000-piece one. This was like Wysocki on steroids. Never had we encountered so much ‘Wysocki’ on one puzzle! Horses galore. Houses everywhere. Trees of every shape and color. This Amish Country Puzzle from Buffalo Games was a truly fun puzzle.

I could not find this puzzle currently on Amazon, and it was unavailable on the Buffalo Games website, but check back often, you never know when it might pop back up!

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The Details

It took us a while, but this Amish Country Puzzle from Buffalo Games was actually not as complicated as it might look at first. There are subtle differences between each ‘layer’ of the puzzle that help distinguish the pieces. Like the colors of the trees. The colors of the paths. The patterns in the houses. All of these things and more help make it just a bit easier. Still, there are 2000 pieces and a lot going on!

The Last Piece

This 2000 piece puzzle included a nice large poster. The assembled puzzle is about 29″ wide and 27″ high so it is quite large (for us at least). The pieces fit great. We did have a few false fits (you know, pieces that looked like they went somewhere but really didn’t belong there). The color and image quality are fantastic. The puzzle came in a really nice box with the pieces bagged in a heavy duty bag. This is a quality puzzle that is a real joy to assemble.

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Storin’ Up Puzzle from Buffalo Games

Doing a Charles Wysocki puzzle is like coming home from a long vacation. Familiar. Comforting. We had just completed a rather tough puzzle. Oh it was fun, don’t get me wrong. But it took a while and really exercised our brains. It was time for something a bit less challenging for us. Not easy, but just a little less taxing on our brains. This Storin’ Up Puzzle from Buffalo Games was perfect for that. We’ve done many a Charles Wysocki puzzle, so its familiarity was a welcome thing for us.

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Comfort In A Puzzle

When you’ve done a number of Wysocki puzzles you’ll soon realize that there are usually similar objects to be found from puzzle to puzzle. Horses. Trees. Houses. Paths. Grass. All fairly similar. But not boring. They’re definitely not a case of ‘you’ve done one, you’ve done them all’. They’re all fun and challenging in their own ways. Just like this Storin’ Up Puzzle from Buffalo Games. We’ll never get tired of them!

The Last Piece

This puzzle included a poster. There are 1000 pieces in this puzzle. The assembled puzzle is about 20″ high and 27″ wide. The pieces fit tightly and it’s fairly hard (but not impossible) to put a piece into the wrong place without it being obvious. The colors were very good. This was a great puzzle.

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Tranquility Puzzle from Spin Master

Calm is an app for your phone that plays soundscapes or music to help you sleep, focus and relax. Kinda like puzzling. So it makes sense that the makers of Calm and Spin Master teamed up to do a number of puzzles that pair with Calm. The images on the puzzle are calming too, even if you don’t have Calm! We found this Tranquility Puzzle for sale used at one of our favorite antique malls. I’ve scored big and often at it. I’d tell you the name but I don’t want to lose on my favorite sources for puzzles. Sorry!

Big Pieces. Big Fun.

We don’t do many 300 piece puzzles. We tend to have mostly 1000 piece ones going. We puzzle so often that I’m afraid if we did only 300 (or even 500) piece ones we’d have to add a storage unit to the house just to keep up with them. When we do a smaller puzzle it always amazes me how big the pieces are. But that doesn’t always mean easier. The darker areas of this puzzle were still quite the challenge. This Tranquility Puzzle from Spin Master was a fun puzzle. And yes, it was relaxing too!

The Last Piece

This 300 piece puzzle was brightly colored and peaceful! The assembled puzzle is about 24″ wide and 18″ high. The pieces fit very well. It was a fairly easy puzzle to complete, though the darker areas were a bit more challenging. The pieces are nice and large, and thick. They’re easy to handle to boot!

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New York Puzzle from Dowdle

Vibrant and whimsical, Dowdle puzzles are popular in our household. And they can be very challenging, especially the larger piece-count ones. Luckily, perhaps, I ran across this New York Puzzle from Dowdle at an antique mall and it only had 300 pieces. “Whew”, I thought, “A Dowdle I can finish in less than a week!”. It’s not that I’m in a race. But the bigger ones take a long time and that day, I wanted something quick. A puzzle that I could sit back and enjoy the final result in a matter of hours, and not days. And this was it.

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A Tale Of Two Cities

Our New York Puzzle from Dowdle was used. And maybe older. I’m not sure. But I do know when I looked for it on Amazon what I found was a totally different puzzle. So apparently, there are two ‘New York’ puzzles from Dowdle? Our version was totally fun. The other looks fun too! But I wanted you to know in case you go searching for the one we made, you might find something different!

The Last Piece

This 300 piece puzzle included a poster. The assembled puzzle is about 15″ wide and 1″ high. The pieces fit tightly. Our puzzle was purchased used. You could tell that the previous owner (or owners!) had some issue with determine where some pieces went as they are dog-eared in spots. The color and image quality were quite good. This was classic Dowdle, and fun to assemble and enjoy in the end!

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Garden’s Glory Puzzle from Buffalo Games

We recently finished our first 1000 piece puzzle of some of Darrell Bush’s artwork. We loved Loon Lake so much that the next time we were at our grocery store we picked up a few more puzzles from Mr. Bush. Like his others, the Garden’s Glory puzzle from Buffalo Games was truly fantastic…. when it was completed. But boy, it was a challenge. Many similar colors gave us hours of enjoyable difficulty. It was all worth it. This is a great piece of art. And one that is definitely frame-worthy!

Red. Green. White.

There are quite a few red pieces in this puzzle. And green. And white. They can give you fits, too. If you’re looking for a puzzle that will give you several hours of quality puzzling time, Garden’s Glory puzzle from Buffalo Games is it. I highly recommend Darrell Bush’s art if you are looking for great lighting and colors. We’ve enjoyed them all. And we are looking forward to the other puzzles of his that we have in our (rather large) to-do pile!

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The Last Piece

This puzzle included a poster. There are 1000 pieces in this puzzle. The assembled puzzle is about 20″ high and 27″ wide. The pieces fit tightly. If you get a piece wrong you had to be careful removing it or you’d damage the pieces. The colors were very good. This was a great puzzle.

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Old Town Cats Puzzle from PICKFORU

We do not frame our completed puzzles. This Old Town Cats Puzzle from PICKFORU almost changed our minds about that. This is definitely a frame-worthy puzzle. Its retro-like cats would match some of the retro-like cats found in our home. It’s a fun picture. And it was a fun puzzle to assemble too, even though it definitely had its challenges! It’s a quality puzzle with a great image that is really fun to stand back and enjoy for a while.

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A Tale (Tail?) Of Letters

The pieces in this Old Town Cats Puzzle from PICKFORU have letters on the backs to assist in sorting. We used them. I admit it. Some people don’t like them. Some love them. This is going to be a fun puzzle for you no matter which way you go. There are only 6 different letters, so it’s not like you still don’t have some work ahead of you even if you do sort based on them. The letters might help but they don’t do the puzzle for you!

The Last Piece

This puzzle included a nice poster. You could actually frame the poster instead! There were 1000 pieces in this puzzle. The pieces fit tightly. Quite tightly. They are light and have a shiny, almost plastic feel to them. I’m not saying that as a bad thing, they just felt different than other puzzles. It wasn’t easy to have ‘false fits’, so you could pretty much rest easy that when a piece went in, it went in to the right spot. This puzzle was a nice challenge and enjoyable to look at. It was around 24″ high and 24″ wide when completed.

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Devilstone Harbor Puzzle from Buffalo Games

We’re pretty money-conscious in our house. We believe that puzzling is a great hobby for those looking to get the most out of their entertainment dollar. What else can you spend hours and hours on for (usually) less than $20? All in the comfort of your own home. In your jammies no less (if desired). With your favorite music on. However you want to do it, it’s a great pastime.

This Devilstone Harbor Puzzle from Buffalo Games gave us more than our money’s worth. It took us a while to complete. The final result was fantastic to sit back and enjoy. It’s puzzles like this that keep us puzzling pretty much every day of the week!

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Classic Charles Wysocki

We are always attracted to puzzles of the works from Charles Wysocki. This Devilstone Harbor Puzzle from Buffalo Games is typical of the art he did that we like to do as puzzles. Scenes of times gone by. Rural scenes, usually. Or small towns and farms. Rolling hills and lots of trees. And often, whimsical characters and stores. These are fun puzzles for us, no matter how complicated some may be. Or easy. Or small. Or large. Doesn’t matter, we love them all!

The Last Piece

This 2000 piece puzzle included a nice, large poster. The assembled puzzle is about 39″ wide and 27″ high. It just fit the puzzle board we were using. The pieces fit very well and the image quality on the pieces is very good. We did have a few ‘false fits’ along the way but they weren’t frustrating at all. The colors were great and bright. The artwork is fun and whimsical.

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