Magic Squares: A touch of mysticism and a lot of brain-challenging fun! By Marcel Danesi, Ph.D. in Brain Workout One of the most fascinating number games of all time is the magic square. In its ...

Mathematicians have been playing magic squares since 650 BC. The idea is simple take a n x n grid and arrange the numbers from 1 to n 2 so that all the rows columns and diagonals add up to the same ...

This magic square has been known since ancient times. Each row, column and diagonal of three numbers adds to the same magic constant, 15. There is, however, a different type of 3×3 magic square, in ...

The Magic Puzzle Company offers quite a few different options to choose from, each with its own distinct original art and story to tell. There are a total of four series' available with a fifth one on ...

For as long as chessboards have existed, there have been puzzles involving chessboards and chess pieces. Some of the most enduring conundrums involve knights. Example of a knight’s tour in which the ...

Greetings puzzlers near and far. When I say "far," I mean far because this week's winner is Sugiyama from Tokyo Japan who gets the Puzzle Of The Week via Wired Japan! Sugiyama figured out one of the ...