Strategy and Puzzle Links

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Besides jigsaw puzzles, and Sudoku,  I LOVE these puzzles, like Einstein's famous "Who owns the fish?" puzzle . . . He said that only about 2% of the people are smart enough to answer it . . . are YOU one of the 2%? Google for Einsteins puzzle to find it, but here are some more of that kind of brain exercise: 
http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/einstein-puzzles-index.html
http://www.mathsisfun.com/index.htm
While you're at it, why not check out the rest of the "Math is Fun" site.

http://www.toytheater.com/painting-puzzle.php
Swap the pieces to solve the puzzle. These are famous paintings and the game is very enjoyable.
  
http://www.toytheater.com/puzzles.php
Lots of types of puzzles to chose from. (Stay on the puzzle tab.)

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/Games/Puzzle.php
I'm having trouble on my computer making these games work. See if you can do better.
  
http://jmathfun.com/jmathfunpuzzle.html
I know you are all familiar with Johnnie's Math Fun . .. but try something different
from the huge array of puzzle games. I found this one fun and challenging since
the directions were in an unknown Asian language (http://jmathfun.com/jmffitposition.html) 
or this one which is similar to four in a row (http://jmathfun.com/jmfTotemaku.html) Ha! I won! And I lost at Battleship to the computer: http://jmathfun.com/jmfbattleships.html  

http://www.hoodamath.com/index.html
HoodaMath is probably everybody's favorite web site. One of my favorite style of puzzles is the "Escape from the room" type. Hoodamath has several of these which are challenging for everyone, even me!

http://www.backpackgames.com/
Some different puzzles which might make you giggle. I played the story of "It" which set your "I" to find its "t,"on a puzzling adventure. Challenging and fun!

http://www.game-sokoban.com/index.php?mode=level&lid=1
These are some of my favorite puzzles. You are the yellow box and your job is to push the blue boxes onto the fancy tiles. Be careful! It's not as easy as you think. . . If you get up against a wall you will need to reset, but enjoy the challenge.
Another Sokoban link:
http://sokoban.info/
 

http://www.miniclip.com/games/silversphere/en/silversphere.swf
Another extremely interesting, fun, and challenging puzzle. This game has been around the Internet for a long time. You are the silver ball and your task is to find the portal and enter.
Learn to shift the boxes so you can cross the water and avoid other moving objects. This game is timed so stay focused!

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/logic/dots/
This is the classic game of dots. Draw lines between the dots and look for an opportunity to draw a square. Watch out and don't give your opponent a change to make a square.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/connect4.html
Connect 4 . . . GRRRRR . . . I have never won this game and yet I giggle every time I lose.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/index.html
Tricky math puzzles. Learn some of these and stump your family and friends.

http://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/mazes/amazerace2/ 
I love mazes . . . don't you? This is a cute maze race between lady bugs (you are red) where you must get to the cookie before the computer's yellow bug . . . Not too hard and loads of fun!

http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-factory-balls-1/index.html

http://www.coolmath-games.com/Logic-bridgecrossing/index.html 

http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/goldburgertogo/rubegame.html 
Google Rube Goldburg to check out some of his crazy inventions. 

http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=home 

http://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/stainedglass/ 
Love this game, though it's harder than you would think. Match the squares with their colored triangles to win the game. 

http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-wallslogic/index.html 
This one will make you think! Don't forget to read the directions below!

http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/logic.html
Look for the "Rock Paper Scissors" game and some traditional thinking logic games like "The Towers of Hanoi."  Very fun!

http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/puzzles/jigsawpuzzle.html
The "WHITE" jigsaw puzzle . ..  easy to start and gets quite challenging.

http://www.gamezarena.com/puzzle/
Let's try this new site out and see if there is anything unique.



http://www.gamezarena.com/puzzle/games/mastermind/
This is the most fun game of "Mastermind" that I have played. I beat it but barely.

http://www.logicmazes.com/alice.html
Alice Mazes . .. Read the directions and then give it a try. I loved it but I only did the first level.

http://www.milaadesign.com/Spy.html
  Try this page out . . . has a lot of difficult puzzle games.