Games & Puzzles
The history of classic card games and puzzles, and how they work.
2048: Where It Came From, and the Corner Strategy That Beats It
Where 2048 came from, how the scoring works, and the corner strategy step by step: which moves to use, how to build a snake of tiles, and how to recover when things go wrong.
Klondike, Spider and FreeCell: A Short History of Solitaire
Where patience card games came from, how Klondike, Spider and FreeCell got their names, how Windows made them famous, and how many games can actually be won.
Where Sudoku Comes From, and How a Puzzle Is Made
The surprising history of Sudoku, from Euler and French newspapers to an Indiana architect, a Japanese publisher and The Times, plus how puzzles are built, checked and graded.