Detective Box by Joe GuariniIt’s hard to categorize this puzzle box / sequential discovery / escape game by Joe Guarini.  But it’s beautifully made, and is a multi-step puzzle with some very unique tools/steps.  My partner and I play many “home escape games,” and the Detective Box was definitely amenable to a team solve.  The use of electronic components allowed some steps that were unlike anything we’ve seen in other puzzles/games.  Please see the great review from fivesi...

Piano Box by Jean Claude ConstantinSequential discovery puzzle box from Constantin.  Several steps to open, with tools.  I thought this was one of the more fun SD puzzle boxes from Constantin, and the piano theme looks great.This box has been solved quite a few times, as I enjoyed the solve and we also liked sharing this one with guests.  It’s in great condition though… there are no major scuffs or marks to the wood.  The metal pins/screws show a little wear from use but no scratche...

The Castle by Joshua Hoogerwerf (aka PrintedTech)Sequential discovery puzzle box requiring about 15 steps, with tools, to get into the secret compartment and find the “prize.”  This puzzle has the most steps compared to the other SD puzzles that I’ve listed this time.  It wasn’t overly difficult though… it’s suggested to take 35-45 minutes to solve, and that’s about right.  I thought the solve was fun with diverse steps, nothing too blind, and a bunch of tools/pieces that p...

Brass Treasure Chest from Rocky Chiaro (Bits and Pieces)Small puzzle box designed by Rocky Chiaro.  This is a nice reproduction from Bits and Pieces, apparently the only puzzle box they’ve ever made in metal (https://seekingariadnesthreaddotcom.wordpress.com/2014/08/09/brass-treasure-chest-rocky-chiaros-puzzling-endeavour/).I’m selling a few of these older, discontinued metal Bits and Pieces take apart or sequential discovery puzzles.  Although most of these puzzles are not too diffic...

The first sequential discovery burr by JunoThis six-piece burr shaped puzzle happens to have a small cavity or compartment and it requires sequential discovery movements to access the cavity using tools that belong to the puzzle itself.Is this a burr puzzle?Yes, look at the shape. It is obvious.Is this a puzzle box?Yes, because it has a compartment to keep something internally.Is this a sequential discovery puzzle?Yes, the puzzle requires tools to go onto the next step and eventually reach th...

The original visitor Q puzzle by Frederic Boucher which inspired the ResQ by cubicdissectionMore than 30 moves are needed to solve that difficult sequential discovery-sliding-interlocking puzzleHere is what fivesinatras tells about it:https://www.google.fr/amp/s/fivesinatras.com/2020/11/24/visitor-q/amp/

Vicious Cicrle was the exchange puzzle of Tatiana Matveeva at IPP22 in Belgium, 2002.The goal of this puzzle is to open the box. it is a vicious circle because:To open the box, you need to know its secret ... To see its secret, you need to open the box.This is a hard puzzle with an invisible locking mechanism.It does provides enough tactile feedback to understand what may be going on inside. The top lid was loose, it is glued back in place. After the repair the box was opened and closed withou...

Chain of fools is a puzzle box from Fraser Edmond (songbird puzzles)The goal to to open the box, very simple but clever design. Shipping calculated at auction end based on location Any 

Very nice sequential discovery type coin/token release box from Fraser Edmond (songbird puzzles).The compartment is only big enough for the token that you need to free. Shipping calculated at auction end based on location Any 

Mark on tail, please see photo. Doesn’t affect solveDescription from pluredro:Find treats in the stomach of the chubby crocodile! We have produced a total of five kinds of stomach contents of this wild reptile and hid one or two of them in his belly.The puzzle is a bit tricky to categorize but since it has an internal cavity, we can at least call it a puzzle box. Juno's initial idea of the puzzle was a burr or kumiki and its motif was a tortoise, and realizing it was a bit too skinny, he decid...

Description from CubicDissection:Blah Box is the result of the accumulation of ideas I had while trying to design a simple mechanism for the box containing the DDD Burr Puzzle. I wanted to make a simple trick opening mechanism for DDD, but in the end, discarded the idea because it would overly increase the price of the puzzle. I did come out of the design session with some solid ideas, which, when combined, turned into a rather interesting box on their own. I was feeling rather "Blah" about my f...

The BlindBox sliding puzzle box is 3D printed by Diniar Namdarian and ships disassembled. It comes with extra slider pieces for additional challenges. In all, there are 15 possible assemblies and combinations for which to set up the box. Which allows for a lot of play time. The design is a rather simplistic idea. Although, as you work through the challenges it becomes more or less difficult. There’s no rhyme or reason. Even the initial challenge of assembling the box is a puzzle in and of itse...

This is the latest Christmas Gift of the designer Osamu Kasho (kashkash) from Karakuri Creations Group.This time, Its a nifty looking puzzle box.Skipping the mild-spoilery part from original description, here are a few words about the puzzle from KCG site:----It might be something or it might be nothing. A UFO and a crop circle are on the box. Buyer to pay shipping fees calculated after the auction. Can combine multiple winnings.

This is Michael Toulouzas' Fairy Door. I ordered it about 2014 and received it around 2019. It's a discovery puzzle, finding tools to procede further, and I quite enjoyed solving it. However, I tend to keep my house at about 65 degrees most of the time, and this box definitely prefers about 70 degrees if you want it to open. At 65 degrees F, the main latch mechanism binds up so it won't open up. This isn't a defect, it's just a characteristic of the woods used in making the puzzle. It's a beaut...

From Karakuri website https://karakuri.gr.jp/en/products/hs-18/This work was designed as a Christmas present for 2016. You will open and close the lid with snowing movement. I embroidered the lid by hand one by one.

From Karakuri website The motif of this work is “Taiyaki” which is a popular sweet snack in Japan.It is like a Japanese waffle and it is in the shape of a fish.There is bean jam in Taiyaki.“I was very hungry, so I ate the Taiyaki a little….Created : 4/2010Size : 220×115×36 mmMaterial : shiuri cherry, walnut, etc.

Dee Dixon's amazing Space Case puzzle box. It's a beautiful puzzle I'm reluctantly listing, but as the solution has eluded me for 6 months it is time to find a better home.

His & Hers is a wonderful SD puzzle created by the imaginative Matt Taylor where the goal is to "Open the box. Open the boxes. Discover the key to open the lock".It's a very creative puzzle with plenty of tricks which kept me stumped for a good while and I enjoyed examining the puzzling mechanisms after the solve to see how everything was crafted.Matt is still new and learning how to work with woods (and metals and magnets!), but he has ingeniously used what he had to make a compelling journey i...

Mystery Trapper is an unusual SD with a whooping 60 steps and numerous tools to be used in solving the mystery within the foxy box. There are three stages with an unusual twist at the ending.Tracy has made a complex puzzle which will take days to weeks to solve.For anyone who doesn't want to buy the puzzle, but would love to see what it's like, Tanner made a solve video using my very own copy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egPkCkYgs3Y&feature=youtu.beA tiny bolt came loose and I had to g...

The cake is a lie! Don't eat it whatever you d-.... whoops wrong puzzle game!Unlike GlaDOS in Portal, Dee's Portal actually delivers on its promise for a fun time and a journey of mystery. It's a tricky puzzle with blind elements and tools that need to be discovered to open the box so you can then marvel at the mechanisms Dee brilliantly designed.However, this puzzle isn't in perfect shape due to a blunder I made when solving. I assumed one of the knobs would twist right off and used too much fo...