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Brand Guides

The Complete Guide to Ravensburger Puzzles

A German publishing house that started in 1883, registered its blue triangle in 1900, and only began making...

13 min read · 30 Jul 2026

The Puzzle Library

Brand histories, buying guides and straight answers about jigsaw puzzles, organised by what you are actually trying to...

8 min read · 30 Jul 2026
Buying Guides

The Complete Guide to Puzzle Piece Counts

Piece count is the first decision you make and the one most people get wrong. Here is what...

12 min read · 30 Jul 2026
Puzzle Answers

Puzzle Questions, Answered

Every question we get asked, answered properly in one place. Short answers where a short answer is honest,...

5 min read · 30 Jul 2026
Puzzle Answers

How to Glue a Jigsaw Puzzle

Thin coats of PVA-based puzzle glue, spread from the front with a card, dried flat. The two mistakes...

7 min read · 30 Jul 2026
Piece Counts

How Long Does a 1000 Piece Puzzle Take?

Three to ten hours for most people, with experienced puzzlers at the bottom of that range. Piece count...

5 min read · 30 Jul 2026
Puzzle Answers

What Does Wasgij Mean?

Wasgij is "jigsaw" spelt backwards and pronounced "Woz-gidge". The name is a warning label: the picture on the...

4 min read · 30 Jul 2026
Brand Guides

The Complete Guide to Gibsons Puzzles

A company founded on a £500 loan in 1919, bombed out of its factory in 1940, and rebuilt...

14 min read · 30 Jul 2026
Brand Guides

The Complete Guide to Wasgij

Wasgij is jigsaw spelt backwards, and the picture on the box is never the picture you build. Here...

16 min read · 30 Jul 2026
Puzzle Index

Reading the Index: Where the World Puzzles

The final part of our series: a world map of puzzle enthusiasm built from search interest, and why...

3 min read · 26 Jul 2026
Puzzle Index

Reading the Index: The Market Map

Part three of our series on the Premium Puzzles Index: the Market Map plots every single title by...

3 min read · 26 Jul 2026
Puzzle Index

Reading the Index: Brand Dominance

Part two of our series on the Premium Puzzles Index: how to read the Brand Dominance chart, where...

3 min read · 26 Jul 2026
Puzzle Index

Introducing the Premium Puzzles Index

Meet the Premium Puzzles Index — a set of live charts we build in-house and refresh every day....

3 min read · 26 Jul 2026

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