Games World of Puzzles - 10 2020

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52-SKIDDOO ................................................................4
500 RUMMY ....................................................................49
A-PLUS ....................................................................... 14
ART ON THE SQUARE ...................................................24
BATTLESHIPS ........................................................... 23
BOOMERANGS ...............................................................30
CODE CROSSWORDS ............................................... 28
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 ............................................60
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2 ........................................ 61
CRYPTOLISTS ................................................................20
DOUBLE CROSS ........................................................ 51
EITHER/OR PUZZLES ...................................................67
FAMILY REUNIONS ................................................... 66
FLUSTERED .....................................................................29
GAMMA RAYS ........................................................... 64
HELTER-SKELTER...........................................................31
HEY, BIG SPENDER! ....................................................7
HEY, JA! ............................................................................15
KID STUFF ....................................................................8
LOSING IT ........................................................................21
MATCHBOXES ............................................................6
MIXED DOUBLES ...........................................................3
MOUSE PARTY .......................................................... 10
ONE, TWO, THREE ..........................................................32
PAINT BY NUMBERS ................................................ 56
PENCIL POINTERS 1 ......................................................5
PENCIL POINTERS 2 ................................................ 18
QUOTE BOXES ................................................................12
REIGNING CATS AND DOGS .....................................7
REPORT CARD ................................................................62
ROLL ’EM .................................................................... 52
SETKA ..............................................................................54
SIAMESE TWINS ....................................................... 53
SLITHERLINK ..................................................................13
SOLITAIRE HANGMAN ............................................ 16
SPLIT DECISIONS .........................................................50
SPOONERISMS ......................................................... 63
SQUARE ROUTES ...........................................................22
THE SPIRAL ............................................................... 19
WORLD’S MOST ORNERY CROSSWORD ..................67

OCTOBER 2020

IN THIS ISSUE

Let’s Do the Twister!
Learn about the origins of this classic game 34

Your Word Against Mine
Scrabble bans slurs and obscenities
from competitive play 38

Flashback 40
An ongoing retrospective of this magazine’s history 40

Presidents from A to Z
A presidential quiz for this election year 42

This Old Game: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Why
Vintage games from the collector’s closet 48

PLUS…

Wild Cards
A potpourri of amusing little puzzles
for your solving pleasure 26

Change of Art
Find the 10 differences between
these illustrated scenes 33

Contest:
Ill Will 44

Contest Results:
It’s Your Turn (from February) 45

Electronic Game Reviews
Gears Tactics, Desperados III 46

Tabletop Game Reviews
King Me!, Getaway Driver 47

2 G A M E S W O R L D O F P U Z Z L E S | october 2020

Editor in Chief Janis Weiner

Senior Editor Jennifer Orehowsky

Editor Raymond Simon
Contributing Editors Scott Appel, Thomas L. McDonald,

Jonathan Schmalzbach

Supporting Players Gabrielle Fabioneri,

Joel Nanni

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