Charles (Cy) Payseur
@cypayseur
Locus and Ignyte Award winning co-editor of We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction. Hugo and Ignyte Award finalist critic/fan writer. Destroyer of Science Fiction. Bisexual all day. He/Him They/Them
Drunk me thinks that the next brilliant marketing plan is "I'm cuckold for Cocoa Puffs!" and it's just Sonny fucking your significant other while you're in the cuck chair with a big bowl of Cocoa Puffs.
Puzzle #26: The Glorious Constellations 1000 pieces, 1 missing. The original owners also made off with the poster and guide book to the stars. A neat puzzle and rather hard. Took us 5 days of work. Heh heh butts.
Puzzle #25: Rubik's Royal Brainteaser Puzzle Okay this one was tricky, esp for a puzzle under 500 pieces. But said pieces all have very similar shapes and each one has a gem with chain, aiming to create one continuous unbroken loop. There are patterns needed to "solve" what piece comes next
Puzzle #24: Balloon Magic A smaller 300 pieces but with a lenticular design that makes the balloons look like they're moving in the sky. Didn't take long but still rather fun.
Puzzle #23: Home Sweet Gnome I love gnomes so this was great. It was another "not like the picture on the box" puzzle which brought some challenge but still got through in two days. 1000 pieces none missing. No creepy eyed gnome this time tho I don't trust the squirrel...
Puzzle #22: Assorted Colorful Ice Creams Harder than the donuts one (both are Kodak brand) but still got it done in three nights. Lots of similar details made for a tricky mid-game. Quite fun and delicious looking. 1000 pieces none missing.
Puzzle #21: Murdle in the Mystery Mansion The second in the Murdle series and I'm foregoing a finished pic bc of the nature of the project/mystery. Done in one day. Love the logic puzzle element of these and sad I think there are only the two as of now. Really fun!
Puzzle #20: Dreams of Running Great art and no missing pieces. Took about three days, as it was tougher than it looked, in part bc pieces would fit well together but not be correct. Good times.
Puzzle #19: The World of Miss Marple 1000 pieces but completed in one day so not super tricky. Tons of fun tho, and there are a lot of these literary style The World of... Puzzles out there. The second of our holiday haul puzzles we finished. So many references to the books!
Puzzle #18: Death By Crab Leg (Puzzling Mysteries of the 80s) A new mystery puzzle series for us (80s themed) that was a lot of fun. 500 pieces and finished in one night. Had part of the border wrong for like way too long, but still a good time. Final clue concealed by the booklet so no spoilers?
Puzzle #17: Holiday Cats Another tricky one with a lot of repeat elements and white space. Still very cute. 1000 pieces and all accounted for.
Puzzle 16: Dragon's Treasure 1000 pieces and pretty tough. Took us three days and the coins vs scales was not always easy. Quite enjoy the cat, of course
Puzzle #15: Catch as Cat Can A cat mystery puzzle from the 80s? Yeah! Only it's a bit dull, and the mystery is a little boring too, tho it has a certain charm. Took us one day. No missing pieces. I put the box there to cover the spoiler for the mystery. Nice way to ease back in after the last one
Puzzle #14: Liberty Rainbow This f*ckin puzzle turned us off puzzles for a few months bc all those solid black pieces had to be trial-and-errored bc there is no other way to fit them. This took soooonlong bc of it. 1 missing piece.
Puzzle #13: Canal Park, Duluth Tricky one with some weirdly shaped pieces. Took us 3-4 days. Finished a while ago but forgot to post. Fun that it's fairly local.
Puzzle #12: Crazy Crop (9 missing pieces) I can only assume the missing pieces have been spread to the far reaches of the planet to prevent the puzzle from being completed and the evil within fully unleashed upon the world again. The horror. The horror...
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Puzzle #11: Dungeons & Dragons This one was *tough* with lots of weird shaped pieces and lots of repeating line work. Took us like a week, especially bc the two color nature of it. But it turned out so good!
Puzzle #10: Rustic Charcuterie 500 pieces and not too difficult but it has its challenges. We got through it in one day. It does look tasty!
Found this nightmare fuel volunteering at the roller derby yesterday
Puzzle #9: Murdle in the Hedge Maze Another mystery-style puzzle, this one about a fancy dinner party interrupted by murder. It can be solved either by logic or using the maze on the puzzle. A very cute experience.