RICH GAMES / JOURNAL
Games for two, new puzzles, game history and practical strategy. Plus a closer look at games built inside messages.
Choosing a gameCompare Rich Games board games for two: shared and hidden boards, a practical first-game choice, match invitations and turn-time limits.
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Choosing a gameFind your next puzzle by its reasoning: Kakuro sums, Nonogram pictures, Minesweeper neighbours, Mastermind feedback, Lights Out switches and arithmetic grids.
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Choosing a gameChoose daily puzzles by the kind of thinking you enjoy: words, numbers, pictures or small experiments. Includes Daily modes, reset times and spoiler etiquette.
Read ↗Choosing a gameCompare text-only chat games, bot-managed boards and truly asynchronous play. Practical choices for friends and couples, with clear time-limit expectations.
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Rules & strategyLearn to prove safe Minesweeper moves using flag subtraction, the 1–2–1 pattern, overlapping constraints and the remaining mine count.
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TechnologyRich Messages versus text formatting and Mini Apps. Explore a game message, its interaction model, design constraints and examples from Rich Games.
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With a friendLearn Kalah rules, distinguish it from the wider mancala family and work through extra turns, sowing and captures.
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With a friendLearn modern 8×8 Reversi rules, its relationship with Othello and practical ideas for corners, mobility and safer moves.
ReadPuzzlesUnderstand the eight neighbours, safe cells and overlapping regions. Includes Minesweeper history and a worked two-clue deduction.
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PuzzlesLearn Sudoku rules, the Number Place story and three practical solving techniques, with a worked example and a simple practice plan.
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PuzzlesLearn Kakuro rules, useful digit combinations and a worked intersection example, including how the Rich Games clue layout works.
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PuzzlesLearn nonogram history, block rules and the overlap technique with a worked example. Discover why empty cells matter as much as filled ones.
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With a friendA practical method for chess puzzles: choose candidates, calculate the strongest defence and understand a king-and-queen knight fork.
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With a friendLearn Russian and casual draughts in Rich Games, including backward captures, complete capture chains and tactical sacrifices.
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With a friendLearn the Russian ten-ship fleet on a 10×10 grid, no-touch placement, targeted follow-up shots and the limits of checkerboard searches.
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With a friendLearn the 7×6 Connect Four rules, the story behind its vertical board and a worked example of two simultaneous winning threats.
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With a friendLearn immediate wins, fork defence and the differences between 3×3, 5×5 and 7×7 tic-tac-toe in Rich Games.
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PuzzlesUnderstand cancelling moves, row-by-row light chasing and why the first row may need adjustment, with a small 3×3 example.
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PuzzlesLearn how black and white clues work, why repeated colours matter and how to choose informative guesses, with a complete feedback example.
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WordsA guide to Rich Games Fillword: straight word paths, systematic scanning, a diagonal example and a practical vocabulary routine.
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PuzzlesLearn left-to-right evaluation, inverse operations and number-bank reasoning. A worked example and the difference between crosswords and arithmetic sprints.
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With a friendPractical memory-game techniques: coordinates, small board regions and better second-card choices for solo, Daily and games with friends.
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