Quartet Pocket Puzzle Faire A good choice for beginner

A good choice for beginner to intermediate puzzlers

Wind Up Creatures combine form

It belongs in the library of every puzzlist or lover of recreational mathematics

Jeff Trish illustrates them in style reminiscent of nineteenth-century line engraving with intricate details and subtle hints of folklore throughout

and the tetrahedron-and-octahedron combination called The Barber

Quartet Pocket Puzzle Faire A good choice for beginnerEven experienced puzzlers have described the Quartet puzzle as "too hard" and "nearly impossible." But if you're looking for an enormous mental challenge that can fit in your pocket, this is the puzzle for you. No undue force is required to separate the four pieces, just a complex sequence of moves that mindless fidgeting will never unravel. The good news is, it's not quite as screamingly difficult to get the pieces apart as it is the get them back