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Rightly so or not, the puzzle inventor is often perceived as a fiendish sort whose only purpose is to confuse and frustrate others. Witness the names frequently given to the instruments of the profession - The Devil's Dice, Instant Insanity, The Diabolical Cube, and so on. Anyone who has ever sold puzzles over the counter at craft shows has been asked many times for a puzzle that will drive someone else crazy (usually a close relative!). In this book, I have tried for the most part to present the other side of the coin - geometrical recreations that are fascinating and often challenging, but where confusion is not the ultimate object and deception is not the means to that end. The Pennyhedron Puzzle just described, especially the confusing pair, bears witness to good intentions gone astray. In this chapter, I have purged my files of a few other designs in the same deviant vein.
The Pseudo-Notched Sticks Puzzle
The Square Face Puzzle
The Queer Gear
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