Guides
Strategy write-ups, puzzle explainers and notes on how these games are built.
Block puzzle strategy — protect the 3×3
There is no gravity and no timer, so every loss is a planning failure. One rule about empty space prevents most of them.
Aug 28, 2026Connect Four strategy — the centre column, gifts, and parity
Why the centre is worth four times an edge column, why most games are lost rather than won, and what parity means once you stop hanging pieces.
Aug 28, 2026How a daily puzzle works without a server
Everyone gets the same puzzle on the same day, with no backend, no account and no network request. Here is the trick, and what it costs you.
Aug 28, 2026How to solve Sudoku without ever guessing
Scanning gets you through easy grids. Candidate counting gets you through hard ones. Here is exactly when to switch, and what to do when both stall.
Aug 28, 2026How to win at 2048 — the corner strategy, explained properly
Why keeping your largest tile in one corner is the whole game, what a snake formation is, and the three habits that get most players from 512 to 2048.
Aug 28, 2026Minesweeper patterns that let you stop guessing
The 1-2-1, the 1-1, and the two counting rules underneath them. Learn six shapes and most of an expert board solves itself.
Aug 28, 2026The overlap technique — how to open any nonogram
You can fill squares in a picross puzzle before you have deduced anything at all. Here is the method, why it works, and what to do next.
Aug 28, 2026Snake strategy — why you die, and how to stop
Beginners hit walls. Everyone else self-traps. The habit that roughly doubles most people's scores is asking one question before every turn.
Aug 28, 2026Why every game on this site is built from scratch
Most free game sites resell the same shared catalogue. Here is what changes when you write the games yourself instead.
Aug 28, 2026How to solve a word ladder (and why some days feel impossible)
Work from both ends, move the vowel, and understand why difficulty in a word ladder is about the shape of the word graph rather than your vocabulary.