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The men's World Cup is coming up, so it's time to work out the cost of filling the official Panini sticker book again.

This is an article that I wrote forChalkdust issue 23, and thenew puzzle it introduces appears on the cover of issue 23.

I've recently been thinking about Wordle,the Mastermind-styleword guessing game, that everyone was playing and talking about in 2020.

Welcome to 2026 everyone!

25 December It's nearly Christmas and something terrible has happened: after years of gradual wear and tear, Santa's magic sleigh has fallen apart.You need to help Santa build a new sleigh so that he can deliver presents before Christmas is ruined for eve…

As usual, I spent some time this November, designing this year's Chalkdust puzzle Christmas card(with help from TD and Jacob).

25 December It's nearly Christmas and something terrible has happened: there's been a major malfunction in multiple machines in Santa's toy factory, andnot enough presents have been made.

25 December It's nearly Christmas and something terrible has happened: a machine in Santa's toy factory has malfunctioned, and is unable to finish building allthe presents that Santa needs.You need to help Santa work out how to fix the broken machine so t…

Advent 2022 logic puzzle It's nearly Christmas and something terrible has happened: an evil Christmas-hater has set three drones loose above Santa's stables.

Advent 2021 logic puzzle It's nearly Christmas and something terrible has happened: a saboteur has infiltrated the stables where Santa's reindeer are kept, and has caused all three of Santa's test flights to be unsuccessful.You need to help Santa have a s…