Games World of Puzzles

Each issue typically has a three to six page article about gaming and hobbies as a broad subject.Recent versions of these have been based on traveling to various locations in the world, though this aspect is only used for the theme of each sub-puzzle.Another feature of "Pencilwise" in recent years has been a "Puzzlecraft" column, authored by Mike Selinker and Thomas Snyder, that describes how readers can make their own puzzles, placed alongside puzzles created by the described techniques.Wild Cards is the section that typically contains one or two pages of puzzle miscellany, such as word games, trivia, or chess problems.The standard contest has since been reinstated, with a $100 cash prize for the winner and one-year subscriptions/renewals for five runners-up.Games has also published a number of books containing "best-of" puzzle collections.Will Shortz started at Games in November 1978 and edited the magazine from 1989 to 1990 upon PSC's bankruptcy; he returned upon Bits & Pieces' resuming publication in late 1991, and remained until late 1993 when he became editor of The New York Times crossword puzzle.The current editorial team includes Jennifer Orehowsky, with help from Kappa Publishing editor Karen Powell.