This batch runs from competitive board-clearing to quiet children’s activities, with several unusual puzzle setups in between.

Afro Ken: The Puzzle

In Ken’s flood-level match-four challenge, a dog slides colorful afros one square at a time to make groups of four while water rises and ceiling spikes descend. Bombs, rocks, timed play, versus rounds, and endless survival all change the pressure on those combo chains.

Arthur to Astaroth no Nazo Makaimura: Incredible Toons

In Arthur’s contraption quest, the Ghosts ’N Goblins cast is threaded through Incredible Machine-style setups of levers, springs, and traps. Some scenarios specifically ask players to engineer Arthur’s death, while the Japanese text leaves the visual cues and familiar rescue setup to carry the plot.

Arthur! Ready to Race

In Arthur’s race-cart preparations, cart parts come from puzzles at the Sugar Bowl and Pet Shop, with Bionic Bunny cards traded for racing accessories. How does that cart-building loop compare with the other child-focused PlayStation racers you have played with younger family members?

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

In Rodrigo’s Atlantis activity disc, Rodrigo, his grandfather, and Uzo follow a message in a bottle toward Atlantis, but the interaction centers on a slide puzzle and coloring activity. The PlayStation 2 release was retitled Empire of Atlantis and adds jigsaw and pair-matching games, separate from the original package.

Building Crush!

In the block-blasting demolition duel, bombs planted in windowed blocks clear connected colors and make the upper structure collapse into fresh combinations. The source also describes power-ups and assist characters interfering with a rival’s board during local matches.

Crossroad Crisis

In the chicken’s tile path, a chicken crosses a 6×6 pond grid by rotating and swapping road tiles, then clears same-colored stretches beneath its feet. Each of the ten stages asks for a tile quota before a buoy can be placed to finish the route.

Devil Dice

In the devilish dice arena, devils roll dice across a grid and clear clusters of three or more matching faces, setting off chain reactions. Flash, Puzzle, Battle, and four-player Drama modes give the same board mechanic very different tempos.

Engacho!

In Sunzuki’s step-limited escape, every move through an isometric room must account for monsters that mimic, oppose, or otherwise react to Sunzuki’s position. Training isolates individual foes before Puzzle and Battle modes combine their movement rules under a strict step limit.

Geom Cube

In the 4×4 block pit, 24 block shapes fall into a compact three-dimensional well, where completed horizontal layers disappear. Finite, Infinite, and computer-versus modes sit beside split-screen matches that send cleared layers to the opposing pit.

Glocal Hexcite

In the seven-hexagon tile match, players lay tessellated shapes on a triangular grid, making each placement share at least one full edge with the existing layout. Closing an outer hexagon earns a bonus, while unplayed pieces become penalty points at the end of a best-of-three match.

Which of these setups would you rather bring to a local puzzle night: Devil Dice’s frantic dice clears, Geom Cube’s attack layers, or Glocal Hexcite’s deliberate tile placement?