Dear Friends,
On behalf of Solve It!, we would like to thank you for being loyal customers to our business over the years. Due to a San Francisco Public Health Order, our Pier 39 location is closed through June 15, 2020 or until further notice.
In the meantime, we remain open online and will continue to take and fulfill orders made through our website. As a thank you for your continued support during this time we are giving anyone who makes a purchase from our website an automatic 15% off any purchase!
You can also support up by purchasing GIFT CARDS to be used at a later date.
We very much look forward to reopening our doors at Pier 39 soon and wish the best of health to you and your family! - Yelena
2 Pieces Pyramid - Wooden Puzzle
$5.99
A puzzler's first test: can you assemble these identical pieces into a solid triangular based pyramid?
3 Pieces Burr Key chain- Brain Teaser Wooden Puzzle
$5.50
This puzzle contains 3 unidentical pieces.
Try to assemble the pieces to a 3D puzzle.
3 Pieces Burr Mini - Brain Teaser Wooden Puzzle
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This puzzle contains 3 un-identical pieces.
Try to assemble the pieces to a 3D puzzle.
3D Tic Tac Toe (Medium) - Strategy Wooden Game
$23.99
A three dimensional twist to this classic game suitable for any age. Counting all the 3 in-a-rows at the end can prove quite a challenge.
Starting with 'O's play until the board is full, the player with the most 3 in a rows wins. Connections can be made vertically horizontally and diagonally.
3D Tic Tac Toe (Small) - Strategy Wooden Game
$19.99
A three dimensional twist to this classic game suitable for any age. Counting all the 3 in-a-rows at the end can prove quite a challenge.
Starting with 'O's play until the board is full, the player with the most 3 in a rows wins. Connections can be made vertically horizontally and diagonally.
4 Pieces Packing Problem - Brain Teaser Wooden Puzzle
$15.50
The puzzle contains 4 pieces : 2 triangles and 2 trapezoids.
One frame is larger than the other. The larger frame is used to store the pieces.
Turn it over
Notice that this side is smaller and the frame is thicker.
Now, try to fit the 4 pieces in the frame.
* Do not use strength.
If you solve it correctly, the pieces will slide in to place smoothly.
Good Luck
Barricade Wooden Game
$38.00
A variant of Ludo or Sorry popularized in Germanic countries during the last century, barricade combines the cutthroat nature of Sorry with a linear game board.
The object of the game is to be the first player to land a ball of their color in the white goal. Each Player chooses a set of 5 pegs placing them on the matching starting positions. The white barricades are placed on the red spaces on the board. Each player rolls the die in turn, highest roll plays first. All pegs may move forward, backwards and sideways. However they have to keep the same direction during one move. The pegs must be moved by the exact number thrown. One can pass non-white pegs of the same color or a different color. You may enter as many pegs as you want to the board during the game. All pegs start from the first black dot. If a your peg lands on a space occupied by your opponents peg, your opponents peg returns to its starting position.
Barricades are obstacles that may not be passed. Only when a peg lands on a barricade exactly the player whose peg landed on a barricade may place the barricade anywhere except the first row. Used cleverly, barricades block other player's pegs and protect your own. The game ends when one player land exactly in the white goal.
Baseball Escape - Wooden Puzzle
$17.99
A game designed in the 1930's.
The object of the game is to free the locked ball, and let it slide out through the hole.
The game has 5 different challenges to choose from; the easiest may be accomplished in only 18 moves whilst the most difficult needs a minimum of 101 moves to complete the task.
Benny Wooden Puzzle
$14.00
A cute and deceptively hard puzzle. Remove all 4 pegs then reinsert them so they are flush with the box.
Mind the gaps in the pegs.
Bon Fire - Wooden Puzzle
$15.65
Taking apart the shape is easy. But when you put it back together, take in consideration the angles. You can also be creative and make your own shape.
Broken Heart - Wooden Tangram Puzzle
$16.99
A fabulous game for all ages, Tangram puzzles originated in China and became popular in Europe during the 1900's.
Remove the pieces from the box and reconstitute the broken heart.
Cast Cage - Hanayama Metal Puzzle
$19.99
Game Rank 3
Free the jack from its cage.
Cast Devil - Hanayama Metal Puzzle
$19.99
Cast - Devil - Game rank 4
Our oldest metal puzzle, line the two pieces so they can slide apart.
Cast Labyrinth - Hanayama Metal Puzzle
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Game Rank 5
Free the hooked ring from the maze; this is the most challenging of the labyrinth puzzles.
Cast News - Hanayama Metal Puzzle
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Cast Rank 6
Simply separate the two pieces.
Tip: the inscription on the cast remind you of something?
Cast Ring - Hanayama Metal Puzzle
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Game Rank 4
Mesh the silver and gold loops so they form the ring.
Changing 4 - Brain Teaser Wooden Puzzle
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The original color swapping game, see how few moves it takes to switch the colored pegs.
Switch the colored pegs from one side to another, with as few moves as possible. Each peg may move forward one step at a time, or jump a peg over an adjacent peg of the other color. No peg may move or jump backwards.
Note: Colors may vary than shown in picture.
Chess Backgammon - Wooden Game
$45.00
The game includes three games: Chess, Checkers and Backgammon. It comes in a travel size. All parts are hand crafted.
Chinese Checkers - Wooden Game
$21.99
A strategy board game which can be played by two, three, four, or six people, playing individually or with partners. The game is a modern and simplified variation of the game Halma.( invented in Germany in 1892) The rules are simple, so even young children can play
Moves can be made in any direction either moving one space into an empty slot or jumping over a peg into an empty space.
You can do several jumps (over one peg at a time) in one move. You may jump over your own or your opponents counter.
Chinese Checkers Couple - Wooden Game
$15.99
Chinese Checkers Couple - Wooden Game
Moves can be made in any direction either moving one space into an empty slot or jumping over a peg into an empty space.
You can do several jumps (over one peg at a time) in one move. You may jump over your own or your opponents counter.
The rules are simple, so even young children can play.
Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) - Strategy Wooden Game
$45.50
Chinese chess called also Xiangqi, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in China and has a long history from 9th century. Chinese chess is in the same family as Western chess, Chaturanga, Shogi and Janggi. The game represents a battle between two armies, with the object of capturing the enemy's general (king). The rule prohibiting the generals (similar to chess kings) from facing each other directly, and the river and palace board features, which restrict the movement of some pieces; and placement of the pieces on the intersections of the board lines, rather than within the squares.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Puzzle
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Color Match - Brain Teaser Wooden Puzzle
$17.99
This game contains 12 wooden tiles each marked with four colored dots in different combinations. Can you match all the tiles back in the wooden frame so all the junctions contain matching colors?
While working on this puzzle think of how many instances of each color there are. The answer is crucial to solving the puzzle.
Combination Burr Box - Brain Teaser Wooden Puzzle
$54.54
In this special box you can find 27 wooden rods.
All of them have the same size, but are sliced differently inside.
To create a burr puzzle (interlock puzzle that has 2 rods on each side), you will need any 5 different rods + the 0 (zero) rod- which is the only fully squared rod.
Connect Four - Wooden Game
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First trademarked in 1974 but forms of the game have existed for much longer than that.
Crazy Four - Brain Teaser Wooden Puzzle
$9.99
A classic game that has been teasing puzzlers for generations, can you eliminate the redundant sides?
Three puzzles in one:
1. Take the cubes out from the case, mix them up, and then rearrange them (in the case) so there are four different colors on each side.
2. Arrange the cubes out from the case in a 2X2 square, so there are four different colors on the top, the same four different colors on the bottom and two different colors on each side.
3. Arrange the cubes out from the case in a 2X2 square, so there are four different colors on the top, the same four different colors on the bottom and two of the same color on each side.
Crazy Four Keychain - Brain Teaser Wooden Puzzle
$5.50
A classic game that has been teasing puzzlers for generations, can you eliminate the redundant sides?
Three puzzles in one:
1. Take the cubes out from the case, mix them up, and then rearrange them (in the case) so there are four different colors on each side.
2. Arrange the cubes out from the case in a 2X2 square, so there are four different colors on the top, the same four different colors on the bottom and two different colors on each side.
3. Arrange the cubes out from the case in a 2X2 square, so there are four different colors on the top, the same four different colors on the bottom and two of the same color on each side.
Domino 12 - Wooden Game
$38.99
There are countless different domino games and within each game, there are many variations of play available. The purpose of this set of rules is to get you started with a few simple and popular games.
One of the wonderful things about dominoes is that anyone can learn the basics very quickly, but as you play and progress, you will find many additional levels of the game and as your experience and skills develop, you will become a more and more formidable player. Get started with these simple games and you will find yourself getting smarter every time you play. Dominoes is a good game for your brain.
Domino 15 - Wooden Game
$49.99
There are countless different domino games and within each game, there are many variations of play available. The purpose of this set of rules is to get you started with a few simple and popular games.
One of the wonderful things about dominoes is that anyone can learn the basics very quickly, but as you play and progress, you will find many additional levels of the game and as your experience and skills develop, you will become a more and more formidable player. Get started with these simple games and you will find yourself getting smarter every time you play. Dominoes is a good game for your brain.
Domino 6 Classic - Wooden Game
$26.50
The set consists of 28 dominoes. There are 7 doubles (same number on both ends from double blank to double six) and 21 singles (different numbers on both ends or a number and a blank).
There are countless different domino games and within each game, there are many variations of play available. The purpose of this set of rules is to get you started with a few simple and popular games. Later, we'll give you reference information for finding many other games you would enjoy.
One of the wonderful things about dominoes is that anyone can learn the basics very quickly, but as you play and progress, you will find many additional levels of the game and as your experience and skills develop, you will become a more and more formidable player. Get started with these simple games and you will find yourself getting smarter every time you play. Dominoes is a good game for your brain.
Domino 9 - Wooden Game
$35.99
There are countless different domino games and within each game, there are many variations of play available. The purpose of this set of rules is to get you started with a few simple and popular games.
One of the wonderful things about dominoes is that anyone can learn the basics very quickly, but as you play and progress, you will find many additional levels of the game and as your experience and skills develop, you will become a more and more formidable player. Get started with these simple games and you will find yourself getting smarter every time you play. Dominoes is a good game for your brain.
Double Soma Cube - Wooden Puzzle
$35.50
Invented during a physics lecture the Double Soma Cube brings the fun and challenge of tangrams into the 3rd dimension.
The cube is built from 7 different pieces, creating a 3X3X3 cube. There are 240 different ways to build a solid cube. There are as many hundreds of shapes to assemble from all the parts. Try to invent your own shapes as well. The cards represent 4 levels of challenges.
Elephant - Wooden Puzzle
$14.99
Play with this handcrafted wooden elephant, you can separate each parts and create your own crazy elephant or simply find the way to put it back in the original shape.
Fanorona
$49.99
Strategic game with a surprising end.
Originally played by the royalty of Madagascar, Fanorona was a pass time for the wealthy. It still holds up today as an extremely strategic game for two players.
22 white balls & 22 black balls set on the board as in the picture.
For each turn, a player moves one of their balls to an unoccupied space. When a ball runs into or moves away from a line of the opponent's balls they are removed from play. The player who has the last remaining balls on the board is the winner.
You will have to find a tactical way to capture the last balls on the board.
Five Different - Wooden Brain Teaser
$14.55
Five Different
Giant 3d square - Wooden Puzzle
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Giant 3D Tic Tac Toe - Strategy Wooden Game
$39.99
A three dimensional twist to this classic game suitable for any age. Counting all the 3 in-a-rows at the end can prove quite a challenge.
Starting with 'O's play until the board is full, the player with the most 3 in a rows wins. Connections can be made vertically horizontally and diagonally.
Giant Crystal - Wooden Puzzle
$39.99
Giant Othello (Reversi) - Wooden Game
$36.99
Named after the Shakespeare play due to its traditional black and white pieces Othello was invented in England in the late 1800's. Designed as a simplified version of Go, Othello (or Reversi) offers a fun challenge for all ages.
Initially the board is empty except for 4 pegs - 2 of each color- placed in the central square on opposing corners. On each turn a player places a peg of their color onto the board in such a way as to capture one or more of the opponent's pegs, if you can't capture a peg you must skip your turn. Pegs are captured when a peg placed on the board sandwiches one or more of your opponents pegs between two pegs of your own color. Pegs can be captured horizontally, vertically and diagonally.
The game is over when the board is full or neither player can move, the player with the most pegs of their color wins.
The board allows you to play another Game: Solitaire.
At the beginning of the game the peg in the center of the board is removed. Moves are made by jumping a peg over an adjacent peg, removing each peg as you pass over it. The aim of the game is to remove all the pegs until only one peg is left in the center of the board.
Giant Solitaire - Wooden Game
$25.50
Solitaire was invented in the 17th century by a French noble imprisoned in the Bastille. Game boards have been found all over the world in the last 300 years with little improvement on the original design.
Solitaire is a game that is traditionally played on a wooden board. At the beginning of the game the ball in the center of the board is removed. Moves are made by jumping a ball over an adjacent ball, removing each ball as you pass over it. The aim of the game is to remove all the balls until only one ball is left in the center of the board.
Giant Soma Cube - Wooden Puzzle
$45.00
Invented during a physics lecture the Soma Cube brings the fun and challenge of tangrams into the 3rd dimension.
The cube is built from 7 different pieces, creating a 3X3X3 cube.There are 240 different ways to build a solid cube.
There are as many hundreds of shapes to assemble from all the parts. Try to invent your own shapes as well.
Golden Triangle - Wooden Puzzle
$34.99
With 3 different objectives this is the perfect game for any coffee table. See how many solutions you can find for the triangle and the two three dimensional pyramids.
The triangle can be filled any of 24 ways, and once complete the pieces can be used to make a 4x4x4 pyramid using 20 balls and a 5x5x5 using all the pieces except the single ball.
Heart Tangram - Wooden Puzzle
$34.99
The Tangram is a dissection puzzle consisting of seven flat shapes, called tans, which are put together to form shapes.
The objective of the puzzle is to form a specific shape (given only an outline Select one card out of 42 and build the shape, using all parts of the tangram.
Hex Domino - Wooden Game
$42.00
Contents:
63 hexagonal pieces
These are divided into six equal triangular fields, and depending on which piece, are marked with one to five points or blanks.
The set of pieces consists of:
1 starting piece with six scoring–fields
62 main pieces with scoring- and blank-fields (6 pieces has only one scoring-field and five blank-filed and are called end pieces)
Preparation
The starting piece is put into the center. The other pieces are mixed face down. Each player pulls 7 pieces, the
remainders pieces forming a pack.
The players uncover their pieces so they cannot be seen by the other player(s).
This game can be paled in several ways:
Basic Dominos
Subject of the game:
To be the first to lay all his pieces, or to have the lowest number of pieces in one's own pack at the end of the game.
Playing the game:
The players lay down one piece in turns, this piece is renewed from the pack which is eventually used up. Pieces can only be laid with fields joining up with fields of the same score, blank fields may border only on blank fields. If a player does not have a playable piece, a new one is taken from the pack. If this cannot be played then a further piece is taken. If this again cannot be played then the player misses his turn and it is the next player turn.
The end of the game:
This is when all pieces have been laid or if none of players can make a legal move.
The winner:
The player with the lowest number of points on his remaining
pieces is the winner after each player's points have been totaled up.
Variations:
Put the tiles according to the rules into special shape (single player puzzle as well)
Advance Dominos
Subject of the game:
To be the first to lay all his pieces, or to have the total lowest score on the pieces in one's own pack at the end of the game.
Playing the game:
The players lay down one piece in turns, this piece is renewed from the pack which is eventually used up. Pieces can only be laid with fields joining up with fields of the same score at least two fields must match (except each player first turn).Blank fields may border only on blank fields.
If a player does not have a playable piece, a new one is taken from the pack. If this cannot be played then a further piece is taken. If this again cannot be played then the player misses his turn and it is the next player turn.
The end of the game:
This is when all pieces have been laid or if none of players can make a legal move.
The winner:
The player with the lowest number of points on his remaining pieces is the winner after each player's points have been totaled up.
Good Luck
Honey Comb Pyramid - Wooden Puzzle
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Leaning Pyramid - Wooden Puzzle
$14.99
This mind bending puzzle is beautiful in its simplicity and leaves even the most experienced puzzler feeling dizzy.
Take out all 9 pieces and try to rebuild the leaning cube. When the puzzle is done all six faces of the completed cube show the same pattern, for the packed puzzle is totally symmetrical.
Magic Box - Wooden Trick Puzzle
$16.99
The fabulous magic box, with the right grip the drawer slides right out.
The object is to try and open the magic box.
Perfect to put GIFT CARDS, MONEY, JEWELRY, anything you can think about!
