Playing mind games...

Hi Tata, I love taking some of the crossword puzzles when i travel. it's keeps me active---especially my mind hehehehe...its a very productive trip for me with these crossword puzzles. have a great day!

Your both right, it really does help keep the old brain cells ticking-over I always need to keep a good dictionary and thesaurus with me when I'm doing crossword puzzles. I can say the word no problem but my spelling can really let me down. Some people think using a thesaurus is cheating, I just think it helps to expand my vocabulary and mind Happy puzzling....

best for me not to try and complete a crossword in pen as I always make a mistake somewhere. You can always rub out pencil. Your right sudoku is a little to close to mathematics, thats probably why I'm not to hot with them. What is crostics ? if you dont mind me asking.

Thanks for the link, spelt right or wrong I still have not seen it before. It looks quite interesting so I will have to investigate further and give it a try. Bet I'm useless though, LOL Nothing ventured , nothing gained. Have fun.

oops "acrostic" - here is some information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrostic_%28puzzle%29

HI, If it's mystery type games you enjoy then you should play Cluedo. It's all good fun

I enjoy playing mind games and puzzles when I have spare time or, like yourself if I am on a long trip. Staring out the window of a bus or a train is not the most exciting of things to do, and time just drags when you do this. Especially when you have seen the same streets, houses or fields over and over again, LOL. Time flys when your having fun...

Hi there, Chess is a board game I have not played in many years, since I was at school actually. It is a great strategy game which I greatly enjoyed. I was even in the chess club at school, but, beleive me that does not mean I was any good at it. I lost interest in playing chess when I left school as there was not that many people who played. I know you can play chess solo, ie. against a computer microchip, but that really takes away the human side of the challenge for me, so it's not much fun. I may trying getting back into playing the game as it was good for the braincells, always having to think x amount of moves forward from your oppenent etc. I still have a chess set, but I bet there is a piece or 2 missing now, it's been along time. Have a good day 'mate' .

Yup, you are right. Playing against computer is nothing compared to the interest generated by playing against human. Actually, from my initial days into chess, I played against my cousins, friends etc. for nearly 3 years. In that course, I played over thousand games, and remember getting beaten only thrice (I don`t know how coz I aint that good). However, now everybody else is busy in his life, I don`t get anybody to play with. So, I just play against computer coz I cannot just resist it.

Hello there, Sudoku does seem to be a very popular choice with myLot members, judging by the responses I have received to this topic. Like I have mentioned earlier , I do play it but it's not my most favourite game. Probably because I'm not very good at it. Have a happy day...

And I am not good at crossword

Hello l_m , Scrabble is just one of those games I could never get into, as much as I enjoy letter and word games. I could never get to grips with the rules, ie. triple word score, swopping tiles etc. Maybe I should try playing this word puzzle game again, reading and understanding the rules completely would probably be a big help. LOL Take care and have some fun...

Hello, I'm not to good at Soduko,using my powers of elimination and numbers just dont mix with me. I do try my best to figure them out but I just seem to loose concentration and get bored. I have many friends who are big fans of Soduko and they will spends alot of time working out the combinations. Each to their own I suppose. Give me a good crossword anyday of the week. Have fun with numbers...