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(Message started by: Cerberus on Apr 3^rd, 2009, 9:35am)

Title: Too much math!
Post by Cerberus on Apr 3^rd, 2009, 9:35am

The huge majority of the riddles on this site are math-based. I'm not a math student, and I'm not interested in finding probabilities or whatever.

I just want straight-up logic riddles that I can share with friends without forcing them to whip out calculators, scribble notes, and get a degree before solving.

Is there any way to see a collection of the non-math riddles?

Title: Re: Too much math!
Post by SMQ on Apr 3^rd, 2009, 9:41am

Here? No, probably not: we like math here. ;) That said, many of our members are familiar with other riddle books/sites and may be able to point you to some of them.

--SMQ

Title: Re: Too much math!
Post by Cerberus on Apr 3^rd, 2009, 10:32am

on 04/03/09 at 09:41:09, SMQ wrote:

Here? No, probably not: we like math here. ;) That said, many of our members are familiar with other riddle books/sites and may be able to point you to some of them.

--SMQ

Oh, I would appreciate that! Even disregarding the math ones, I have still found a great collection of enjoyable riddles here - unlike most riddle sites that Google has led me to, which have lame wordplay or rhyming 'What Am I' riddles.

The best riddles, to me, are the ones that require raw logic... like the one with the 3 Logic Masters and the Grand Master who puts dots on their foreheads. :D

Title: Re: Too much math!
Post by Aryabhatta on Apr 3^rd, 2009, 11:05am

There should be plenty of puzzles of your interest here.

The easy section has 78 pages, Medium has 50 and Hard has 24. I can't imagine that they are all math related.

Also, did you check out the main riddle site? (The Red question mark at the top).

Also, usually the math related puzzles in easy/medium, do not require too much algebra or even a degree. Basic High school mathematics should be sufficient. I suggest you give some of them a try, you might even like them :)

Title: Re: Too much math!
Post by SMQ on Apr 3^rd, 2009, 11:14am

That's true: there are a fair number number of non-mathematical riddles here, just no index of them that I'm aware of. Along other lines, googling "logic puzzles" rather than "riddles" (assuming you haven't already) may lead you to some different sites.

--SMQ

Title: Re: Too much math!
Post by Cerberus on Apr 3^rd, 2009, 12:42pm

Thanks guys! ;D