This title, edited and published by G. P. Jelliss, ran to two printed volumes and then went online. The title derives from my own initials and has no connection with the old Games and Puzzles Magazine though, to avoid possible copyright infringement, I did get permission from its editor David Pritchard to use the similar name. This page gives links to all the printed issues, which are now available as PDFs. Volume 1 was of twelve issues (1987-1989) and Volume 2 of six issues #13 - #18 (1996-2001) the online Volume 3 ran to 27 issues, usually each of five topics, #19 - #45 (2001 - 2010).
Volume one of the magazine was originally issued in B5 size, although the artwork was A4.
When a bound volume was produced I retouched copies of the artwork and reproduced it A4 size, as here.
The text was originally typed in sections and pasted onto the master copies, along with the diagrams.
Since this was done by eye it is now noticeable that some of the text is skewed at odd angles.
The basic issue size was of 16 pages, but there were two double issues.
The first issue had four extra unnumbered pages consisting of advertisements and a list of 'zines' and
the games they offered. In the PDF version I have placed these extra pages at the end, since they need to be
rotated clockwise for ease of reading. In the original issue they were between pages 4-5 and 12-13.
(The prices and addresses on these are of course out of date. "The Puzzle Box" closed around 1992.)
The last issue, 20 pages, includes a 6-page index to the whole volume.
The second volume of six 24-page issues was published 1996-2001. Volume 1 ceased in 1989, but by 1996 I found
I had sufficient material to embark on a second volume. In part this consisted of notes on knight's tours
that I had hoped to publish in book form, but which never found a publisher. In particular I thought
H. J. R. Murray's history of magic knight's tours and Ernest Bergholt's work on mixed symmetry in tours
ought to reach a wider readership.
In effect the six issues of this volume appeared over six years. This was due to my changing circumstances
and to time spent learning about computers. Issue #13 was the first fully produced on a computer.
The final issue, #18, includes a four-page index to the volume.
In 2001 (before #18 was printed) The Games and Puzzles Journal #19 transferred to the internet, and printed copies were no longer distributed. Issues #19 - #45 are not available as PDFs but can be read online.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #1 — September-October 1987 — 20 pages — file size: 4.16MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #2 — November-December 1987 — 16 pages — file size: 3.61MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #3 — January-February 1988 — 16 pages — file size: 3.30MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #4 — March-April 1988 — 16 pages — file size: 3.39MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #5+6 — May-August 1988 — 32 pages — file size: 6.44MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #7 — September-October 1988 — 16 pages — file size: 4.04MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #8+9 — November 1988-February 1989 — 32 pages — file size: 6.91MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #10 — March-April 1989 — 16 pages — file size: 3.13MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #11 — May-August 1989 — 16 pages — file size: 2.94MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #12 — September-December 1989 — 20 pages — file size: 3.44MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #13 — 28 May 1996 — 24 pages — file size: 5.06MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #14 — 16 December 1996 — 24 pages — file size: 5.39MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #15 — December 1997 — 24 pages — file size: 5.11MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #16 — 15 May 1999 — 24 pages — file size: 5.30MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #17 — October 1999 — 24 pages — file size: 4.94MB.
The Games and Puzzles Journal, #18 — March 2001 — 32 pages — file size: 6.73MB.