# Calling all jigsaw puzzles fans
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [March 7, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100 "2014-03-07T11:44:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/1 "2014-03-07T11:44:38Z")
Especially the free ones available online.
A recent thread dealing with “unusual hobbies” had quite a few posts that mentioned “jigsaw puzzles” and I’d like to explore what others are doing to deal with that obsession, if it’s to that level.
My main source is [http://www.jigidi.com/](http://www.jigidi.com/) and I focus almost exclusively on the _People_ section.
Do you have a favorite site for these things?
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### Author:  [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/2 "2014-03-07T12:52:38Z")
I do the daily free puzzle on the Jigsaw Puzzle app from Critical Hit Software, on my iPad.
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/3 "2014-03-07T17:18:27Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
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> My main source is [http://www.jigidi.com/](http://www.jigidi.com/) and I focus almost exclusively on the _People_ section.
Hadn’t tried that one before. Not a bad site, but there are a couple programming issues I’d change there.
I’ve used jigzone and the free daily puzzle at shockwave a bit.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/4 "2014-03-07T17:39:39Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> Hadn’t tried that one before. Not a bad site, but there are a couple programming issues I’d change there.
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> I’ve used jigzone and the free daily puzzle at shockwave a bit.
Yes, I 've tried them as well. What are the programming issues at jigidi?
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/5 "2014-03-07T18:38:12Z")
I like Jigzone - [http://www.jigzone.com/](http://www.jigzone.com/)
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/6 "2014-03-07T19:03:42Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
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> Yes, I 've tried them as well. What are the programming issues at jigidi?
There was no image of the completed puzzle while you were trying to solve. (I mean, with a real jigsaw puzzle, you look at the box while you’re doing it.) And when two (or more) pieces were in the same place, I couldn’t find a way to bring pieces to the top; even when I would click-and-drag pieces, other pieces would appear to be on top of the ones I was dragging.
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### Author:  [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/7 "2014-03-07T19:37:04Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
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> My main source is [http://www.jigidi.com/](http://www.jigidi.com/) and I focus almost exclusively on the _People_ section.
Yeah, I tend to do that too…I like solving puzzles of people of the female persuasion who are always trying to decide whether or not to wear clothes, lingerie, heels or such.
I’ve made a few myself on Jigidi, but the I usually make puzzles of hockey players in action.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/8 "2014-03-07T19:55:26Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> There was no image of the completed puzzle while you were trying to solve. (I mean, with a real jigsaw puzzle, you look at the box while you’re doing it.) And when two (or more) pieces were in the same place, I couldn’t find a way to bring pieces to the top; even when I would click-and-drag pieces, other pieces would appear to be on top of the ones I was dragging.
Yes, those would be nice to fix, but I have never had a real issue with that “feature.”
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/9 "2014-03-07T20:01:37Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#):
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> Yeah, I tend to do that too…I like solving puzzles of people of the female persuasion who are always trying to decide whether or not to wear clothes, lingerie, heels or such.
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> I’ve made a few myself on Jigidi, but the I usually make puzzles of hockey players in action.
If you wouldn’t mind sending a link to one of yours I’d like to see some of your work. PM if you prefer.
Over the past week or two I have been building a list of over 200 puzzles of the variety you mentioned. It’s almost finished and I’m going to try to find one specific puzzle (may have been deleted) that I worked in the past two or three weeks and have not been able to find it again. It was nice, even if it had over 200 pieces.
I suspect there are at least another 100-200 puzzles I have left off my list for one reason or another, but the ones I have kept are very easy to look at.
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### Author:  [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/10 "2014-03-07T20:10:24Z")
For most of my life I’ve had little interest in jigsaw puzzles. Maybe it was all that fuss of setting up a table and turning all the pieces over. I don’t know.
Anyway one day I did on one the MSN games page and I’m hooked. I like the sounds the pieces make and that little vacuum sensation when they snap into place. Easily amused I guess.
I do those three each day and at least one from this site:
www.thejigsawpuzzles.com/
My favorites are street scenes and art.
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### Author:  [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/11 "2014-03-07T21:11:43Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
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> If you wouldn’t mind sending a link to one of yours I’d like to see some of your work. PM if you prefer.
> **[Jigsaw puzzle creator YeticusRex » Play one of my 61 free puzzles at Jigidi](https://www.jigidi.com/user/yeticusrex/)**
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> YeticusRex created 61 puzzles since 19 January 2013. Try one of YeticusRex's jigsaw puzzles for free online at Jigidi.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/12 "2014-03-07T21:53:55Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#):
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> [Jigsaw puzzle creator YeticusRex » Play one of my 61 free puzzles at Jigidi](http://www.jigidi.com/user_profile.php?name=YeticusRex)
Very nice work. Several of your fantasy pieces made me think of this one, which is one of only a very few fantasy things on my list:
[Solve belly dancer jigsaw puzzle online with 154 pieces](http://www.jigidi.com/puzzle.php?id=53WVN362) Published 8. Aug 2012
[Jigsaw puzzle creator fan93 » Play one of my 15 free puzzles at Jigidi](http://www.jigidi.com/user_profile.php?name=fan93)
belly dancer
I see you’re a _Breaking Bad_ fan. So am I.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/13 "2014-03-07T22:06:18Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
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> [http://www.jigidi.com/](http://www.jigidi.com/)
Neat! I have [Ravensburger Puzzles](http://www.amazon.com/Ravensburger-Puzzles-PC/dp/B004S3ZHQ2/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1394229902&sr=1-2-catcorr&keywords=ravensberger+puzzle) for my computer.
Will jigidi later and create my own puzzles.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/14 "2014-03-07T22:31:13Z")
Well, I just completed my list to date. Here are the profiles of the most well represented constructors on my list. If you have others who produce a good number of puzzles you like, please let me know about them.
> **[Jigsaw puzzle creator sase » Play one of my 135 free puzzles at Jigidi](https://www.jigidi.com/user/sase/)**
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> Sase created 135 puzzles since 5 April 2012. Try one of sase's jigsaw puzzles for free online at Jigidi.
> **[Jigsaw puzzle creator jignut » Play one of my 1354 free puzzles at Jigidi](https://www.jigidi.com/user/jignut/)**
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> Jignut created 1354 puzzles since 27 March 2011. Try one of jignut's jigsaw puzzles for free online at Jigidi.
> **[Jigsaw puzzle creator concreteman » Play one of my 1 free puzzles at Jigidi](https://www.jigidi.com/user/concreteman/)**
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> Concreteman created 1 puzzles since 26 November 2012. Try one of concreteman's jigsaw puzzles for free online at Jigidi.
[http://www.jigidi.com/user\_profile.php?name=screwbald](http://www.jigidi.com/user_profile.php?name=screwbald)
> **[Jigsaw puzzle creator treemonster » Play one of my 61 free puzzles at Jigidi](https://www.jigidi.com/user/treemonster/)**
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> Treemonster created 61 puzzles since 7 March 2013. Try one of treemonster's jigsaw puzzles for free online at Jigidi.
> **[Jigsaw puzzle creator Cheshire\_returns » Play one of my 205 free puzzles at...](https://www.jigidi.com/user/cheshire_returns/)**
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> Cheshire\_returns created 205 puzzles since 4 March 2013. Try one of Cheshire\_returns's jigsaw puzzles for free online at Jigidi.
> **[Jigsaw puzzle creator wjl1015 » Play one of my 4780 free puzzles at Jigidi](https://www.jigidi.com/user/wjl1015/)**
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> Wjl1015 created 4780 puzzles since 24 January 2012. Try one of wjl1015's jigsaw puzzles for free online at Jigidi.
[http://www.jigidi.com/user\_profile.php?name=white56bear](http://www.jigidi.com/user_profile.php?name=white56bear)
> **[Jigsaw puzzle creator mr\_bee » Play one of my 104 free puzzles at Jigidi](https://www.jigidi.com/user/mr_bee/)**
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> Mr\_bee created 104 puzzles since 10 March 2012. Try one of mr\_bee's jigsaw puzzles for free online at Jigidi.
> **[Jigsaw puzzle creator enzo » Play one of my 120 free puzzles at Jigidi](https://www.jigidi.com/user/enzo/)**
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> Enzo created 120 puzzles since 23 February 2012. Try one of enzo's jigsaw puzzles for free online at Jigidi.
> **[Jigsaw puzzle creator dtaz » Play one of my 91 free puzzles at Jigidi](https://www.jigidi.com/user/dtaz/)**
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> Dtaz created 91 puzzles since 21 November 2010. Try one of dtaz's jigsaw puzzles for free online at Jigidi.
[http://www.jigidi.com/user\_profile.php?name=hnwillie](http://www.jigidi.com/user_profile.php?name=hnwillie)
[http://www.jigidi.com/user\_profile.php?name=twiny](http://www.jigidi.com/user_profile.php?name=twiny)
> **[Jigsaw puzzle creator rostoff » Play one of my 804 free puzzles at Jigidi](https://www.jigidi.com/user/rostoff/)**
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> Rostoff created 804 puzzles since 3 January 2009. Try one of rostoff's jigsaw puzzles for free online at Jigidi.
> **[Jigsaw puzzle creator FastEddie » Play one of my 56 free puzzles at Jigidi](https://www.jigidi.com/user/fasteddie/)**
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> FastEddie created 56 puzzles since 11 December 2009. Try one of FastEddie's jigsaw puzzles for free online at Jigidi.
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### Author:  [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/15 "2014-03-07T22:59:25Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
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> Very nice work. Several of your fantasy pieces made me think of this one, which is one of only a very few fantasy things on my list:
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> [Solve belly dancer jigsaw puzzle online with 154 pieces](http://www.jigidi.com/puzzle.php?id=53WVN362) Published 8. Aug 2012
> [Jigsaw puzzle creator fan93 » Play one of my 15 free puzzles at Jigidi](http://www.jigidi.com/user_profile.php?name=fan93)
> belly dancer
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> I see you’re a _Breaking Bad_ fan. So am I.
Ok…go back and check the “NEW” puzzles of the day…turn off your filter if you want to see all four of them.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/16 "2014-03-07T23:07:10Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#):
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> Ok…go back and check the “NEW” puzzles of the day…turn off your filter if you want to see all four of them.
Tell me more about this “filter” that I didn’t know I had turned on!
I see two new BB puzzles from you, and they look really cool.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/17 "2014-03-07T23:11:13Z")
Although they’re more difficult than jigsaw puzzles because the shapes aren’t there to help, you may find the ones at [http://www.allstarpuzzles.com/picture/index.html](http://www.allstarpuzzles.com/picture/index.html) as much fun and even more challenging.
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### Author:  [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/18 "2014-03-07T23:56:08Z")
> [@Zeldar](#):
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> Tell me more about this “filter” that I didn’t know I had turned on!
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> I see two new BB puzzles from you, and they look really cool.
Go under “My Profile” and turn your “Filter Content:” to “No”…then you will see 2 more BB puzzles.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/19 "2014-03-08T00:09:20Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#):
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> Go under “My Profile” and turn your “Filter Content:” to “No”…then you will see 2 more BB puzzles.
Okay! I had never set up a profile so I didn’t even know all about the filter. Thanks. New horizons!
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-jigsaw-puzzles-fans/683100/20 "2014-03-08T01:37:24Z")
[I’m in.](http://www.jigidi.com/user_profile.php?name=Skywatcher) Will publish more tomorrow.
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