Karen tortures herself by doing the same jigsaw over and over and over...

[Retro]

All in the name of trying to get it done in under 30 minutes! Karen Puzzles is a great channel all about jigsaw puzzles, so check out her other videos, too.

Myself, I like nice easy puzzles that I can enjoy at a leisurely pace. I like doing puzzles on the PC at the site below, set to 100 piece classic. I recently tried a 500 piece classic which took me hours and didn't enjoy much at all. At the end, I felt like I'd been put through hell rather than achieved anything. The site goes up to 1000 pieces - good luck. See what works for you.

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Jigsaw puzzles on TheJigsawPuzzles.com

Thousands of free jigsaw puzzles online that will knock your socks off. Puzzle of the Day, full screen free puzzle games and a whole lot more.

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[Tiffany]

I'm just not that patient of a person to work a puzzle like that, especially a multitude of times... lol!

 

[Hitcore]

I don't do jigsaw puzzles very often, but when I do, I take my time for them.
The last one I did was a 1000 piece puzzle.

I recently tried a 500 piece classic which took me hours and didn't enjoy much at all. At the end, I felt like I'd been put through hell rather than achieved anything.

And there's the thing, I didn't rush it, at all. I finished it over the course of two weeks. An hour here, 40 minutes there. Having a cup of hot chocolatemilk with it. That way it's a relaxing activity rather than a chore.

(Protip: do the puzzle in a room where your cats can't come, though. They want to help but it turns out that they are terrible at these things)

 

[Retro]

The last one I did was a 1000 piece puzzle.

Retro runs away screaming!

That website I linked to goes up to 1000 pieces, so you might wanna play around with that, maybe. You can save your progress too.

 

[Hitcore]

I'm not into digital puzzles. Only the real deal for me.



Then you also have something to show for it.

 

[Retro]

That's a really nice montage football puzzle you've got there.

Go on, try this one for giggles, set at the smallest 20 pieces! Should take 5 minutes, if that. It's of a circular runway concept and is one I created myself after reading about this fascinating (but barmy) concept with the picture taken from the article.

The Endless Runway jigsaw puzzle

The Endless Runway puzzle in Mike Smith jigsaw puzzles on TheJigsawPuzzles.com

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[Hitcore]

Cheers, it was a gift from an old Dutch friend of mine, to remind me of our football club, Sparta Rotterdam.


I will try your puzzle later, after work. It sucks donkey nuts on the phone.

 

[Retro]

Oh yes, that site is definitely made for a PC, not a mobile!

 

[Hitcore]

Alright, I did the puzzle on my trusty old Linux machine. I really like the image, it's definitively not that. But I find these online puzzle games a bit of a lukewarm experience. To me it's very similar to WordFeud. IRL I absolutely LOVE playing Scrabble. And while WordFeud is practically the same game as Scrabble, it just doesn't feel the same. Had it on my phone, but uninstalled it after like two dozen matches.
Again, Retro, I appreciate what you do here. And Karen, godspeed, good luck with torturing yourself. But I'll stick to proper physical board games and jigsaw puzzles. At my own pace.

Edit: oh goody, apparently this is my 100th post.

 

[Retro]

I thought you'd dig that image.

For me, I enjoy both forms of jigsaw puzzles, but I just don't have the space for a real one, unfortunately.

Edit: oh goody, apparently this is my 100th post.

Legend.

 

[Retro]

Karen tortures herself again, this time attempting a 5000 piece puzzle in just two days! Did she make it?

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[Hitcore]

My head would explode. It seems that her head damn near did too.

 

[Geffers]

That's a really nice montage football puzzle you've got there.

Go on, try this one for giggles, set at the smallest 20 pieces! Should take 5 minutes, if that. It's of a circular runway concept and is one I created myself after reading about this fascinating (but barmy) concept with the picture taken from the article.

The Endless Runway jigsaw puzzle

The Endless Runway puzzle in Mike Smith jigsaw puzzles on TheJigsawPuzzles.com

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20 pieces, far too many

 

[Geffers]

That's a really nice montage football puzzle you've got there.

Go on, try this one for giggles, set at the smallest 20 pieces! Should take 5 minutes, if that. It's of a circular runway concept and is one I created myself after reading about this fascinating (but barmy) concept with the picture taken from the article.

The Endless Runway jigsaw puzzle

The Endless Runway puzzle in Mike Smith jigsaw puzzles on TheJigsawPuzzles.com

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Took me 5:55 - what are the chances of that number coming up. Took me a wee bit of time sorting the puzzle size with screen size but hey, who minds wasting an odd 355 seconds.

 

[Geffers]

They ought to have a puzzle with a bit missing to make it realistic.

 

[Retro]

They ought to have a puzzle with a bit missing to make it realistic.

I was thinking exactly that. I so wished I could do that as the video played. Great minds think alike lol.

 

[Geffers]

Edit: oh goody, apparently this is my 100th post.

Now for 101

 

[Retro]

This isn't related to Karen, but it is to do with solving jigsaws.

This YouTuber, Stuff Made Here, very cleverly creates a robot to solve a 4000 piece all-white puzzle. It's a seriously difficult task, but it's still quicker than a human trying to do it on their own, which would take years. Fascinating, check it out.

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[Hitcore]

That dude and Karen should totally start dating. I see potential in their relationship. Together they shall raise AI-augmented puzzle champions.

 

[Geffers]

By fortuitous happenstance I came across this video on the day @Retro commented about my mention of using this phrase. As to the video, one has to ask why someone would create a white jigsaw puzzle, and more to the point, who would someone then wonder how quickly it could be completed?

 

[Retro]

Karen does it again with a 12000 piece puzzle, bless. Not watched it yet, but at 50 minutes, I'll want to fortify myself with a cup of tea first.

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