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Our products presented by categories in the Product Index
Puzzle Parlor - play samples of our games online
The Life of Games, an exploratory journal - why and how we play - articles, contests, puzzles.
Coloring Book of graphics you color online
4-minute Emmy-winning MPT video, Kate Jones interview
Read two children's stories by Warren Fahy
Index of our historical pages

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Kadon Enterprises, Inc., welcomes you to our online gallery of 238 games and puzzles you can see and purchase here. Enchanting original playthings in lasercut acrylic and handcrafted wood, for minds of all ages. So beautiful, they're art.

  • Click on the gamepuzzles title above for a quick introduction.
  • For a surprising animation, click on our yellow W logo above.
  • You can take a full-circle tour of the entire gamepuzzles gallery. Click Grand Tour to begin. Scroll through or click NEXT buttons, and at each section bottom click on playful portals (in red) to enter the next section. See everything in one loop.
  • To visit individual sections in any order, click on Gallery Showroom at left.
Kaliko - click for full description#

Kaliko is back!
After struggling for a couple of years to get more Kaliko made, we've just upgraded our laser and are now able to produce this beautiful and beloved set in-house. And we've even reduced the price by $10. This is also Kaliko's 25th year in our product line. Order it here.

Our latest news, announcements, releases
Frequently Asked Questions
Site features - includes definition of all our hotlinks icons
How to order
Site map
Who we are, what we do
Show schedule - where to see us at art fairs and conventions
Resources (links to other good stuff)
Discussion Board, post a message
Links to contest sites we sponsor
Try this mini-quiz for fame and fun
Our honorary mascot, a puppy named Kadon
Download our 24-page print catalog
Pics and stories of Ye Olde Gamery, our pavilion at Maryland Renaissance Festival
Entrance to Grand Tour of all product sections
Links to Internet Service Organizations we belong to and support
How to contact us, via email, mail, phone, fax, shows, online
Links to thumbnail galleries of our products by type or topic

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Updated 8-28-2010

Our latest news, announcements, releases
Frequently Asked Questions
Site features - includes definitions of our hotlinks icons
How to order
Site map
Who we are, what we do
Show schedule - where to see us at art fairs and conventions
Resources (links to other good stuff)
Discussion Board, post a message
Links to contest sites we sponsor
Try this mini-quiz for fame and fun
Our honorary mascot, a puppy named Kadon
Download our 20-page print catalog
Pics and stories of Ye Olde Gamery, our pavilion at Maryland Renaissance Festival
Entrance to Grand Tour of all product sections
Links to Internet Service Organizations we belong to and support
How to contact us, via email, mail, phone, fax, shows, online
Links to thumbnail galleries of our products by type or topic

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Product  Index

Our gamepuzzles are grouped by type. Click on captions below to visit the individual showrooms. T buttons open a thumbnail overview of their section. For brief topic descriptions, click on their question marks. This menu is built on three pentominoes. A miniature icon of this layout links here from other pages. (What's a pentomino?)

Our logo is a pentomino, too. Yellow ones link to Home - click this and see, then come on back here.

Click on
captions
to see and
order our
games and
puzzles

Click for thumbnail gallery of newest releasesALPHABETICAL LISTING: All gamepuzzles in this website listed by name, linked to their respective descriptions.
Alphabetical
Product
Listing
Click for thumbnail gallery of 'Games Magazine selects' sectionGAMES MAGAZINE SELECTS:  Our most famous sets, reviewed by Games magazine and chosen for its 100-best-games list through the years.
Games
Magazine
selects
Click for thumbnail gallery of our Hottest SellersHOTTEST SELLERS:  Our top gamepuzzles that are consistently our bestsellers year after year.
Our
Hottest
Sellers
Click for thumbnail gallery of products representative of price rangeINDEXED BY PRICE:  All gamepuzzles in this website listed in order of price, from lowest to highest, linked to their respective descriptions.
Indexed
by
Price
Click for thumbnail gallery of gamepuzzles suitable for youngest playersFOR YOUNGEST PLAYERS:  Selected choices whose entry level may be as young as 5, or precocious 4 years old, with plenty of challenges left for the adults.
For
Youngest
Players
Click for thumbnail gallery of Polyominoes and PolycubesPOLYOMINOES AND POLYCUBES: Puzzle sets whose pieces are made of squares or cubes joined in all possible combinations.
Polyominoes
and
Polycubes
Click for thumbnail gallery of Tilings and DesignsTILINGS AND DESIGNS:  Sets of geometric shapes that can be arranged like mosaics into beautiful symmetry patterns.
Tilings
and
Designs
Click for thumbnail gallery of Puzzles, Just PuzzlesPUZZLES, JUST PUZZLES:  Tricky, difficult and infuriating puzzles that have, in many cases, only one solution. Good coffee table toys.
Puzzles,
Just
Puzzles
Click for thumbnail gallery of 'Edgematching Colors and Shapes' sectionEDGEMATCHING COLORS AND SHAPES:  Colorful gamepuzzle sets where tiles meet by matching colors or interlocking shapes, and each set has all-different pieces (like dominoes).
Edgematching
Colors and
Shapes
Click for thumbnail gallery of 'The Pentagon Universe' sectionTHE PENTAGON UNIVERSE:  Tiling sets whose shapes are based on pentagons and parts of pentagons, with a bit of golden-ratio stuff thrown in.
The
Pentagon
Universe
Click for thumbnail gallery of Essential Polyforms setsESSENTIAL POLYFORMS:  Gamepuzzle sets made up of tiles that are multiples of the same basic  shape-- such as squares, triangles, hexagons--and joined in all possible different ways.
Essential
Polyforms

Click for thumbnail gallery of Abstract Strategy GamesABSTRACT STRATEGY GAMES: Original, competitive games for two or more players, plus solitaires, on elegantly simple boards.
Abstract
Strategy
Games
Click for thumbnail gallery of the Rusticana sectionTHE RUSTICANA COLLECTION:  Gamepuzzle sets in wooden framed trays, styled with  wood and acrylic tiles--the art world calls them mixed media works--to display as art on wall or easel.
The
Rusticana
Collection
Click for thumbnail gallery of the Tactile Graphics sectionTACTILE GRAPHICS:  Our larger art pieces, with tiles in rich colors and complex concepts, where the player becomes the artist in forming countless designs.
Tactile
Graphics

Click for thumbnail gallery of Historical GamesHISTORICAL GAMES:  Games from and about antiquity, from 100 to 3500 years old, reproduced with our original craftsmanship and design details.
Historical
Games


Fast Lane for first-time visitors
You are here - enter the showrooms through the links in Product Index
Puzzle Parlor - play samples of our games online
The Life of Games, an exploratory journal - why and how we play - articles, contests, puzzles.
Coloring Book of graphics you color online
4-minute Emmy-winning MPT video, Kate Jones interview
Read two children's stories by Casey Fahy
Index of our historical pages
Click to send us email
Link to our domain, 'tactilegraphics.us' Link to our domain, 'playable-art.com'
Link to our domain, 'polyformpuzzles.com' Link to our domain, 'thelifeofgames.com'
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