{"id":1786704,"date":"2018-11-19T18:25:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T23:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786704"},"modified":"2018-11-19T18:25:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T23:25:31","slug":"earth-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/11\/earth-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Earth<\/a><\/p>\n

This is wild. The Earth Puzzle<\/a> is a 442-piece jigsaw puzzle with a difference: based on an equal-area icosahedral projection, the puzzle can be built from any starting point, and in any number of configurations: there is no defined centre or edge. One of Nervous System’s infinity puzzles (one for the Moon<\/a> is also available), it costs $120 and (at the moment) ships in three weeks (so if you’re shopping for the holidays, get on it). All is explained at Nervous System’s blog<\/a>. [Kenneth Field<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is wild. The Earth Puzzle is a 442-piece jigsaw puzzle with a difference: based on an equal-area icosahedral projection, the puzzle can be built from any starting point, and in any number of configurations:… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[467],"tags":[1311,1310],"class_list":["post-1786704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-games","tag-jigsaw-puzzles","tag-puzzles","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1844758,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/07\/wild-world-the-jigsaw-puzzle\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786704,"position":0},"title":"Wild World, the Jigsaw Puzzle","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"21 July 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"I missed that a jigsaw puzzle version of Anton Thomas\u2019s Wild World (previously) was released in January. 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