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Comics and crosswords, both a little mad
Tidying up some loose ends from 2011, I found a couple of books that still deserve a mention. Comics and crosswords – what more do you need on a Saturday? Pearls Before Swine collection by Stephan...
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Hunt the Snark online with easily bent forks (and hope?)
Screen Shot of Level 6 from The Hunting of the Snark kids game from Hairy Games This free kids’ game was added last week at the so-called bestonlinekidsgames.com. We were hoping for an action-packed...
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Pick up where Tenniel left off with this poster and coloring book
Alice in Wonderland: Giant Poster Coloring Book (2012) What color do you think Alice’s dress should be? This coloring book contains two copies of each of twelve Tenniel illustrations – one in the...
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Lewis Carroll wins March Madness Bracket!
We’ve already exhausted the ‘March Hare Mad-Hatter-ness’ pun on this blog a few years ago, but Lewis Carroll is making basketball news during the college playoffs! His contributions to bracketology...
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Mirrors of Albion and A Wonderland Story: Two New Games for Your Phone or Tablet
If a ginger cat dressed as an English bobby going by the name of Cheshire, Jr. gave you a mystery to solve, could you say no? If the one thing the white rabbit feared above all was Alice’s embrace,...
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Virtually Unknown Alice Card Game Rediscovered
The Game of Alice in Wonderland. Selchow & Righter, 1882. Most Alice collectors will tell you that the very first Alice card game was Thomas De La Rue Co.’s The New & Diverting Game of Alice in...
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New Alice in Wonderland Board Game Seeks Backers
Cards used in the game Back in November we told you about Rob Stone, the game designer who rediscovered a lost Alice in Wonderland card game and published the rules for all to read online. Rob made...
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A Wonderland-Themed Crossword Puzzle!
Here’s a treat for those of you who love to do a crossword with your tea or coffee on Sunday: Clever USC graduate student Andrew Woodham has won the 9th annual USC Libraries “Wonderland Award” by...
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A Call for Unpublished Carrollian Games and Puzzles
This just in from Chris Morgan: “Oh Dear, How Puzzling It All Is” I am currently editing Volume 5 in the LCSNA’s The Pamphlets of Lewis Carroll series, this one about “Games and Puzzles.” In addition...
View ArticleAlice in Wonderland Meets Doctor Who
There’s a new video game out that supposedly blends elements of both Alice and Doctor Who. In fact, it’s called The Night of the Rabbit and features a Doctor-like version of the White Rabbit as the...
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Tenniel Chess Set and Other Sundry Alice Items at London Boutique
As reported in the December 2012 issue of the Lewis Carroll Society (UK)’s Bandersnatch, there is a new boutique at 14 Cecil Court in London called Alice Through the Looking Glass. (It’s right next...
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London Toy Shop Offers A Cut-Out Wonderland Shadowbox
The venerable Pollock’s Toy Shop in London offers an “Alice in Wonderland Shadowbox” featuring black-and-white images you can cut out and make into your own creative display. Their site also shows a...
View ArticleNew Wonderland Game App From Disney
Whatever you thought of Tim Burton and Linda Woolverton’s film, if you were a fan of the visuals, you might be interested to hear that Disney has a new game app out called Alice in Wonderland: A New...
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New Board Game “Dreaming Spires” Features Oxford College and Lewis Carroll
According to The Oxford Times online, some enterprising Oxford College graduates have devised a new board game (how suitably retro!) called Dreaming Spires, in which players can create their own Oxford...
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Puzzles in Wonderland Book Features Carroll-Inspired Brain Teasers
One of our mimsy minions has alerted us to a new book by Richard Wolfrik Galland entitled Lewis Carroll’s Puzzles in Wonderland. And here is what our minion had to say: “Lewis Carroll’s Puzzles in...
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Alice Themed Quiz in Honor of Charles Dodgson Birth Anniversary
As you likely know, January 27th was the birth anniversary of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll. The UK publication The Guardian posted a quiz in honor of his birth. To take their fun Alice...
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Annual MIT Puzzle Hunt Has Alice in Wonderland Theme
Attention puzzle lovers! We recently received this note that may be of interest to you: “Hi, I’m part of a team of puzzlers who spent most of last year writing LOTS of puzzles for the annual MIT...
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Indiegogo Crowdfunding for Alice Steampunk Card Game
This just in from one of our Mimsy Minions. If you like crowdfunding (like I do) and you like games (like I do) and you like Alice & all things steampunk (like I do), then you’ll love this! Still...
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Free iOS Wonderland Mini Golf Game
Who doesn’t like free stuff? There’s a new iOS game with a Wonderland theme available, called WonderGolf. Made by DeNA, help Alice retrieve her stolen MP3 player from the White Rabbit while...
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Tsum Tsum Mania!
OMG. The Japanese have done it again. They’ve created not only an addictive mobile game, but unbelievably cute toys to go with it. It’s called Tsum Tsum and it is sweeping the globe. And of course,...
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