“The Rolls Royce of Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles” -Smithsonian Magazine, 1990
Known to friends and family as Bunny, Barberie VanValey was born in Boston in 1925 and raised in Winchester, Massachusetts. She studied at Wheaton College and the University of Pennsylvania, where she began a life full of creativity, family, and quiet adventure. After years in New York and back again in Winchester, she eventually found her true haven on an 80-acre farm in Warner, New Hampshire. In the spirit of her wit and artistic mischief, she designed this Tormentor puzzle for us—a fiendishly clever challenge crafted to push you out of your comfort zone. Tormentors are filled with chaos, color confusion, and maddeningly similar shapes, all designed to test your patience and puzzle prowess. Think you're up for it? Bunny dares you to try.
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Requires extra concentration |
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Requires extra concentration & patience |
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Requires extra concentration, patience & aspirin |
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Requires extra concentration, patience, aspirin & Valium |
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Hors d'oeuvres-taste Stave shenanigans. |
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Faint of heart? This may be your limit? |
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Be prepared to do battle. |
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If they made Pepto Bismol for the brain, this is when you would need it. |
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What part of 'impossible' don't you understand? |
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You’re feeling like a genius! |
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You start to strain your brain! |
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Frustration creeps in! |
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The real agony begins! |
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Hair pulling, expletives, and screaming ensue! Get the POINT?! |
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If you haven't gotten the POINT yet... ☠️ |
| Troublemakers | |
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Holy Smokes! You did it! |
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You feel feverish as your temperature begins to rise. |
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Requires you to loosen your collar and let out some steam. |
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Be prepared for an eruption, you might as well throw yourself into an inferno! |
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Good for your heart. |
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Gets your heart racing. |
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Your heart might skip a beat. |
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Time to monitor your heart rate. |