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[Zendo](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6830/zendo) is the logical thinking game of all time. i don't think there's anything that comes close. it was [invented or discovered](http://www.koryheath.com/zendo/design-history/) in 2001 by the late Kory Heath ([GNU](https://wiki.lspace.org/GNU_Terry_Pratchett)). 

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a lot has already been written about Zendo on Kory's website and on BoardGameGeek, but to recap, the basic concept is this: you start with a bunch of building blocks. originally these were [icehouse pyramids](https://looneypyramids.wiki/), but you can use coins, lego, the greek alphabet, whatever, anything you can build stuff out of. the stuff you build is called "koans", a general term inspired by its use in the excellent book [Godel, Escher, Bach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%2C_Escher%2C_Bach) by Douglas Hofstadter.

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side note: if you enjoy the comic [xkcd](https://xkcd.com/) then you owe it to yourself to check out GEB, it's a clear spiritual predecessor. lots of good mathy humor in there.

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