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Puzzlewick Player Resources · 22 free interactive tools
Every game gets its own working desk.
Beginner-clear buying maps, calculations, campaign records, compatibility decoders, and printable field aids. Turn on the serious or expert layer when the table needs exact assumptions and current rules.
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Each resource states what it solves, saves your working notes locally, and shows the source that gets the final word.
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Publisher rules, FAQs, and organized-play documents remain visible wherever precision matters.
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Three living field systems
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Arkham Horror Case Desk
Buying order, investigator roles, and persistent campaign records grounded in the current Arkham Grimoire.
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Desk leadMargoThe Archivist Decision navigator Led by Margo · Updated 2026-08-18
Arkham Horror LCG: What Should I Buy Next?
Mark the Core and campaign material you own. The navigator separates a playable next purchase from duplicate cards, incomplete legacy cycles, and attractive boxes that cannot yet reach your table.
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- Serious table
- Campaign-ready
Decision navigator Led by Robert · Updated 2026-08-18
Arkham Investigator Deck Starter Matrix
Choose a role, player count, and appetite for complexity to find a legal first-deck skeleton and a team shape that can actually collect clues, manage enemies, and survive treacheries.
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- Serious table
- Campaign-ready
Persistent tracker Led by Margo · Updated 2026-08-18
Arkham Campaign and Scenario Case Log
A private, browser-saved campaign checklist for ownership, table readiness, scenario completion, trauma notes, and the one thing the group must remember next session.
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- Serious table
- Campaign-ready
Edition and extension control
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CATAN Cartography Desk
Identify the box family before Seafarers, Cities & Knights, or a player extension strands itself on the wrong island.
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Desk leadKenjiThe Sensei 
Decision navigator Led by Kenji · Updated 2026-08-18
CATAN Edition and Expansion Compatibility Decoder
Select your base edition, player count, and desired expansion. The decoder shows the exact base, expansion, and matching extension stack—without mixing fifth- and sixth-edition components by accident.
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- Serious table
- Event-ready
Expansion texture and kingdom craft
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Dominion Kingdom Desk
Choose the next mechanic deliberately, then turn boxes into balanced, reproducible kingdoms instead of a random card wall.
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Decision navigator Led by Kenji · Updated 2026-08-18
Dominion Expansion Recommender
Tell the cabinet how much interaction, complexity, duration play, and card text your table wants. The result points toward a first expansion and a teaching kingdom instead of an intimidating wall of boxes.
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- Serious table
- Event-ready
Complexity without the cliff
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Spirit Island Resistance Desk
Raise spirit complexity, adversary pressure, events, and token systems one controlled step at a time.
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Desk leadImaniThe Connector 
Decision navigator Led by Imani · Updated 2026-08-18
Spirit Island Complexity and Expansion Ladder
Choose experience, player count, and appetite for events, tokens, adversaries, and high-complexity spirits. The ladder builds a learning sequence that preserves the game’s magic instead of burying it.
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- Serious table
- Challenge-ready
Foundation, modules, configuration
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Dune Imperium Strategy Room
Separate Imperium from Uprising, understand what every module changes, and record an event-ready configuration.
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Desk leadDaxThe Critic 
Decision navigator Led by Dax · Updated 2026-08-18
Dune: Imperium Compatibility and Upgrade Map
Choose Imperium or Uprising, then see which expansions add value, which combinations are officially supported, and where “technically compatible” stops being a recommendation.
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- Serious table
- Event-ready
Playable certainty before sealed spectacle
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Trading Card Lab
Price packs, grading, authenticity, accessories, legal deck certainty, and collector risk without pretending random pulls are a financial plan.
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Desk leadYumiThe Hostess 
Live calculator Led by Margo · Updated 2026-08-18
TCG Sealed Product Value Calculator
Compare starter decks, booster boxes, elite-style bundles, collection boxes, and singles by price per pack, guaranteed playable contents, accessory value, duplication risk, and whether the product advances a deck.
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- Serious table
- Event-ready
Live calculator Led by Imani · Updated 2026-08-18
Pokemon Card Grading ROI and Break-Even Calculator
Compare raw value, expected graded value, all-in grading and shipping cost, and selling fees before a favorite card disappears into a slab submission.
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- Serious table
- Collector-ready
Table reference Led by Yumi · Updated 2026-08-18
Pokemon and Magic Counterfeit Card Field Check
A non-destructive inspection sequence for provenance, print comparison, physical warning signs, seller evidence, and the moment to stop experimenting and escalate.
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- Serious table
- Collector-ready
Points, paint, logistics, event pack
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Warhammer Muster Forge
Turn boxes into one finished legal format, then grow by battlefield role with current points and a controlled backlog.
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Live calculator Led by Dax · Updated 2026-08-18
Warhammer Starter Army Escalation Planner
Plan Combat Patrol, 1,000-point, and 2,000-point milestones around legal units, current rules, transport, paint capacity, opponent format, and total spend—not an attractive pile of unrelated boxes.
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- Serious table
- Event-ready
The shelf exists before bag one
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LEGO Build and Display Studio
Convert finished dimensions and piece counts into build sessions, handling clearance, lighting, dust access, and a safe permanent display.
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Live calculator Led by Yumi · Updated 2026-08-18
LEGO Display Footprint and Build-Commitment Planner
Estimate shelf width, depth, height, build sessions, dust access, lighting clearance, moving risk, minifigure display, and the cost of making a massive set look intentional.
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- Serious table
- Gallery-ready
Keep the group and the product line coherent
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Campaign and Expansion Command
Choose expansion order for a named reason and preserve the people, state, rules, and reset work that carry a campaign between nights.
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Decision navigator Led by Yumi · Updated 2026-08-18
Board Game Expansion Buying-Order Builder
Choose a game family, table mood, player count, and tolerance for rules overhead. The builder returns a first expansion, a later expansion, and the box to skip until the table asks for it.
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- Serious table
- Expert table
Persistent tracker Led by Imani · Updated 2026-08-18
Campaign Board Game Host Dashboard
A browser-saved host board for attendance, characters, next scenario, unresolved rules, campaign state, component reset, food plan, and the message that gets everyone back to the table.
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- Serious table
- Campaign-ready
Nine systems that travel between games
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Universal Table Lab
Protection, value, teaching, icon translation, table fit, collection control, version identity, and evidence synthesis for the entire cabinet.
Desk leadRobertThe Keeper 
Live calculator Led by Dax · Updated 2026-08-18
Board Game Sleeve and Protection Calculator
Choose a game, expansion load, spare percentage, and pack size. Puzzlewick calculates sleeves and packs, then names the storage penalty most buying guides forget.
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- Serious table
- Event-ready
Live calculator Led by Dax · Updated 2026-08-18
Grail Board Game Worth-It Calculator
Price is only the opening bid. Calculate cost per player-hour after expansions, insert, sleeves, completion odds, group size, resale assumptions, and the number of sessions your table can honestly schedule.
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- Serious table
- Expert table
Table reference Led by Yumi · Updated 2026-08-18
The First Ten Minutes: Board Game Teach-Sheet Builder
Build a printable teach card around five things players actually need: the table promise, how to win, what happens on a turn, what matters now, and the mistake to avoid in round one.
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- Serious table
- Event-ready
Table reference Led by Kenji · Updated 2026-08-18
Board Game Icon and Symbol Glossary Cards
A printable glossary framework for turning recurring icons into plain-language actions, timing windows, and one concrete example. Start with the symbols the table must share—not every mark in the box.
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- Serious table
- Event-ready
Live calculator Led by Robert · Updated 2026-08-18
Board Game Table-Space and Setup Planner
Enter board dimensions, player count, card zones, sideboards, and drinks clearance. The planner estimates a comfortable footprint and names the components most likely to spill into someone’s lap.
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- Serious table
- Event-ready
Persistent tracker Led by Robert · Updated 2026-08-18
Board Game Collection Audit and Table Selector
Score games by player-count fit, teach burden, setup time, replay demand, last played, sentimental value, replacement difficulty, and whether anyone actually asks for them.
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- Serious table
- Expert table
Table reference Led by Margo · Updated 2026-08-18
Board Game Edition and Version Decoder
Compare publication year, publisher, SKU, player count, rules changes, component changes, compatibility, language, replacement status, and whether a listing is an edition, printing, expansion, or different game.
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- Serious table
- Expert table
Persistent tracker Led by Imani · Updated 2026-08-18
Board Game Community Consensus Dashboard
A repeatable research desk for separating recurring owner patterns from launch hype: best counts, setup pain, replay value, expansion need, durability, teach friction, and the complaint that persists after the honeymoon.
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- Serious table
- Expert table
No exact match
Try a game, product line, or table problem.
Examples: “Arkham,” “expansion,” “sleeves,” “campaign,” “collection,” or “table space.”
Questions about the workshop
How Puzzlewick player resources work.
Are Puzzlewick board game tools free?
Yes. Every tool on this page is free to use in a modern browser, requires no account, and keeps private session notes on the device unless you choose to download them.
Do these tools replace a rulebook or tournament document?
No. They turn common buying, setup, compatibility, tracking, and table-planning questions into usable decisions. Each tool links to the current publisher, rules, FAQ, or organized-play authority that should settle an exact ruling.
Which board games have dedicated Puzzlewick tools?
The current library covers Arkham Horror, CATAN, Dominion, Spirit Island, Dune, Pokemon, Warhammer, LEGO, Gloomhaven and Frosthaven, plus universal tabletop tools for sleeves, table space, editions, grail purchases, teaching, and collection audits.
Can I share or print a tool?
Yes. Every tool has direct sharing controls and can produce a printable field aid. Interactive tools can also copy or download the current result so a group can agree before game night.
How are Puzzlewick tools reviewed?
Puzzlewick checks primary rules and manufacturer material, then uses community patterns to identify recurring problems. Robert Pruitt, founder and editorial director, reviews the recommendation boundaries and source trail.
Do product links support Puzzlewick?
Some tools show optional products discussed by the resource. Those buttons go to exact Amazon product pages and may earn Puzzlewick a commission at no extra cost to the buyer.
