Knights & Sheep

I like to play games, but I like the ones that will give me a mental challenge - puzzles, logic, word games, whatever. However, most of the popular games out there are action games, like Collapse, or the common get-three-in-a-row-and-watch-them-disappear games, like Bejewelled and countless others. So I'm always on the lookout for a good game that requires some actual thinking. Here's a couple that I've found.

I came across Knight Moves Problem the other day, and I kinda like it. Your goal is to turn all of the brown squares pink in as few moves as possible, using only legal knight chess moves. (If you've forgotten, like I had, the knight in chess moves in an "L" shape.) So far, I've completed it in 69 moves, but I still want to see if I can get less. If you play it and get a lower score, post a comment and let me know!

Another I like is Puzzled Sheep. It has cute graphics (something that's really lacking in mind games) and a good challenge. I do suggest that once you get to the higher levels, you write down the code so you can skip ahead next time - it can get old starting over once you've figured out the easy levels.

Here's a multiplayer online version of Boggle. After each round you can scroll down the page, and on the left side it'll show all the words you missed, or words that only you found. Nifty.

Like I said, I'm always looking for more games like these, so if you run across any, send me the link!