Lol, I used to be into jigsaws and friends eventually started giving me stuff like this. Like "the world's largest jigsaw/crossword", a massive jigsaw that was a massive crossword for you to solve when it was done. 3D jigsaws. Puzzles with no straight edges. A massive 10-footer of an art gallery with like a hundred different paintings in it.
Probably my worst times were when they discovered Schmuzzle puzzles - puzzles where every piece is shaped exactly the same. And the pictures they gave me were useful pictures, like a massive pile of M&Ms ...
Go with the one that feels a biiiit better as the right fit should have no resistance at all.
There is a reason I don't enjoy puzzles and it is the fact that I can look at all of those pieces and notice the slight difference without being able to tell exactly which very similar pieces go together without trying each one. That includes ones that aren't solid colors, but the patterns are similar along the cut lines. Just hours of frustration.
Reminds me of the dragon prince puzzle I bought, this was a common issue. The hardest puzzle was this hokusai one where you had to brute force test a hundred pieces all the same color and shape each placement.
Not all of it is this bad. It’s more of an “items on a black background” situation. But it’s the continuous black areas that are a problem. Especially when the shapes are so similar.
Lol, I used to be into jigsaws and friends eventually started giving me stuff like this. Like "the world's largest jigsaw/crossword", a massive jigsaw that was a massive crossword for you to solve when it was done. 3D jigsaws. Puzzles with no straight edges. A massive 10-footer of an art gallery with like a hundred different paintings in it.
Probably my worst times were when they discovered Schmuzzle puzzles - puzzles where every piece is shaped exactly the same. And the pictures they gave me were useful pictures, like a massive pile of M&Ms ...