2-Dimensional Slider Puzzles

The first slider puzzles were block sliders. Usually it consisted of wooden blocks which were contained in small box. Typically these puzzles have a hole or empty space into which pieces can be moved. More recent versions were often made of plastic and often came with multiple puzzles that could be solved.

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2-Dimensional Slider Puzzle Types

Photo	Category
	Various versions of the 15 Puzzle.
	Dad's puzzles are some of the more common of the older block slider puzzles. Other names for this type of puzzle include: The Moving Puzzle, Leech Puzzle, Humdinger Puzzle, and Eskimo Pie Puzzle.
	Klotski is the general name I am using for these puzzles. The are similar to Dad's puzzles but have a different original setup.
	Let Me Through. Another variation on the small slider type puzzle.
	Earthquale Block Puzzle: Still another variation on the small slider block puzzle.
	Ma's Puzzle. A slider with some "L" shaped pieces which makes it a little bit more challenging. The name is obviously a take-off on the Dad's Puzzles.
	A couple of Flying slider puzzles.
	A Ching-Foo slider puzzle.
	A George Wasington Puzzle.
	A Traffic Jam slider puzzles.
	A Dirty Dozen slider puzzles. Has 12 different puzzles to solve.
	A Zot Puzzle.
	A couple of Get My Goat puzzles.
	A Time Puzzle. This one may be missing a piece.
	A variety of plastic slider puzzles depicting some of the artwork of M.C. Escher.
	A variety of plastic slider puzzles depicting some of the variety of possible subjects.
	A plastic slider, but this one has a interesting twist. To solve the puzzle the 7 different animals need to placed so that no row or column has more than one of each. This is a Latin Square pattern. The puzzle is currently not solved.
	A billard ball slider.
	A slider to help you decide between work or golf.
	An unopened Port to Port puzzle.
	A Rubik's 15 puzzle. Technically there are two sides but I believe they are independent of each other, so I think of this as 2-dimensional.
	A Hungarian Rings slider.
	A Circle Puzzle.
	A Rack Em up puzzle.
	A Trillion puzzle.
	A Great Gears Puzzle.
	A Stormy Seas puzzle. Cards are in one side of the pull out tray while the ships are in the other side.
	A collection of Rush Hour related puzzles. Included are the original Rush Hour (middle right) along with three additional card sets. In upper left is a Fast Trax (A premium version of Rush Hour). In the upper right is RAilroad RUsh Hour and Safari Rush Hour is in the loweer left./td>
	A Roadside Rescue puzzle.
	A couple Switchback puzzles.
	A TopSpin puzzle by Binary Arts.
	A Mad Triad puzzle.
	A train puzzle, also called a Shunting Puzzle.