Free Games and Puzzles from ArcaMax

Need a break from the daily grind? Test yourself with Sudoku, Crossword, Memory, interactive quizzes and hundreds of other challenging games at ArcaMax.com.

"Visitors will find Mahjong, hangman, and just about everything in between," said ArcaMax CEO Scott Wolf. Wolf said he and the ArcaMax staff have enjoyed finding and testing new family-friendly challenges for the site.

"Finding new features is almost as addicting as playing the games," he added.

ArcaMax Publishing expanded its Games section ( http://www.arcamax.com/games/ ) in 2006 to include downloadable puzzles, action games and online brain teasers. The section has already become a favorite with regular readers.

The site offers daily crossword and Sudoku puzzles, but gamers looking for more can download variations of their favorites. Among them are four different versions of Sudoku — including one that allows you to resize the puzzle — and more than a dozen versions of Mahjong. Sports, arcade games. Also included is real-time life simulator Virtual Village (tm), a game where players build mock civilizations.

More traditional gamers and trivia lovers will also find free quizzes, hangman, and more on the Games site. These games complement the variety of other content available on the ArcaMax site, including a trivia section, news channels, and a lifestyles section with women's interests, health and travel information. New quizzes and games added to the games channel are available in the ArcaMax Games ezine, a free publication that keeps subscribers informed of updates and provides a new brainteaser daily.

"We're most pleased that visitors enjoy the variety, which we believe is unique and user-friendly," Wolf said.

In addition to games, ArcaMax also offers more than 600 free books to read online and more than 40 newsletters ( http://www.arcamax.com/cgi-bin/reg ), including New Yorker cartoons, free recipes, and Washington Post book reviews.

ArcaMax has been a leading source of family-friendly news and fun on the Internet since 1999. For more information, visit the home page at http://www.arcamax.com .