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Layer Puzzle

  • Writer: Coty
    Coty
  • Sep 29
  • 2 min read
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I've been on a kick to discover the best Playte game, and this one is a bit bigger than their usual L-shape small box, but don’t let that fool you. Layer Puzzle was a delightful surprise. I’m a big fan of spatial puzzles and roll-and-writes, and this game manages to mash those ideas together into something very unique


I’ll admit, at first I thought it might be fiddly. The game has transparent sheets and dry-erase markers. You play over five rounds, you layer one card after another, but you do not get to see what you do round over round. Somehow, the whole system clicks fast. It’s easy to teach, surprisingly smooth once you get going, and it works at every player count. Whether you’re puzzling quietly on your own or laughing as friends groan at their mismatched layers, it just… works. Well, technically, it does not. I have not once being able to cover all my sheet


How It Plays

🧠 The gist: Layer Puzzle is a brain-bending spatial game where your goal is to leave as few blanks as possible. Sounds simple? Think again


You get five clear sheets and five rounds. Each turn, you mark a shape onto your layer—but here’s the kicker: once you finish a layer, you don’t get to look back. You’re stacking shapes from memory, hoping they line up later. (They don’t)


Each turn, you pick a shape from the flipped card and lock in your choice using one of your A–D tokens. Draw the shape into the chosen area without overlapping an existing shape, but rotations and flipping the shape are fair game. Once a token’s used, it’s gone for the round. Every decision is a tiny commitment crisis


In round 5, you reuse your first layer and mark just two shapes. After this last round, stack the layers and see what you didn’t cover. Every blank spot is minus one. Some cards let you get coins. Which helps as they give you one free point. The player with the most points wins. Ties go to the most coins or to one more match, your choice!


What’s in the Box

  • Transparent Layer cards 

  • Shape cards 

  • Tokens (A–D for choosing areas)

  • Shade cards (to hide layers each round)

  • First player markers and decision markers

  • Dry erase pens with erasers


Pros

🗺️ Language independent

🚀 Quick to teach and play

👥 Plays well at every count 

🧩 That final “stack and reveal” moment is brutal

✏️ Drawing on transparent sheets feels super satisfying

🖊️ Dry-erase markers and reusable boards = no waste, and lots of replayability 


Considerations

😅 Rules read clunky at first

🕰️ Can stall if someone is overthinking their turn


Where to find Layer Puzzle?


Bottom Line

Layer Puzzle is like blindfolded Tetris. You’ll sweat every choice, groan at the gaps, and cheer for coins. The winner is the one who stacks smart and scores the highest, but the real joy is watching your careful plans collapse into Swiss cheese. This one is clever, quick, and just a little cruel in the best way


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