Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue. Released in August 2025, the Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.

He covers what Pips is, how to play, where it originated and got its name, and so much more. He even shares some genius tips and tricks to help solve all three levels of the puzzle. I don't know about you, but I really need all the assistance I can get for ...

The New York Times has launched Pips, the latest entry in its daily habit-forming catalogue of games that includes Wordle, Connections, and Strands. Released in August 2025, Pips is dominoes with a twist. You don't have to be good at dominoes to be good at ...

The New York Times' games are kind of a big deal. The crossword is the OG game, of course, but newer games are now equally iconic. Wordle, Connections, Strands—these are games played by people of all ages and skill levels. (I do not have the brain for ...

Happy Wednesday and welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue. Released in August 2025, the Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.

The Games editor shows us how all of the pieces fell into place. By Ian Livengood Ian Livengood is a puzzle editor at The Times. In addition to editing Pips, he constructs and edits crosswords. When I first received the call to edit a new visual logic game ...

Despite that, or perhaps because of it, The Times only occasionally releases new game offerings—typically one per year. So that makes Monday’s release of Pips, the latest permanent addition to the collection especially significant. It’s not only new ...

Fans of Wordle, Connections and more can get ready for a new game from The New York Times: Pips. Pips is the first-ever original logic puzzle from the Times, the newspaper said in a press release. In the game, players use dominoes to satisfy specific ...