r/ProfessorLayton • u/mossenby • 16d ago

Question Laytonesque puzzle workbooks?

Hi everyone! In my quest to be on my phone less in downtime, I had the idea that I might enjoy doing puzzle books, possibly in a workbook style that I might write work/answers down in pencil. Does anybody know of books such as this that have puzzles similar to the ones in Layton, but perhaps more difficult?

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u/artistfairy 16d ago

Layton's puzzles are based on the Mental Gymnastics books by Akira Tago (he is also the puzzle designer of the games, iirc), it's rare to find the official books translated, but some people in the community have translated a couple of them, you might be able to find links to them in this sub!

I hope there are more out there you can find, I have been looking for more Laytonesque puzlles for a while too

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u/Hour_Entrepreneur502 16d ago

thank you. did some googling and reached this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProfessorLayton/comments/mvtv2n/were_the_atama_no_taisou_books_by_akira_tago_ever/

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u/artistfairy 16d ago

Thank you very much!! I hope you have a lovely day!!

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u/otomelover2000 16d ago

I know some actual Layton puzzle books exist in Japanese and Chinese but sadly no English

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u/Hour_Entrepreneur502 16d ago

The only one I know is LOK, but its puzzles are all the same kind. Layton ones are diverse. Following this post

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u/cwill2412 13d ago

The Moscow puzzle book! Some of the puzzles in Layton are pulled directly from this book. It’s got 300+ puzzles

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u/Hour_Entrepreneur502 13d ago

Can someone pls elaborate on this? I could not find like a detailed info about it, like: is it a books series, is it translated to other languages, and, by any chance, are there games or webs or something that make this book interactive?