Armed with a chessboard and a piece of 10x10 wood as means of example I knocked on Ben, Marc en Edwin Overmars' door some 7 years ago. I convinced and made them enthusiast of my idea: a puzzle game based on the '8-Queens' problem. A well-known problem amongst chessplayers and mathematicians.

Together with Edwin Overmars I started developing the puzzle. A year later we had the first, yet nameless prototype. Several testplayers commented they got pretty frustrated with the game.. Hence the name Frustr8tor was born!

Many positive reactions to our game confirmed what we already knew; its concept is a strong one. But it needed shaping and perfectioning..

In this new edition we collected comments from players and used them to make improvements to the game:

• Instructions are renewed. The addition of an instructional movie makes it quick and easy to learn for all players
• The puzzles are renewed and now with Barricade even more challenging! They're printed on the backside of the game. Check here for all solutions
• The packaging is now multifunctional and doubles as a stand to put the Frustr8tor in. Its size is still compact, so you can take it with you anywhere! Also, its attractive pricetag was unchanged

In this day and age one cannot fall behind so Endless Mobile developed a beautiful and stunning Frustr8tor App for iPhone and iPad. The app contains dozens of new challenges. Furthermore, the game gets even more exciting by keeping timescores en penalties! A must-have download!

I wish and assure you many hours of puzzling fun with any of our Frustr8tor products!

- Albert Eckhardt