Oktagon comprises two separate octagonal puzzles. In the first, you must rearrange a set of four to eight irregular shapes to form an octagon. This is based on a puzzle in our shareware game Uncle Julius and the Anywhere Machine. In the second puzzle, you must rotate six concentric octagonal rings until all have the same orientation. The catch is that the rings are linked, so that rotating one also rotates one or two others.

An abstract two-player strategy game with a twist: instead of moving your pieces yourself, you control them indirectly by means of a cursor on an auxiliary board. You can make more than one move on the same turn, and capture more than one piece in a single move. Despite its novel features, Venables is easy to learn. The computer provides a patient opponent while you are getting used to the game.

Want to brush up on the names and locations of the 48 contiguous states of the USA? This program from the Family Games Web Center will help you. A study mode and two quiz modes make the learning easy.