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 ...