The Forbes article by Erik Kain provides a detailed walkthrough and solutions for the New York Times' Pips puzzle for Sunday, September 13, 2026. Pips is a puzzle game involving placing dominoes on a grid with multi-colored areas, each governed by specific numerical or equality/inequality conditions. Players must use all domino tiles correctly to satisfy all constraints, which vary in complexity across Easy, Medium, and Hard tiers.

The article explains the gameplay using a sample difficult puzzle, illustrating how colored groups require domino pips to either match, differ, or meet inequality limits. For example, some squares require all pips to be equal (denoted by =), some must be different (≠), others must be greater or less than specific numbers, and some are unrestricted. Players must rotate dominoes to fit them within the grid while observing these rules.

Kain presents the completed solutions for the Easy and Medium puzzles and offers a step-by-step walkthrough of the challenging Hard puzzle, visually describing placements. The Hard puzzle resembles an ostrich or camel and demands six identical pips (6) in the large orange group. Through logical placement and deduction, Kain guides the reader to the final arrangement, ensuring all condition groups are correctly satisfied.

Finally, the article notes the recent launch of new weekly bonus puzzles by the New York Times games team, including free puzzles available to non-subscribers. Kain references past coverage and an interview with NYT Games chief Jonathan Knight, highlighting the expanding puzzle offerings for fans seeking fresh challenges beyond the main Pips game.