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Maze of the Week #102 is of a Reindeer. Once again I use a comic book style. If you are interested in Christmas Mazes for Kids, check this Christmas Maze collection out. Happy Holidays !
The Maze: Comic book style, easy, free hand drawn walls.
Reindeer Maze
I hope you enjoy the maze. Maze download is available on the homepage. Please check out my YouTube channel where you can watch this maze being made and solved!!
Coming next week:
Another holiday themed maze
I like to talk about and share all things mazes and labyrinths. Today I look at the company Minotaur Mazes , which specializes in creating real world mazes that can be used in exhibits and museums. Let’s check out their mission statement in their own words:
Mission Statement:
To engage, inspire and empower through the journey-based medium of interactive mazes.
The long list of clients (hundreds) on the website includes Museums, Science Centers, a list of Collaborations, Amusement Parks, Fairs, Festivals, Events, Libraries, Zoos, Aquariums, Botanical Gardens and Children’s Museums. So if you are running an event or one of these attractions this company is something you may want to look into ! Check out this YouTube video showing just one example of an installation of Mazes & Brain Games done in Raleigh Durham, NC.
There are 11 different exhibitions to choose from on the site and you will no doubt know that my favorite is Mazes and Brain Games that you saw previewed in the video above. The 14 page brochure makes me wish I had a museum (and hopefully someday I will !). I just want to say I am impressed by all the things available and think they would make great exhibits in a variety of settings. If you want to have your own, I suggest you contact them and then let me know so I can come visit !
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I wanted to talk about and give a brief overview of the website Logic Mazes by Robert Abbott. I stumble across the website every once in awhile while doing searches and always find the puzzles I find there to be interesting. It looks like the site has not been updated in over a decade but I still find it to be fun (if a bit dated). The site says all items are copyrighted as of 2011, but sadly the owner and inventor of the site, Mr. Abbott passed away in 2018. You can read the story of his life if you are interested here. Many of the links on the site are bad, and the games also do not work, but I want to share with you the great ideas and the things that do work ! If you are a designer of puzzles this site is great inspiration from someone who created a large variety of games !
Here are the main sections of the website:
Five Easy Mazes - This section contains 5 conditional mazes - i.e. there are rules you need to follow to move through the maze correctly. If you want to learn more about conditional mazes I wrote a blog post talking abut 11 different versions.
Eyeball Mazes - this section does not work for me (no Javascript). The mazes can still be viewed and played but you won’t be able to see a solution if you get stuck. The mazes are a type of conditional maze.
Alice Mazes - this section does not work for me (no Javascript). Basically these are a version of Arrow Mazes, one of my favorite type of mazes to make and solve. Check out my Largest Arrow Maze in the World (probably).
Sliding Door Mazes - dynamic mazes where pathways and walls change as you move in the maze. These are really fun and the first time I have seen them. Unfortunately from the first time I played them until now they seem to no longer work on my computer. Hoping someone can bring these type of puzzles back to play !
Tilt Mazes - an on screen version of the wooden tilt mazes you played as a kid (or adult). No longer playable online, but you can “eye” solve them.
Number Mazes - lots of fun. different (and better) than my version. Still playable on the site. I think these are great to play.
Rolling Block Mazes - these have been featured on the Mensa website, so if you are looking for a challenge this is the maze for you. They would take half a page to explain, so it is best you read about them directly. And there are discussions of 14 different versions !
The Bureaucratic Maze - read a fun a story about performance art. Ever been stuck in bureaucratic nightmare ? Maybe it was a form of a maze !
Starry Night Maze - link is bad, but picture shows the maze in question (if you can read the directions !) from the cover of Games Magazine,
Theseus and the Minotaur - A game with all links broken except this one where you can download the game to play. I installed it and would describe it as a very 2008 style game.
Next there are sections talking about mazes in the real world - corn mazes, mazes in cities, events from the late 90’s and early 2000’s.
In the top right hand corner of the website is a link : Robert Abbott’s Games. The first thing you will see is recent news from August 10, 2008. On the overall page you can read about card games and board games invented by Robert Abbott and a few books that contain explanations of the card games.
In 1963 Abbott's New Card Games was published and you can find a few copies on Amazon for sale. It is 138 pages and teaches you how to play a variety of new card games Mr. Abbott invented.
Abbott's New Card Games book
As I was writing and researching this I saw many references to Games Magazine which I remembered from my visits to the doctor’s and dentist’s offices as a kid. I can confirm it still exits ! You can still subscribe to a print or digital edition !
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If you are reading this, thank you for visiting my site. I hope you have enjoyed the mazes this year. This year I featured one maze each week with a few of the mazes getting variations. Some of them where originally in black and white and then a few months later I decided to add color to them (including many on this list).
Out of the 52 mazes this year I have presented the top 10 most popular which can be voted on for maze of the year. Downloads for all the mazes from the year can be found on the homepage. I made a video for my YouTube channel which shows the 10 maze finalists. Please watch it below, then come back and vote and rank your top 3 mazes.
I use the voting as feedback to see what type of mazes people like and I am always surprised by the votes !
Some data on the maze finalists:
5 countries are represented. Mexico 4 (2 are from the same city in Mexico !), India 2, USA 2, England and Azerbaijan.
There are 8 building/monuments, 1 scene and 1 sign.
9 mazes are available in both black & white and color, and 1 was done only in color.
The 10 finalists for maze of the year :
If you want to see the results of the 2022 - you can check that out here !
Happy Holidays !
Top maze will be announced on January 4th in a blog post
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