Subject: General
Category: Logic and patterns
Category: Logic and patterns
Ages: 8 and up
# of players: 1 to 4
# of players: 1 to 4
Time to play: 30 to 45 minutes
Mechanics/Game Type: Tile slide
Mechanics/Game Type: Tile slide
Ratings (1 to 5)
Educational Value: 5
Gaming value: 5
Aesthetic value: 5
Price value: 4
Ease of play: 5
Younger adaptability: 5
My comments: This is a game that's been around for awhile that the whole family can enjoy while building spacial, pattern, and logic skills at the same time. The mechanics of the game are the same as for Chateau Roquefort but the board is much easier to set up. The tiles are pictures of various types of tunnel pieces; the board has some fixed pieces and the rest are placed randomly on the board. They may or may not connect to form a continuous tunnel depending how they are positioned, and one tile is left over. Next all of the 24 cards are dealt out as a stack; you can only look at your top card at any time.
Your goal is to reach the character pictured on the top card. On your turn you try to make a connecting tunnel by inserting the extra tile on the board to shift the whole row of tiles. Next you move your piece along the tunnel; if you land on your goal you turn over your card and end your turn, trying to reach the character on the next card next turn. If you don't land on it your turn still ends and you try again next round. If you push a player off the board, including yourself, that player moves to the other side of the row to the tile just placed.
The game is simple to set up, simple to play, and intriguing enough to make it interesting for the whole family. Be careful to punch out the tiles from front-to-back when you first get this game for a clean tile separation. The board is a little small, though. Otherwise, the aMAZEing Labyrinth is one of our family favorites.
Your goal is to reach the character pictured on the top card. On your turn you try to make a connecting tunnel by inserting the extra tile on the board to shift the whole row of tiles. Next you move your piece along the tunnel; if you land on your goal you turn over your card and end your turn, trying to reach the character on the next card next turn. If you don't land on it your turn still ends and you try again next round. If you push a player off the board, including yourself, that player moves to the other side of the row to the tile just placed.
The game is simple to set up, simple to play, and intriguing enough to make it interesting for the whole family. Be careful to punch out the tiles from front-to-back when you first get this game for a clean tile separation. The board is a little small, though. Otherwise, the aMAZEing Labyrinth is one of our family favorites.
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