

THE AMAZING MAZE BOARD GAME SERIES
THE AMAZING MAZE BOARD GAME MOVIE
Taking its cue from many sci-fi and horror movie villains, the computer opponent was slower than you, but it never broke stride and never made a wrong turn. A computer-driven opponent made sure you kept from dawdling and sprinted your way to the other side, trying to win each of the three mazes. This didn’t get you off the competitive hook, however. The game console had dual joysticks to allow for one-on-one play with a friend or rival, but Amazing Maze had a one-player option as well. It’s one thing to find your way out of a maze it’s another challenge entirely when you’re racing an opponent. It sounded no different from what you might find in any puzzle book, except for one thing: Amazing Maze was competitive. We hope you’ll stop in and check out Magic Maze.The deceptively simple concept of Bally Midway’s Amazing Maze – released in 1976 – was this: You were on one side of a maze, and you had to get to another. If you manage to beat the first scenario, Congratulations! You now get to dig out more tiles, add two new rules, and move on to Scenario 2.

This game demands teamwork and focus, and it makes for a truly amazing speedy co-op experience.

And two, every time an adventurer stops on a sandtimer space, your group gets to flip the sandtimer to buy more time, and you can now talk while times ticks down-but only until someone starts playing again. One, anyone can set the big red pawn (pictured below) in front of a fellow player to indicate to them that they have a crucial move they’re missing. Everyone takes their turns together using a fun dice mechanic, so no one is waiting for their turn to come around again. Once The Maze is created you and up to 3 other friends try to escape The Maze, but there can be only one victor. The object is to kill all of the enemies (large rotating triangles. The Maze is a fun, fast paced game where you create a new maze each time you play. The game looks and plays like other earlier 3D first-person games like the similarly titled Maze War or MIDI Maze. You’ll all need to do your part in navigating all four adventurers through the twists and turns ahead.Ĭatch #2: You may not speak, point or otherwise indicate any strategy to your fellow players for 90% of the game. Tags: Maze Wars (aka 'War Games in a Maze' in the game itself) is a 3D shooting game, but only barely. Instead, each player will be assigned a direction (North, South, East, or West) and can move any adventurer-but ONLY in their direction. Race against the sandtimer as you attempt to get each adventurer to their color-matching shops, then to the exit before security catches up to you.Ĭatch #1: No one player is responsible for any one adventurer. In Magic Maze, you and up to SEVEN other players will work together to maneuver your adventurers through this maze of a mall. Handicapping can be achieved by reducing a players number of baffles. Maze Racers is a building and dexterity game for 2 players that takes about 15 minutes to play. So let’s see if it delivers on everything it promises. The games premise is simple, build a maze, swap, try and complete it the quickest.

On your half, you build a maze by placing a number of baffles between posts. Today, we are going to look at a unique game called Maze Racers. The board stands vertically between the players and serves as a screen. It’s time to find some new gear in this fast-paced, cooperative game that gets harder the more you play. In Mind Maze, each player builds a maze for the other to navigate, sight unseen. The thieves took everything-your swords, your gold, and the cloaks off your backs.
