Labyrinth (formerly The aMAZEing Labyrinth) has spawned a whole line of Labyrinth games. The game board has a set of tiles fixed solidly onto it; the remaining tiles that make up the labyrinth slide in and out of the rows created by the tiles that are locked in place. One tile always remains outside the labyrinth, and players take turns taking this extra tile and sliding it into a row of the labyrinth, moving all those tiles and pushing one out the other side of the board; this newly removed tile becomes the piece for the next player to add to the maze.
Players move around the shifting paths of the labyrinth in a race to collect various treasures. Whoever collects all of his treasures first and returns to his home space wins!
Labyrinth is simple at first glance and an excellent puzzle-solving game for children; it can also be played by adults using more strategy and more of a cutthroat approach.
- Family-friendly
- Tactile components
- Simple mechanics may be repetitive
- maze navigation
- Fantasy/adventure maze
- family strategy
- Jaws
- Scotland Yard
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- maze_navigation — navigating shifting maze to reach targets
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- hi i'm adam porter and this is my board game vlog
- this video is partly inspired by actual video john perkis recently did
- the kalax shelves the ikea kalax every youtuber has kalax shelves don't they
- i'm afraid we're going to have to go broad strokes here
- since i've been at home through lockdown working from home a lot of the time this has become my office as well
- monopoly monopoly gamer i just think monopoly game is so fun
- i've backed the complete collection which will come in a massive coffins type box
References (from this video)
- Maze Exploration
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Maze navigation — Players likely navigate through a changing maze
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Board games are about sharing with other people
- We're changing lives one board game at a time
- It's a shared sense of beauty and contemplation