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Rolling Block Mazes

Posting on a puzzle type is long overdue for this blog.  So, today I present Rolling Block Mazes.  Rolling Block Mazes were invented by Richard Tucker in 1998.  The idea is to move a block of specific dimensions across a grid from a specified starting location to a specified ending location.  The trick is that the block may only be rolled such that after each move, the block must rest on a face ajoining the one it had rested on before.  The block often has faces that are larger than a single square, so, in these cases, the block must have room for the longer side to land.

Here are some resources on rolling block mazes:

Enjoy!

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Posted by Josh in Types/Variations (Monday September 22, 2008 at 8:32 pm)
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Migration

Migration is a flash maze game that I came across recently.  The object is to move a herd of gnus to an oasis across a field of varied terrain.  Each of the terrain types represents a season and the trick is that a gnu can only move into a terrain type during the correct season.  Each time the gnu moves, the season progresses.  It’s a simple maze.

It gets a bit more challenging at the 10th level when you have to control more than one gnu.  Now you can move either gnu as you choose and moving either will advance the season for both.

Enjoy!

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Posted by Josh in Game (Wednesday April 23, 2008 at 8:10 pm)
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