The crazy labyrinth

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The crazy labyrinth
Game data
author Max Kobbert
graphic Herbert Lentz
publishing company Ravensburger
Publishing year 1986
Art Board game
Teammates 2 to 4
Duration 25 - 40 minutes
Age from 8 years

Awards

The Crazy Labyrinth
Game of 1986: Shortlist

The Labyrinth of the Masters
Game of the Year 1991: Special “Nice Game” award,
German Game Award 1991,
Mensa Select 1991

The crazy labyrinth is a mixture of board and placement game for four players, which requires spatial thinking and concentration to master. It was first published by Ravensburger in 1986 . It was invented and developed by the perceptual psychologist and game designer Max Kobbert . According to Ravensburger, the game had been translated into 60 languages ​​by 2011 and sold over 13 million times.

content

In addition to the square game board, on which there are already 16 fixed square maze parts, there are 34 loose tiles, the moving parts of the maze (33 on the game board and one to slide). Four playing figures , 24 search cards and instructions complete the box. On the board there are corridors, walls, treasures and small monsters , which you can reach with the playing figure - depending on the card. A total of seven by seven labyrinth parts are shown on the plan.

Rules and goal

The aim of the game is to be the first to reach a certain number of treasures , depending on the variant played . To do this, the 24 search cards are distributed evenly and face down among the players. Each player takes turns trying to reach the object on the game board shown on his top card. But first he has to move a row of the maze, then he can move his pawn. Whose figure on one side pushed out will start as if he had wandered down on the opposite side of the field.

In addition to collecting your own treasures, you also try to prevent your opponent from doing this on your part. Exact planning is very difficult due to the shifting actions of the other players. A proposed variant of the game is to make the search easier by allowing you to choose any of your treasures . If adults play with children, the rules can be mixed up so that the children can choose any card, while the adults have to keep the order.

photos

  • The crazy labyrinth - game situation

  • The crazy labyrinth - close-up

  • The crazy labyrinth - pawns - treasure maps

  • The crazy labyrinth - corridor maps

variants

The Crazy Labyrinth owes several sequels to the success of the original game . So appeared

  • 1991 The Labyrinth of Masters . Here, the other players slip into the role of a magician who has to search for various ingredients for his magic recipe, which are distributed across the board. In this variant, the other players tend to play against each other in a race for ingredients. Additional rules also enable double moves etc.
  • In 1995 the junior labyrinth appeared , a simplified and abbreviated form with simple rules for younger players. A plastic construction enables the middle part of a three-dimensional maze to be moved .
  • In 1998 came The Labyrinth of Rings . The shape of the labyrinth is round and the corridor parts are shifted as a ring shape. It is also possible for helpers carried along to fight their fights in the form of the enclosed rock-paper-scissors cards.
  • In 2000 the game came out as a card game . The other players always lay out cards with corridors and collect treasures. The corridors must always be connected to each other and the winner is determined by the number of treasures collected.
  • In 2001 the Crazy Labyrinth CD-Rom appeared , where you compete against the computer as an opponent.
  • In 2002, the 3D children's maze came onto the market. Designed for children from three years of age, they can look for their treasures here with luck and a little memory.
  • In 2008 Dtp entertainment released The Crazy Labyrinth for Nintendo DS .
  • In 2009 the Ravensburger Spieleverlag published with Labyrinth - the duel a pure two-player version.
  • In 2011 the Ravensburger Spieleverlag published Das Elektronik Labyrinth, a version with a speaking book.
  • In 2011, Ravensburger Digital released the game as an app for iOS with Das verrückte Labyrinth HD , which was awarded the German Computer Game Prize as the best mobile game of the year in 2012.
  • 2015 a customizable version of the game. It is possible to add your own photos to both the characters and the treasures.
  • The twisted labyrinth was published in 2016 with a labyrinth that can be varied by moving hedges.
  • In 2019, an edition with three-dimensional elements appeared with the 3D-Labyrinth , in which the players have to overcome height differences using magic cards.

In addition to the variants, the crazy labyrinth also appeared in several merchandising versions, including the Lord of the Rings Labyrinth , Star Wars Labyrinth , The Amazing Spiderman Labyrinth , Disney Labyrinth and Harry Potter Labyrinth .

Radio plays

Between 1988 and 1989 Karussell brought out a radio play series with five episodes. However, this series, like the radio play adaptation of the board game Heimlich & Co. , could not build on the success of the radio play series for the Ravensburger game Scotland Yard .

consequences

  1. Discovery in Crete
  2. Chase in the castle garden
  3. The secret of the catacombs
  4. Caught under the castle
  5. Kidnapping in Canarian

literature

Prizes and awards

  • The crazy maze in 1986 on the selection list for Game of the Year lists.
  • When it was voted Game of the Year 1991, The Labyrinth of Masters received the special prize, a beautiful game .
  • German Games Prize 1991 for The Labyrinth of Masters .
  • Also in 1991, The Labyrinth of Masters was recommended by Mensa Select Mind Games as one of five selected games.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The crazy labyrinth as an app for iPad and iPhone at giga.de
  2. ↑ Game test from Austria
  3. ↑ The electronics labyrinth
  4. ↑ The Crazy Labyrinth HD - iOS (iPad)
  5. ↑ The crazy labyrinth HD ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pcwelt.de
  6. ↑ The crazy labyrinth as an app for iPad and iPhone