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Maze of the Week #102 is of a Reindeer. Once again I use a comic book style. If you are interested in Christmas Mazes for Kids, check this Christmas Maze collection out. Happy Holidays !
The Maze: Comic book style, easy, free hand drawn walls.
Reindeer Maze
I hope you enjoy the maze. Maze download is available on the homepage. Please check out my YouTube channel where you can watch this maze being made and solved!!
Coming next week:
Another holiday themed maze
I wanted to talk about and give a brief overview of the website Logic Mazes by Robert Abbott. I stumble across the website every once in awhile while doing searches and always find the puzzles I find there to be interesting. It looks like the site has not been updated in over a decade but I still find it to be fun (if a bit dated). The site says all items are copyrighted as of 2011, but sadly the owner and inventor of the site, Mr. Abbott passed away in 2018. You can read the story of his life if you are interested here. Many of the links on the site are bad, and the games also do not work, but I want to share with you the great ideas and the things that do work ! If you are a designer of puzzles this site is great inspiration from someone who created a large variety of games !
Here are the main sections of the website:
Five Easy Mazes - This section contains 5 conditional mazes - i.e. there are rules you need to follow to move through the maze correctly. If you want to learn more about conditional mazes I wrote a blog post talking abut 11 different versions.
Eyeball Mazes - this section does not work for me (no Javascript). The mazes can still be viewed and played but you won’t be able to see a solution if you get stuck. The mazes are a type of conditional maze.
Alice Mazes - this section does not work for me (no Javascript). Basically these are a version of Arrow Mazes, one of my favorite type of mazes to make and solve. Check out my Largest Arrow Maze in the World (probably).
Sliding Door Mazes - dynamic mazes where pathways and walls change as you move in the maze. These are really fun and the first time I have seen them. Unfortunately from the first time I played them until now they seem to no longer work on my computer. Hoping someone can bring these type of puzzles back to play !
Tilt Mazes - an on screen version of the wooden tilt mazes you played as a kid (or adult). No longer playable online, but you can “eye” solve them.
Number Mazes - lots of fun. different (and better) than my version. Still playable on the site. I think these are great to play.
Rolling Block Mazes - these have been featured on the Mensa website, so if you are looking for a challenge this is the maze for you. They would take half a page to explain, so it is best you read about them directly. And there are discussions of 14 different versions !
The Bureaucratic Maze - read a fun a story about performance art. Ever been stuck in bureaucratic nightmare ? Maybe it was a form of a maze !
Starry Night Maze - link is bad, but picture shows the maze in question (if you can read the directions !) from the cover of Games Magazine,
Theseus and the Minotaur - A game with all links broken except this one where you can download the game to play. I installed it and would describe it as a very 2008 style game.
Next there are sections talking about mazes in the real world - corn mazes, mazes in cities, events from the late 90’s and early 2000’s.
In the top right hand corner of the website is a link : Robert Abbott’s Games. The first thing you will see is recent news from August 10, 2008. On the overall page you can read about card games and board games invented by Robert Abbott and a few books that contain explanations of the card games.
In 1963 Abbott's New Card Games was published and you can find a few copies on Amazon for sale. It is 138 pages and teaches you how to play a variety of new card games Mr. Abbott invented.
Abbott's New Card Games book
As I was writing and researching this I saw many references to Games Magazine which I remembered from my visits to the doctor’s and dentist’s offices as a kid. I can confirm it still exits ! You can still subscribe to a print or digital edition !
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And so we continue. After a milestone with Maze #100, we keep moving along as transition into our Holiday mazes with Maze of the Week #101 of Krampus. This is not my first maze of Krampus, but it is my best, using a comic book style I started with MOTW #96 during Halloween. I would also like to wish you a happy Krampus Day on December 5. You can read about the history of Krampus on the Wikipedia page. Interested in free holiday mazes for kids ?
The Maze: Comic book style, easy, free hand drawn walls. Not someone I would want to meet in a dark alley - or even a well lit one !
Krampus Maze
I hope you enjoy the maze. Maze download is available on the homepage. Please check out my YouTube channel where you can watch this maze being made and solved!!
Coming next week:
Another holiday themed maze
If you are familiar with this site you know you get a new piece of maze art every week. Initially, these mazes were of signs or landmarks around the US, but more recently I have added many more international destinations (6 amazing Mexican Mazes). As I walk around and take in my surroundings I sometimes see things and think - I should make a maze of that. So I take a picture and make a maze out of it. If it is good you will eventually see it on the site ! I have happened to live in Cleveland, Ohio for much of the last few years so it is the topic of a lot of my mazes. Today I pull together my best maze art from Cleveland, Ohio. All mazes are available for download by clicking the link in the header.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum Maze
One of my most popular mazes, and the winner of maze of the year in 2022. Like most mazes this looks best printed large. I made it in two colors, and it was made from a photograph I took of the museum. If you ever are in Cleveland to visit, this should be one of your stops.
Playhouse Square Sign Maze - Download in the sign maze section of the site
Most people do not know that the theatre district in Cleveland is the 2nd largest in the country after Broadway in NYC. I lived a block from this sign and could see it from my window so it made a natural subject matter for a maze.
A quick walk from the Rock Museum located in a downtown park. This stamp has a nice story you can read about here. The Stamp is made of aluminum and steel and weighs 70,000 pounds !
Located on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, this style of architecture of this should remind you of many buildings because it was designed by the famous architect Frank Gehry. The Peter B Lewis building houses the Weatherhead School of Management, and it opened in 2002. This is just one side of the building - but it is quirky from most angles !
The Agora Sign Maze - Download in the sign maze section of the site
One of my first sign mazes. I love this sign. If you live around Cleveland chances are you have seen a concert or comedy show here at some point.
The Cleveland Orchestra is one of the best in the world. This is where they make their home. A different style than my other mazes and one that I revised after an initial rendering.
BONUS: Pro Football Hall of Fame Museum Maze in Canton, Ohio
Located down route 77, this museum is the center of the football world every August when the induction ceremony takes place and the first preseason game of the season happens. Everyone should visit at some point who is a fan of football. The maze is more difficult than most other ones on the site.
I hope you enjoy these Cleveland mazes. I’m sure I will make more in the future !
Other posts you may like:
Guardian of Traffic Bridge Maze (Cleveland Guardians)