Spiel des Jahre 2017 Nominee
Magic Maze is a real-time, cooperative game. Each player can control any hero in order to make that hero perform a very specific action, to which the other players do not have access: Move north, explore a new area, ride an escalator
All this requires rigorous cooperation between the players in order to succeed at moving the heroes prudently. However, you are allowed to communicate only for short periods during the game; the rest of the time, you must play without giving any visual or audio cues to each other. If all of the heroes succeed in leaving the shopping mall in the limited time allotted for the game, each having stolen a very specific item, then everyone wins together.
At the start of the game, you have only three minutes in which to take actions. Hourglass spaces you encounter along the way give you more time. If the sand timer ever completely runs out, all players lose the game: Your loitering has aroused suspicion, and the mall security guards nab you!
Contents:
24 Mall tiles
4 Hero pawns
12 Out of Order tokens
16 Action tiles
1 3-minute sand timer
1 Do Something! pawn
1 Score-sheet
1 Theft tile
1 sheet of stickers
Suggested ages: 8 years and up
Duration: 15 minutes
Number of players: 1 to 8
It may not be possible to ship very heavy items outside of the Mainland UK.
Released: 30 October 2018