For example, one player may be able to move east and use escalators, while another may be able to move west and use portals. This means no one person controls the Mage, you all do.Īt the start of the game each player is given an action tile showing what they can do. In this game players take on the actions available to four heroes who are trying to steal new weapons from a nearby mall and escape with them.
Magic Maze is a co-operative, real-time game released in 2017 by Sit Down!, that was nominated for the Spiel des Jahres award. Magic Maze is a great way to learn just how unaware you can actually be.
Why are they all staring at me? Why are they frantically hitting the table in front of ME with the “Do Something” pawn? Oh… we’re out of time because I missed something…” Maybe if I tap the “Do Something” pawn in from of them one more time they will get it. All they have to do is move one piece and we can get things going again. “Everything is so clear to me, how do they not see it? My incredible brain sees everything yet everyone else appears to be baffled. The game starts easy and gradually brings in more and more challenge and uniqueness but can be kept (relatively) simple for families too. The biggest challenge in Magic Maze is keeping your mouth shut, but when you manage that you discover a fantastic co-op game that is quite unlike anything else I’ve played. Which is hilarious until it is done to you. This is essentially a massive red pawn that you can slam in front of someone when you think they should be taking a move. Perhaps the best component is what I call ‘the big red dobber'. To make matters worse there is a strict timer that will need refreshing at certain points. Sounds easy, but when you are trying to direct four different pieces, to four different places without talking the challenge becomes clearer. I can use these actions on any character, so together we have to move the pieces around the mall without talking. For example, I might have ‘move north’ and ‘use stairs’. Oh, and your control of them is limited to direction tiles.Įach player will receive a tile or tiles, depending on player count, with a direction and/or action on them. Because no matter how many players there are you will all control the four characters. When I say you play, I mean you play all those characters. They have somehow lost their weapons and equipment, so, obviously, they decide to rob the local mall. The game is set in a fantasy world where you play the usual tropes of mage, warrior, elf and dwarf. Magic Maze is a co-op game that effectively neutralises this by having everyone play in really time and not allowing them to talk! That is where one more experienced gamer takes over and basically takes everyone's turns for them. We hope you’ll stop in and check out Magic Maze.Co-operative games can be a true joy but can also suffer from the problem of ‘alpha gamer’. If you manage to beat the first scenario, Congratulations! You now get to dig out more tiles, add two new rules, and move on to Scenario 2. This game demands teamwork and focus, and it makes for a truly amazing speedy co-op experience. And two, every time an adventurer stops on a sandtimer space, your group gets to flip the sandtimer to buy more time, and you can now talk while times ticks down-but only until someone starts playing again. One, anyone can set the big red pawn (pictured below) in front of a fellow player to indicate to them that they have a crucial move they’re missing. You’ll all need to do your part in navigating all four adventurers through the twists and turns ahead.Ĭatch #2: You may not speak, point or otherwise indicate any strategy to your fellow players for 90% of the game. Instead, each player will be assigned a direction (North, South, East, or West) and can move any adventurer-but ONLY in their direction. Race against the sandtimer as you attempt to get each adventurer to their color-matching shops, then to the exit before security catches up to you.Ĭatch #1: No one player is responsible for any one adventurer. In Magic Maze, you and up to SEVEN other players will work together to maneuver your adventurers through this maze of a mall. It’s time to find some new gear in this fast-paced, cooperative game that gets harder the more you play. The thieves took everything-your swords, your gold, and the cloaks off your backs.
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