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One ingenious idea becomes nineteen: Since its debut 25 years ago the “Ravensburger’s Labyrinth” has started an illustrious family of 19 independent games. Counting all foreign-language editions, Ravensburger generated even more than 60 different editions for the worldwide market. Shortly after the overwhelming success of the original game Prof. Max J. Kobbert began working on additional Labyrinth games. And the dreaded “cannibalisation effect” – a new version squeezes the original game out of the market - did not occur: The original idea still appeals to millions of people from all over the world. The current Labyrinth family is comprised of exceedingly large and extremely small Labyrinth games, amazingly fast and highly competitive games – and soon an electronic game as well: |
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Easy: “Junior Labyrinth” (1995)
The easy shifting maze for children aged five and up: Who is able to help the ghosts to find their way through the labyrinth? And clever little ghosts will enjoy the additional variant for experts. |
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Gigantic: “Das verrückte Labyrinth” in Ravensburger Spieleland (1998)
Its dimension is 30 to 30 metres and its walls are two metres high. With the aMAZEing Labyrinth in the famous theme park between Ravensburg and Lake Constance players themselves enter the classic game – but watch out, a live-sized goblin might be waiting just round the corner. The accessible maze in Ravensburger Spieleland is one of the most popular attractions in the theme park. More than four million visitor have already wandered about the passages. |
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Small-sized: “Labyrinth The Card Game” (2000)
The smallest member of the Labyrinth family is played by two to six treasure hunters. It consists only of square cards in traditional format featuring the well-known treasure symbols. Add your card cunningly, build new passageways and win individual cards, while the labyrinth grows from the initial four cards to a full-fledged maze. |
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Fast-paced: “Treasure Hunt” (2005)
This version was designed by Gunter Baars. This game is played with the eyes alone: Numerous hand-sized cards display complex labyrinths that are different only at second sight: On cue players have to find out how many treasure chests a treasure hunter can find within the corridors of the labyrinth. |
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Deep water: “SpongeBob Labyrinth” (2008)
SpongeBob, the hilarious TV sponge, is one of the most popular heroes in child rooms throughout Germany. In this version of the aMAZEing labyrinth players have to collect the famous TV characters from an underwater world. |
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Highly-competitive: “The Duel” (2009)
The version for people who love showdowns. Each player moves the walls on their own labyrinth - in a race against the clock or an opponent, who takes on the same task on a totally different board. |
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Three-dimensional: “Avatar Labyrinth 3D” (2010)
The mission is to free the characters Jake, Neytiri and others in the gloomy world of the planet Pandora. Players wear special glasses to see the gaming board in 3-D – just like they did when they went to see the film in the theatres. |
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Ground-breaking: “Labyrinth” 25th Anniversary Edition (2011)
The iridescent red-golden metal tin contains the traditional board game – with additional features: The flipsides of twelve cards grant magical powers to their finder. |
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Highly mobile: “Das verrückte Labyrinth” for iPhone and iPad (Spring 2011)
For the board game’s anniversary year Ravensburger Digital developed an app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Labyrinth fans may soon play “Das verrückte Labyrinth” and “Labyrinth – Das Duell” alone or with friends and try their strategies in different modes. The Apps are scheduled for release on iTunes in spring 2011.
Cutting-edge: Electronic Labyrinth (Autumn 2011)
In September 2011 the classic game gains electronic intelligence: A talking spell book assists those who hunt the aMAZEing labyrinth of Grimelda for magic gems and mythical creatures. |
