Gravity Maze by ThinkFun: Futuristic Marble Run with Logic Puzzle

HCM Kinzel - December 2015
 
 

 
When the penny drops, the marble drops as well!

 

In Gravity Maze a metal ball rolls through towers of translucent plastic to its target – but first you have to build the right path! All towers have holes and curved walls on the inside – only if you combine them in the right way, your marble will roll through the maze from starting point to target. Just like the classic ThinkFun game Rush Hour you start with beginner challenges and move on to expert puzzles – that’s how spatial thinking gets real fun!

60 challenge cards decide on the initial setup and show the exact placement and orientation of each tower on the board. Now you add other towers to the grid, placing them either vertically or horizontally. If you feel that everything is in its right place, drop the marble at the starting point and watch it roll along different levels to the red target tower – thanks to gravity. The futuristic look of the game inspires children aged 8+ and adults to create their own mazes and challenges or simply build exciting constructions.

Designer Oli Morris is inventor and model maker by day, game busting, and puzzle-decoding enthusiast by night! He is inspired by taking everyday items apart and trying to put them back together. What is more, he loves to experiment with 3D printers. Thus he and his colleagues from the inventing group Fuse London Ltd. Have already designed more than 100 licensed games and toys – including Gravity Maze.