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Are you good at solving puzzles? Escaping mazes?
What if you built the maze instead?
Earlier this year, I stumbled upon a free print and play puzzle that quietly does its own thing. No dice. No cards. No escaping. Just you, a pile of tiles, and the challenge of creating a maze with no way out.
Ambagibus!
It's a solo PNP designed by P.D. Magnus, originally released back in 2009. So it's the oldest print and play I tried to date!
You print two pages, cut out forty small tiles, and that’s pretty much it. What follows is a surprisingly satisfying puzzle where you draw tiles one by one and try to connect underground tunnels into a closed system maze. Every placement matters. One wrong turn and you might paint yourself into a corner.
The maze builder, in a way, felt therapeutic. There's no pressure. No timers unless you want one. Just steady puzzle solving that feels perfect for a quiet afternoon or a casual outing with friends nearby. And despite its simplicity, the game has legs. It’s replayable and leaves plenty of room for creative twists if you feel like experimenting.
Instead of treating it strictly as a solo puzzle, my friends and I turned Ambagibus into a friendly competition. Two players. Two identical sets. Five minutes on the clock. Build as many complete mazes as possible. Incomplete tunnels meant point deductions, complete mazes earned bragging rights!
As a free, compact, puzzly print and play, it absolutely deserves more love than it gets. Let's change that?
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