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1987 Ranked #19,339

Sphinx

This hidden-maze race has players probe an opponent’s grid, trace corridors, and reach the hidden treasure first. Every called location must connect back to a confirmed entrance route, turning guesses into deliberate exploration.

Children's Deduction Exploration Modular Board Point to Point Movement

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

1.25/5

Rating

5.85

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 3.5/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Players each secretly construct a maze on a hidden grid, and place both an entrance and the location of the treasure. Each player races to find his/her way to the opponent's treasure before their own treasure is stolen.

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Players each secretly construct a maze on a hidden grid, and place both an entrance and the location of the treasure. Each player races to find his/her way to the opponent's treasure before their own treasure is stolen. Each turn a player calls out a location on the grid. If that location is a corridor square, the turn continues, if it's a wall, the turn ends, and if it's the treasure, the player wins. Each location guessed must be connected back to the entrance by confirmed corridor squares. Components: 2 screens 4 grids 120 chips (yellow for corridors, brown for walls) This game is similar to Pathfinder/Sniff

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
20 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.3/5
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Credits

Designers

2
Mark Berger Edith Grein-Böttcher

Publishers

1
Otto Maier Verlag

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