Build a maze for your opponent: 30 walls, one path left openTake turns walking the other maze blind, up to 5 steps a turnHit a wall and your turn ends; the wall stays on your mapSeat 1 goes first, one turn each; next game the other starts
First to the bottom-right finish wins.
Where it comes from, and questions to think about
In 2003 the Italian game writer Andrea Angiolino put it in Mind-Sharpening Logic Games. In 2022 Ben Orlin put it in the information games chapter of Math Games with Bad Drawings. Both books call it the Franco-Prussian Labyrinth.Mind-Sharpening Logic Games
Questions strong players ask
What is the fewest steps from start to finish?
Each time I hit a wall, what did I just learn?
When I build, where should a wall go so the other player is most likely to hit it?