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Cross the board, or wall them in

Maze Race online

Play Maze Race online with a friend or against a bot. Cross a 9×9 board to the far side, with ten walls to slow your opponent down. No download, no sign-up.

Every turn is a choice between two resources: take a step, or spend a wall. The step is certain, the wall is an investment — and you only get ten. Spend them early and you watch the finish without ammunition.

Players2 players
Game length12 minutes
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How to play

  1. The board is 9×9. Each player starts in the middle of their home row and must reach the opposite one.
  2. On your turn you either move your pawn one square orthogonally, or place one wall.
  3. A wall always spans two squares and sits between them, never on them. Walls may not cross or overlap.
  4. If your opponent blocks your way, you jump over them. If a wall or the board edge is right behind them, you go around diagonally.
  5. No wall may close off anyone’s route to their goal. Slowing someone down is fine — sealing them in is not.

Strategy

  • A wall that costs your opponent one step costs you a tempo and a resource. It only pays from two steps up.
  • Build behind your opponent, not in front of yourself. A wall ahead of your own pawn slows you both.
  • Watch the head-on meeting: whoever walks into it gets jumped over, handing the other a free tempo. Sidestep a column instead.
  • Save your last two walls for the endgame. By then there is nowhere left to detour and one wall decides the race.

Frequently asked

Why is the game not named after the boxed one?

Board game rules are not protectable; names are. So we run the same rules under our own name — nobody loses a trademark and the game plays identically.

Can I wall my opponent in completely?

No. After every wall the server checks that both players still have a route to their goal. A wall that would seal one off cannot be placed.

When is the jump diagonal?

When you face your opponent and there is a wall or the board edge immediately behind them. The straight jump is unavailable, so you go around.

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