One Card Mazes is back on Kickstarter for a third season

 One Card Mazes is currently running their third Kickstarter for a third set of their puzzles. Well, I got to do my part to get the word out.

Each One Card Maze (so far) is a maze that fits on both sides of a card. They aren't designed to be written on but to be followed with your mind's eye. There are two ways to manipulate the maze. Arrows leading off the edge that let you flip the card to the other side and spins that let you change the orientation of the card. There are doors on the mazes that you can only pass through if the card is oriented correctly. (You see, the doors are arrows and you can only pass through ones that are pointing up)

My first exposure to One Card Mazes was through a design contest. Well, they've come a long way since then. I was concerned when I first saw them that the core mechanics would be too simple. Instead, over the course of a whole bunch of mazes, I have come to the conclusion that the core mechanics are super accessible, allowing room for mazes that at least I struggle with lol

However, they built on that formula in the second season by adding bosses, who you have to defeat. As well as fledgling mazes so people like me could have mazes they could solve in only a couple of days.

The third season, well, they just keep on stepping it up .

One of the two sets of cards will be an interconnected maze. Cards will have connections from one card to another. The other set of cards is going to take the jump from being puzzles to being a two to four player game. I think they’ll be able to played as a regular mazes too.

How will it all work? i have no idea. I am really curious, though. One Card Mazes keeps exceeding my expectations. Seriously, making a game where you have to mentally follow along is surprisingly hard and they've done a bang up job of it.

Oh, there's also a stand alone, in hand game about Cthulhu on the Kickstarter. Palm Island was a transformative experience for me so I'm excited about that as well. 

I usually keep at least one or two One Card Mazes in my bag or wallet. They've come in handy to keep my sanity. When we had a flat tire, One Card Mazes helped me make the hours go by. I'm on board for their latest Kickstarter and doing my small part to spread the word.

And if you're reading this years after the fact, hunt them down. They're good.