Mazes
Kids love to work with maze puzzles to find the one correct path that
will take them from start to finish. Rally mazes have the same goal but
are somewhat different in execution. In the child's puzzle, the lines
represent walls and the path through is found by travelling between the
walls. In rally mazes, the lines represent the path itself. Here are 2
different examples of maze instructions:
Giant Tulip Maze
The correct path through this maze represents a Giant Tulip, with each
intersection on the route represented by a junction in the maze. This
type of maze is not to scale and bends in the maze do not necessarily
match bends in the road. And the bridges you go over or under are not
necessarily the same bridge in the real world!
In the above examples, the left-hand maze represents this type of
instruction as you would receive them in the route book. The right-hand
maze shows (via the darker line) the only correct route to get through
this particular maze
Blind Map Mazes
This type of maze is to the same scale as the map provided in the route
book. First, you trace the correct route through the maze. The line
through the maze is then treated as a blind map of the section; simply
overlay this line onto the map and you will find the route. All
intersections are shown. The easiest way to solve this section is to
find the relevant SOS and EOS points on the end of section map, and then
to plot a route between those two points that is the same shape and scale
as the blind map line you produced by solving the maze.
Last Updated: 2002-01-16
Copyright © 2001 Gail L. Walker, reproduction forbidden without written authorization.