Perplexus Maze Ball Review

 

If you love a challenge you have to try the Perplexus Maze Ball.  The maze ball offers 100 different challenging barriers and is recommended for ages 6 and up.  The object of the game is to get the tiny marble from the 1st point all the way to the last point without falling off the paths.

 

The Perplexus Maze ball is a great challenge.  It’s such a different experience to get your mind and hands to coordinate and complete this puzzle.  You have to be so careful not to let the marble fall off of the paths.  Because the puzzle is a 3D puzzle, you really have to take a little extra time to examine each move.

 

 

There are 3 different starting points.  I’ve been able to complete the 1st section but have yet to get through the 2nd.  I have to admit I’ve cheated a few times and jumped over to the 3rd section to try it out.  This game stumps my mind in a way that no other game does.

 

 

 

 

 

You can see the little marble and some of the barriers you have to get through.  Sometimes I get so stumped and can’t figure out where to roll the ball.  I almost always have to call my husband over to help search for the next point to get to so that I don’t roll the ball too far and make the marble fall.

 

Perplexus was created by a 3-D design teacher, Michael McGinnis in the late 1970’s.  After about 20 years, Michael worked with a company called KID Group and came up with the Superplexus game.  After a few changes, Superplexus was then picked up by a group of enthusiasts and Superplexus became Perplexus, LLC.