Puzzling Pastimes

Route Finding

These are your maze puzzles, where you try to get a traveler from a starting point to an ending point. Many puzzles can be abstracted into a route finding puzzle, but the ones listed here are those where the physical embodiment of the puzzle maps directly to a maze.

Redline-Glico Maze


Date 1930s
Maker J.R.G. L.
Ad Redline-Glico: Use Glico motor oils
Designer Joel W. Thorne
Patent US483820A

Redline Motor Spirit Co and Glico Petroleum Co merged to form Redline-Glico in 1931.

Oskar's Cube


Maker Crystal Lines
Designer Oskar van Deventer

Screw Loose


Date 1970
Maker Lakeside

Shackman Maze Puzzle


Print-in-Place Twisty Puzzle Box - Mushroom


Date 2024
Maker Oscar Chang
Designer 3d-printy

Van Houten Trade Card No. 8


Ad Van Houten

Coast to Coast Puzzle


Date 2002
Maker Binary Arts
Designer Serhiy Grabarchuk

Modern take on the Africa puzzle

Spider Puzzle


Maker L.W.G & Co. of Chicago

Queen's Jubilee


Date 1887

Uncle Sam's Divorce Puzzle


Missing the ring but same as Queen's Jubilee

Vermont Castings Maze (The Amazing Gizmo)


Date 1981
Maker Vermont Castings, of Randolph Vermont
Ad Vermont Castings

Each section represents the 4 seasons.

O'Gear


Maker Hanayama
Designer Oskar van Deventer

Zelda Master Sword


Date 2023
Maker Hanayama