Maze Module

Maze is a Hard module that works like a tiny navigation puzzle. A red dot has to reach a green light through a grid with walls you can’t see on the bomb. The walls live in the manual, which holds several maze maps, and the Braille maze number tells you which map applies. From there, the team guides the dot one move at a time – and a single wrong move sends it all the way back to the start. It first appears on Level 18.

How the Module Works

The manual holds a set of maze layouts – one guide counts six. The Braille maze number, which only the Blind Monkey can read, selects the right one. On the bomb, the team can see where the red dot starts and where the green light is, but not the walls. The Mute Monkey, looking at the correct map, works out a route, and the dot is moved one step at a time until it reaches the green light.

Use Coordinates, Not Descriptions

Guides describe the grid with columns and rows: columns A to F from left to right and rows 1 to 5 from top to bottom. Whatever system your group uses, agree on it before the first move, because “near the corner” is useless when a single step decides the run.

Who Does What

Step-by-Step Relay

1. Read the maze number. The Blind Monkey reads the Braille and reports it; the Deaf Monkey repeats it. Don’t move anything until it’s confirmed.
2. Locate start and target. The Deaf Monkey gives both as coordinates: “Red at A2. Green at C4.”
3. Plan the route. The Mute Monkey finds the map and traces a path around the walls.
4. Send one direction. The Mute Monkey points; the Deaf Monkey says it: “Blind: right.”
5. Move and confirm. The Blind Monkey repeats “right?”, moves once and says “done”. The Deaf Monkey reports the new position: “Red now at B2.”
6. Repeat until green. One move, one confirmation, one new position – every time.

Callout Script

If a Move Goes Wrong

A wrong direction sends the marker back to its starting position. Don’t panic and don’t guess where you are. The Deaf Monkey reports the dot’s current position, the Mute Monkey restarts the route from the beginning, and the team continues one step at a time. Because the route was already planned, the second attempt is usually much faster.

Common Mistakes

• Moving before the maze number is confirmed. The wrong map means every move is a guess.
• Vague positions. Use coordinates for the start, the target and every new position.
• Calling the whole route at once. One missed step and nobody knows where the dot is.
• Taking an unconfirmed second move. The Blind Monkey should never chain moves.
• Losing the position during Chaos. After an interruption, the Deaf Monkey re-reports where the red dot is.
• Mixing directions with another module. On Level 24, Maze shares the bomb with Monkey-Says. Always say which module a direction is for.

Where You’ll Meet It

One suggested role plan: the map reader owns the route, the Blind Monkey never takes an unconfirmed move, and the remaining attention goes to Chaos interruptions.

Practice Checklist

• The maze number is read, repeated and confirmed before any move.
• The team uses a fixed coordinate system.
• Start and target are reported as coordinates.
• The route is planned in full, then sent one move at a time.
• Every move is repeated before it’s made and confirmed after.
• The dot’s position is reported after every move and after every interruption.

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