Minima-Ze Series

Designer: Frederic Boucher

Material:
Minima-Ze – Leopard/Acacia
Minima-Ze 2 – Mahogany/Garapa
Minima-Ze 3 – Limba/Wenge
Minima-Ze Rally – Maple/Leopard

Frederic Boucher wrote about it:
“After designing around twenty MINIMA puzzles, at one point I wanted to explore the potential this box format could bring to other kinds of puzzles: the result is these first four MINIMA-Ze (MINI-MAZE) puzzles. I have a feeling there’s still much to explore and more puzzles are on the way…”

Kevin Sadler wrote about it:
“These are an interesting variant of Frederic Boucher’s Minima puzzles with a totally different aim. They are not packing puzzles…they should be classified as either Maze puzzles or sequential movement puzzles. The aim is to either remove the/one of the ball bearings that is trapped inside the usual 2x2x3 box or, in the case of Minima-Ze Rally, to run the ball bearing through the maze from entry in one side and and exit on the other. These are beautiful puzzles and terrific challenges. they are NOT for the faint-hearted! These will keep you challenged for quite some time, require a lot of thought and a very good 3D visuospatial ability to understand and solve. They are a fantastic series which everyone should try.
 
These diminutive puzzles are perfectly pocket sized and can be carried about without worrying about losing a ball bearing. However once you have started you probably need to be careful because loss is a distinct possibility.”