Pathway puzzle

Abstract

A puzzle game comprising of a series of paths on a defined number of coaxial circles, such that the number of coaxial circles are two or greater, wherein rotations of the circles cause different pathways on adjacent circles to align, thereby extending the pathways across the circles. Pathways are defined in such a way that a given player will be able to rotate the circles in such a way wherein a path from the outer edge of the outermost circle will be able to be followed through paths in adjacent circles continuing through the centermost circle whereupon the path when continued will be taken back through adjacent circles until thereby reaching the outer edge of the outermost circle, constituting a winning scenario. Puzzles may have an arbitrary number of winning scenarios, but certain more difficult puzzles will include a single pathway that satisfies the winning condition.

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SEQUENCE LISTING[0001]Not applicable.CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0002]Not applicable.STATEMENT OF FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH / DEVELOPMENT[0003]Not applicable.THE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT[0004]Not applicable.INCORPORATION-BY-REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISC.[0005]Not applicable.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0006](1) Field of the Invention[0007]The present invention relates to game apparatuses and methods having individually rotatable coaxial polygons, such as circles, which, when manipulated and stopped in a specific and correct way generates an unbroken solution path that is navigable from the outside edge of the exterior polygon, through the center polygon, and returning again to the outside edge of the exterior polygon.[0008](2) Description of the Related Art[0009]The following prior art discloses game apparatus having circular discs which may or may not be rotatable, whose indicia do indeed contain navigable pathways, however ...

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Benefits of technology

[0082]112. Maze-like pathway indicia that is entrance/exit of solution path for smaller puzzle

Problems solved by technology

The difficulty of finding such a solution configuration can be of many varying levels based on amount of polygons, amount of available paths per polygon, number of solution paths available given a set of pathways and polygons and design of pathway indicia.

In the most difficult scenario, there will be a single solution pathway that is nontrivial, while in other configurations there will be many trivial pathways designed that appear that they would complete the circuit, yet fail within the just one or two polygons from the solution path, adding to a player's challenge.

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