To start the game, click on the board to randomize the setup. The board will be filled with coloured squares of different sizes.

Then click the board to drop your token.
An AREA MAZE or A-MAZE for short is a maze where you step from a tile to an adjacent tile, observing carefully the area of the tile you are standing on. The relative size of the area has to alternate: larger, smaller, larger, smaller, etc.

So if you go from one tile to an adjacent tile with a larger area, then the next step has to be to an adjacent smaller tile.
In this game the tiles consist of coloured squares of various sizes. (Hit key F7 if you want to know where you can go).

You can step on each square only once. Used tiles with disappear.
You win when your path has the target length.
A move counter and the target are displayed at the right border.

Variants with fixed setups:
There are ten variants with fixed setups, using 24x24 and 32x32 boards. After you have selected the variant, you have to select Help/ShowSolutions to setup the board! The solutions to the variants are given as well; they can be found in the attached solutions folder and are not accessible from inside the game. All solutions have been found by hand; so you might be able to improve on them.

Variants with random setups:
There are ten random variants, using 24x24 and 32x32 boards. The variants with random setup do not show a target path length.

Note that there are several piece sets available.

The new class of mazes called A-Mazes has been invented by the author in 1999.
Related games: A-Maze, A-Maze II, A-Maze III, A-Maze 4, A-Maze 5, A-Maze 6, A-Maze For Two, A-Maze For Two II.

More puzzles and games at my web page karl.kiwi.gen.nz.