" Any of you that has tried to solve the Maze, have you played a game called Blue Prince? From what I've understood by playing the game is that previous rooms in the maze might change the meaning based on what you might learn in other... "

" I wonder if the message to take from the duck is to count all versions of “eye”s on the room walls, both portrait related and letter “i” related. The duck has 1) the one eye profile, 2) the two wheels that look like a forward... "

" I don"t recall hearing that before, certainly worth mentioning. "

" Aria, I think you’re on to something by seeing that the pipes make a T that points to the number 4 on the 4th row of the math sign, and the trowel starts with T and points to the correct door 4. Here’s a bit... "

" I think interpreting the sign to read square odds is amazing and that making the connection to room 5 is warranted. Here’s some clues that build on that. The poster of what I assume is an oak tree is very similar to the tree in... "

" may be easy enough to find as to have been mentioned before, and may be silly enough to be not worth mentioning, but STOP can be trimmed to TOP and WHAT to HAT. may be strengthened a teeny bit by the order being correct when... "

" These trees with their thickening number of branches combined with the text about increasing choices and the odds of choosing wisely made me think about decision trees and how all the branching possibilities multiply rapidly the deeper one gets into the maze. This room is... "

" Inspired by posts from vewatkin, Dave Gentile, and sp from June 2014: here’s a tale about top hat man. Hope you like it. Room 42: Witness the remains of former top hat men led by the guide to room 24 never to return to reclaim... "

" "all of their positions in the Maze exist roughly simultaneously." This is the coolest theory to me because it's actually true, even in reality. "

" That's right! In room 37 the group starts arguing, but then a door rattles and they all stop talking and depart from the room. There is a door that leads to Room 10 from 37, but not vice-versa. This can be extrapolated to deduce that... "

" Prior posts have pointed out that converting letters to numbers and summing provides some room number clues. For example “face”: 6+1+3+5=15 and “no”: 14+15=29 sets up the two best room choices with the text “what a foolish face” and “pay no attention”. This is a... "

" In what evil shoe am I, Woodrow Shakespeare’s son? All none, you! that's what I get "

" Thank you Kiki. Answering your early question, I dont even know what Blue Prince even is. I'm on my way to find out what it is after i make this post, but color me intrigued if it's something on the lines of Maze. I just... "

" I agree vewatkins that for these speculations to be worth considering we require more evidence - so here goes. First I’d like to say that I think using the riddle of the sphinx to identify stick man as a sign for mankind is the best... "

" There's just no way or reason to interpret the unseen sign as saying "U Turn." You could just imagine that it does, but you might as well skip some steps and just imagine it says "18" on it. That sounds like a joke, but it's... "

" Thanks Kiki for the post. Hopefully this post helps clarify my thoughts. Following what others have posted before, to read the “This Way” sign correctly you can (1) turn the book upside down and then (2) turn the page over to look at the room... "

" (Life already has an oxygen, it’s oxygen!) I do actually love seeing this interpretation! I can tell you’ve thought about it a lot and I’m glad that Maze connected with you this well. Did you originally come here from Blue Prince? I think you would... "

" I disagree. It's not pessimistic at all. It's life affirming. I just now got done digesting the book and the wiki as a whole. What a masterpiece. Humor me for a minute, i'll try to be brief although this could take me hours if am... "

" To answer the questions: 1– the release of Blue Prince earlier this year sicced a pack of puzzle game nerds onto the Manson market. Previously, his books were uncommon but not too hard to find, and generally went for less than $20. I feel safe... "

" You say "your" as in referring to Christopher Manson, who is different than the site owner and does not use this website, just a heads up. "

" Note that the book reads 81 when right-side-up and 18 when upside down. Also, why would we want to follow Icarus anywhere? 29 already instructs the reader to flip the book over, and that message gets across much clearer than this. A U-Turn sign for... "

" Perhaps the hidden sign behind the stop sign is a U(You)-Turn sign as a reply to the question “what is your sign?” and reinforced by their feeling “all turned around”. That could also make sense as an instruction to flip the book over backward to... "

" The Minotaur looks obvious as a solution, we can think about it right away before entering room 45, but it fits perfectly. Though we can review other ideas that can picture an alternative solution for fun and imagination : - Children should be afraid of... "

" I´ve been thinking about the relation between the leters "H + OO" and the leter "P". I think the two O's form the number 8 and the leter "H" is the eighth leter of the English abecedary . (8+8 = 16) The leter "P" is... "

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" Does anyone else see that devil emerging from the stage as the launch of a trident ballistic missile from a submarine? If that other devil is a Voyager probe helping us learn about the solar system as suggested in the posts, then perhaps we’re being... "

" It was someone posting as "Stone Mountain Gang" over on the Identity of the Guide page, back in 2017. "

" When I was actively thinking about this last (2018, when I found this site) I felt strongly like clues pointed to Loki being the Guide. As a trickster and shapeshifter a lot of the other clues that seem contradictory could still point to him. But... "

" and that bottle has a quark in it "

" This room makes me think of atoms. I see classical shapes that atoms were thought to take when the idea was first proposed by Greek philosophers, and I think of the double slit experiment where the wave nature of matter was observed. The ladder reminds... "

" I see lots of signs of the zodiac here — but they’re a bit amiss! Libra is unbalanced, the lion’s tail (Leo) is a “tall tale”, Pisces is a red herring (see posts for explanation), Aquarius is an incorrect formula (HO2 and not H2O), and... "

" It's 17 and 29 that are connected, not 39. "

" The rhyming of umbrella with Pulcinella mentioned in the posts made me think that perhaps the stethoscope and the text is telling us to find rhyming items in the room: Umbrella & Pulcinella Empty bowl & Barber pole Bowling pin & Toothy grin CandlestickS &... "

" The guide tells us that there are 190 doors in this part of the house, counting the gate. Room by room, you can count the doors and if you include the four doors that you cant see in room 24 plus the gate you get... "

" Oh, good correction. I do still think that 32 is the most out-of-the-way room. "

" and room 26 "

" I'm torn about whether it's interesting, but I think that it's true. "

" Sea bag o.k. Isn't it interesting that this room has only one entrance, a distinction shared by I believe only room 14, making this arguably the most out-of-the-way room of them all? "

" Im not japanese, and i barelly know any japanese. but dont some of the symbols in room one look like japanese characters? I think i can se 山 米元爪回 (not at that order) in some places. the 山 means mountain, im not sure if it... "

" Ritz, join the MazeCast discord! "

" How about Apple records, and the spinning drums from Karate Kid Part II? That movie came out in 1986, but those drums are probably some ancient Japanese thing, so it's valid. "

" It always seems weird how many more solutions there are from 45-1 versus 1-45. I have to remind myself that of course that makes sense given the structure of the Loop. "

" I am intrigued by this idea, but also obligated to point out Spin the Bottle. "

" A possible solution for this room comes from looking at what all doors' words have in common: they are things that are spun. The only door that has a picture of something else that is spun in 26, with the teacup (as in the spinning... "

" Forgot to mention the shortest paths: 1, 26, 30, 42, 4, 29, 17, 45 45, 23, 8, 12, 39, 4, 15, 37, 20, 1 "