" There are more appealing ways to interpret Room 45, but I think we're stuck with the answer that has long been confirmed to be the answer. "

" I beleive I may have solved the full riddle in R.45. Currently the question is part solved as just "What house will all live in?" which seems too short for a conventional riddle. Most riddles take the form of a paradox - what is, does... "

" Kon Tiki! Welcome back! The coast is clear... for now... "

" I think the capitalization and antiquated language are meant to suggest the text of an old alchemical manual. I'm not sure how accurately it mirrors that kind of work, but I think that's what it's meant to suggest. As far as the clues: We've long... "

" Does anyone have any clues about how to interpret the text ? Just seems gibberish, I looked up step 1 and then went back to the text and just don’t see what he is trying to do there. Some words are capitalized and some weirds... "

" Is it safe to come out again? "

" You're correct. Right and left are switched in that description. "

" The top right hand is a right hand while the other three are left hands. [Credit: Unknown] The top right hand points the correct direction to turn to the next page, and is thus the correct hand. This sets up a principle used throughout the... "

" Very little of the book has been addressed in any official capacity. What little information was released by the publisher related to the contest solutions, and besides the answers themselves it leaves a lot of the reasoning behind the solutions opaque. Hence, 30+ years of... "

" The inescapable circuit of rooms connected to Room 24 is colloquially referred to as The Trap. WR's maps label all those rooms with a skull and bones. "

" Yes. David Gentile posted this suggestion here seven years ago, and I commend you for not having read back that far to find it. "

" It relates to the Riddle of the Maze, part of the contest solution, described elsewhere on this site. "

" The next time period in the list is “second” In the sequence of doors 18, 25, 27, the second number is 25 Make sense? "

" In the loop map why does 19 point to 11 showing death? Room 11 isn’t death but includes an exit to 24 death or 40 "

" some of these solutions are bordering on the ridiculous and seem like overly contrived retrospective fitting onto the known solution. Isn't there an official answer book or article by the author to sort out which of the clues actually were supposed to mean anything? I'm... "

" People keep pointing out Atlas. But what has that got to do with the correct door? "

" If it makes you feel any better/worse, the prize was divided among the people who got closest to solving it. Nobody solved it. "

" No, symbols and objects recur without implying passage to the same location. In this case, we know the unmarked door comes from 17. (17 has a door to 33, and the drum door is the only unmarked door in 33.) But you can't go to... "

" My parents bought me this book when I was 10, way too young to have any clue what to do with it. Given the reward I knew there must be a trick to it, either that or someone must have already solved it. After a... "

" Can't the drum above the door be taken as a 20 as per room 1 and this be part of the route out? "

" You can only go to the room numbers indicated on the doors. "

" I would like to think that too (and I know that 20 is the end of the path), but for someone starting MAZE who found this clue, this could just as well have meant “entrance.” "

" In room 42, 4 doors have pictures of pairs/pear on but only the door to R.4 is a proper pair. The dice are marked incorrectly; the pear is a play on word sound; scissors are referred to a pair because of the 2 cutting blades... "

" Hi, I'm pretty new here, although I've dipped in and out of Maze book for a while. My first observation diving in randomly. Link between Rooms 42/37. Guide suggests they hang up their coats, telling them sincerely he would help them return, they can COUNT... "

" I just figured out something Important * The image of the Keystone refers to the literal Keystone of an Archway the stong that BEARS THE WEIGHT of the entire arch to prevent it from falling down the Riddle of the path when it says "LIKE... "

" Greetings, This is a case of an old dog learning new tricks. I've never participated in any forums nor social interaction sites so I hope I do not violate proper procedures or etiquette. My wife found a copy of the MAZE puzzle book in the... "

" "E L L" can be seen on the maze. E L L when added up using the alphabetical value is 5 + 12 + 12 = 29. Also, the words - split, lit, hit, fit, sit all have "it", and these letters correspond to the... "

" Absolutely!! I didn't know what to expect with a spiritual successor to Maze but it's so true to form with beautifully illustrated and creative rooms and a bounty of new puzzles- the format is almost exactly the same as Maze and someone could tell me... "

" typo notwithstanding, I speak with authority "

" Several of us have the book now. It's like it was made specifically for this crowd. This is not a false alarm; if you reading this site, you should be reading this book. "

" (Sorry, that's "*Daedalian* Depths.") "

" There's a new book out called "Daedlian Depths" that may be of interest to Mazers. It's by the same team that did "Codex Enigmatum" and its creator (Innovario/Rami Hansenne) says: "The book is inspired by Christopher Manson's "MAZE", which has fascinated me since I was... "

" Perhaps it's pretty to make it appealing to people weighing their options from Room 1. "

" Perhaps the observations made through the windows in 23 serve as a warning against going to room 19. Somehow. "

" Yeah, what Aria said is basically what I was thinking, combined between it being far away and risky. But also, room 21 is quite pretty, especially compared to 31 and 44, which are the right way to go. Just wondering if this means anything. "

" I'm not talking about what we can agree on, I'm just talking about what we know. "

" Well, I don't agree with everything you said up there... "

" "We" includes all entities except Manson. "

" What’s all this “we” business, vewatkin? "

" All very true... In a way, the loop is the most "Maze" area of Maze with the mindset we have to use to think about it... not much is certain and I suppose that's the idea "

" There exists some number of clues pointing the best way (back to 41/1)--the umbrella in 10 points toward 41, anyway, and the back of the book suggests that things pointing the way are clues. There seem to be far more clues pointing the wrong way,... "

" Very interesting, considering how much debate there is about the extent to which the rooms of The Loop have "solutions". Though I don't think that this necessarily confirms that all the rooms of The Loop have clues that direct you to the best door, as... "

" Cool, I figured it was something like that. "

" Bumping this. Manson confirmed this? Because I remember this was a big point of discussion when we were trying to figure out the loop rooms "

" There was behind-the-scenes discussion in the MazeCast hangout; I don't think anyone thought to bring it here. I don't think there's a need either. For out-of-the-loopers: a malicious, racist, homophobic poster monopolized this site for weeks, becoming so obstructive and offensive that we abandoned posting... "