PAC-MAC: Craze Maze (ML)

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In PAC-MAN: Craze Maze, the famous yellow hero leaves the arcade screen and enters a fast, colourful family card game filled with tactical decisions. Each player gradually builds a personal maze using cards featuring paths, Pac-Dots, Power Pellets, fruit, and the unmistakable Ghosts from the PAC-MAN universe.

On your turn, draw a Maze card and use it either to replace a card in your grid or reveal one that is still hidden. Your network of corridors changes throughout the game. A new card might extend a promising route, connect two valuable sections, or make a path more difficult to complete. Beneath its approachable rules is a clever card placement game where every decision can affect your final score.

Once every card in your maze has been revealed, choose a single exit and trace one continuous route between PAC-MAN and that exit. Only the items found along this path count toward your score. Pac-Dots and fruit earn points, while Ghosts introduce a risk-and-reward challenge inspired by the original video game.

To safely eat a Ghost, PAC-MAN must first travel over a Power Pellet. Ghosts placed after that Power Pellet can then award increasingly valuable bonuses. However, encountering an unprotected Ghost costs you points. You must carefully consider the order of the items, the available connections, and the best place to add each Ghost to your route.

Several scoring sequences can be created along the same path whenever PAC-MAN reaches another Power Pellet. Players must balance the length of their route, the value of the collected items, and the danger created by the Ghosts. The longest valid path also earns a bonus, rewarding a well-connected maze without automatically guaranteeing victory.

PAC-MAN: Craze Maze is for you if you want an easy-to-teach family strategy game that plays quickly while offering enough tactical choices to inspire immediate rematches. PAC-MAN fans will recognize the atmosphere of the classic arcade game, while newcomers can enjoy an intuitive route-building challenge without needing any previous knowledge of the video game.

Every player builds a maze within their own grid, allowing everyone to plan a route without constantly waiting for other players' decisions. The card draw creates new possibilities in every game, and many different maze configurations can lead to victory. Its combination of simple turns, meaningful choices, and sessions under 30 minutes makes it suitable for families, casual players, and experienced gamers.

Did you know? PAC-MAN first appeared in arcades in 1980. More than 45 years after its debut, its maze, Pac-Dots, and colourful Ghosts remain among the most recognizable symbols in video game history. PAC-MAN: Craze Maze transforms those familiar elements into a tabletop experience officially licensed by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

PAC-MAN: Craze Maze was designed by Yannick Beaulé and Arnaud Perez. Their design transforms the fast action of the original video game into a maze-building card game where observation, planning, and score optimization replace the reflex-based challenge of the arcade machine. It is published by No Loading Games, a Canadian publisher and developer based in Montreal that specializes in licensed games designed to be easy to learn while still providing satisfying strategic depth.

BOX CONTENTS
90 Maze cards
5 PAC-MAN cards
5 Aid cards
Rulebook

Number of players: 2 to 5
Playing time: 15 to 25 minutes
Age: 7+