REVOMAZE User Group

Seeing as a major portion of the puzzle market is made up of 'twisty' puzzles I thought it would make sense to have a topic to discuss all things 'twisty'!

I'll start off by saying that although I'm not too keen on twisty puzzles I though that it would be remiss of me not to have at least a Rubik's Cube in my collection. But when I visited Village Games in Camden I also picked up a Rubik's TouchCube as it was going for a very good price and I thought it looked pretty cool.


Rubik's TouchCube & Original by Puzzleparadox, on Flickr

I can't solve them to save my life....but I'm working on it.

If nothing else I think the TouchCube is a brilliant piece of puzzle engineering, it really does look spectacular, especially in the dark:


Rubik's TouchCube by Puzzleparadox, on Flickr

Really does look neat

Solving the touch cube is harder. Normal cube is pretty easy, but it's just weird going to the touch cube. Not sure how to explain it, but I don't like swiping my finger instead of grabbing what I want to turn.

left027 wrote:Solving the touch cube is harder. Normal cube is pretty easy, but it's just weird going to the touch cube. Not sure how to explain it, but I don't like swiping my finger instead of grabbing what I want to turn.

It definitely does take some getting used to. But I get the feeling that it is designed more as an aesthetic piece rather than a practical one.

Although I do like the feature where it can give you a hint as to the next best move, very cool for people like me.

Paradox wrote:Although I do like the feature where it can give you a hint as to the next best move, very cool for people like me.

Did you also think . . . TouchRevo?

Hmmm, would a Revomaze classify as twisty puzzle? Or only as twisted puzzle?
If it does, I'll have to change my opinion about twisty puzzles

a-maze-ing wrote: Did you also think . . . TouchRevo?

Hmmm, would a Revomaze classify as twisty puzzle? Or only as twisted puzzle?
If it does, I'll have to change my opinion about twisty puzzles

Hehe! A TouchRevo...now that's an idea!

I believe that Revos come under the category of being dexterity puzzles rather than twisty puzzles.

I love my touch cube

It's a very cool bit of kit, you can even change the noise it makes while you move the "pieces"

I especially like the fanfare you get when you finish it

I was slightly put off before I worked out that it's pretty clever in that it disables other sides so you don't move a slice by accident

I encountered a new Rubik style puzzle the other day: the Alexander's Star:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%27s_Star

Very interesting. Anyone here ever play with one?

What's your favorite Rubik puzzle that isn't the Rubik itself?

Well, believe it or not, despite all the puzzles I own and have played with over the years, I never worked out how to solve the Rubik's Cube. So guess what my girlfriend came home with yesterday for me.

Guess I need to figure this thing out once and for all!

I brought one of my 11x11x11 cubes to work today and currently have it in a very scrambled state sitting at my work station next to my laptop.