Those who like Wordfeud or Sudoku, are likely to love the MagIQ Square. Solving the MagIQ Square requires logic and strategic thinking while also providing a little bit of mental math workout. It is possible to compete against oneself, and challenge others, at different levels of difficulty.
High Score Charts
The personal best on each level is stored in the app, and the results can be uploaded to a league table, ranking the best players from around the world. Use as few moves as possible, but don’t be too slow, since time is used to separate players with an equal number of moves. From the app it is possible to challenge friends and compete for a position on the charts.
How to Play
The aim of the game is to arrange the tiles so that the sum of each row, each column and both diagonals is the same. In a square like this that sum is 34.
At the start of each game, the tiles are randomly arranged. As a side note, there are more than 20 trillion different starting combinations, but – rest assured - they all have a solution...
The "greyed out" tiles are locked into the right positions from the start. The more locked tiles, the easier it is to solve the square. On the easiest level, half of the tiles are locked. On the most difficult level, only two tiles are locked. Perhaps counter-intuitively, the more freedom you have, the more difficult it gets.
Grand Prize
Contributors to the high score table will also enter a contest where the prize is a trip to an exotic destination, as yet undisclosed. The contest starts January 1, 2013, so start practicing now to get a flying start. For full competition terms and conditions, see http://www.magiqsquare.com.
Background
Several ancient civilizations were familiar with magic squares. The concept is believed to have originated in China some time BC and slowly diffused to medieval Europe via Persia, India and Arabia. Magic squares have tantalized mathematicians for centuries and have been associated with mystical properties and hidden messages - perhaps most recently in Dan Brown’s novel “The Lost Symbol”.
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Resources
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