Slidebox 353 by Stephan Baumegger

Slidebox 353 is a BEAST of a puzzle where you have an incredibly high move count before you can take out the sides of this "box". In fact, the move count is included in the name of this puzzle. It takes 353 moves before this box opens up!

The acrylic sliders are a nice touch to support and enhance the wooden panels. I liked the contrast between the 2 materials and they helped me by not obscuring as much of the wood. But I have to be honest here. It's such a long solve that I got tired and just reset it before fully opening it up. So it's technically unsolved by me hahaha. I included a picture that Stephan first showed us buyers on FaceBook when he was selling this puzzle. Technically it's spoiling the insides, but we all already know it's a box and the problem of this puzzle isn't hidden. Just work through the moves!

Pick up this puzzle if you want a calming meditative solve. The grooves on each panel basically tells us what the hidden maze path is and it's a type of n-ary puzzle. So it's not meant to be a maze to trick and confuse solvers. Not that most of us need any help in getting confused already!

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