Merlin's Magic Square

Number of buttons pressed :-

Instructions

Clicking on a button will toggle the state of that button and that of a certain subset of the others. Click here to learn exactly which buttons will change. The aim of the game is to turn all the lights around the edge on, leaving the middle one off.

If you want to start the current game again, press the Restart button.

If you want to start a completely new game, press the New Game button

If you want to cheat, and see how the puzzle is solved, press the solve button. This will indicate the buttons you need to push to win. Press the solve button again to return to the game.

Information

When this page is first loaded, a default puzzle is displayed. (If you want a clue as to how to solve this default puzzle, visit my Merlin page). When you press the New Game button, a new randomly chosen puzzle is displayed. Note that all puzzles are solvable!