Navagati is a brain teasing puzzle launched worldwide in 2006, that has gained an immediate and enthusiastic following. In Navigati you move through a maze where all paths are imaginary hops through the air, only the destination points are visible.
Popularity
Navigati is found in daily newspapers, on the Internet and you can buy books of Navigati challenges.
Location
A Navigati puzzle is a pastime that can be undertaken in the peace and quiet of your own home, whilst sat on a park bench or whilst traveling on a train, anywhere. An ideal way to get away and forget the rigors and work pressures of the day.
Age
Like most puzzles navigati comes in various degrees of difficulty, start simple and progress to your own ability. a personal challenge. The degree of difficulty and complex nature of a navigati puzzle make this an unsuitable activity for children.
Ability
To be a successful Navigati puzzle solver you will need patience, the ability to concentrate, and a heightened sense of deduction and problem solving, (a chess players mind).
Description
In Navigati you move through a maze, where all of the paths are imaginary hops through the air, only the decision points are visible. Each move is a combination of distance and direction, the distance of the next move being shown in the circle and the possible directions are shown by points of the compass. Various milestone numbers are provided so that you can check your progress along the way, this helps you find the entire sequence from start to finish.
Dedication
The Navigati challenge is to move from the start cell to the finish cell, in each cell there is a small number that indicates the jumping distance from that cell. to record your progress you have 0 in the start cell, you then write 1 in the next cell you choose, and so on. Your target number of moves is shown in the finish cell. Once you have completed the sequence you create an anagram puzzle. Solve the anagram, each solution is a destination. (city, country, river, lake or mountain range).
Potential
The potential of Navigati is in the personal satisfaction of completing a puzzle, as you become more proficient this will become solving the puzzle in a time limit you have set yourself and potentially in a race to complete against others.
Closely
Related Activities
Crosswords, anagrams, word searching, puzzle solving, jigsaws and games of patience.
Cost
A navigati puzzle can be found daily, within a national daily newspaper, (less than a pound for the newspaper). A book of puzzles can be purchased from a couple of pounds.
Level of Demand
The table below shows the maximum levels of demand that this activity requires. NOTE: These are not entry levels or levels of requirement and has nothing to do with ability.
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