Talk:Tantrix

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No sources[edit]

This article does not cite any sources. I have tagged it in hope that this may be remedied.
Scottlc 23:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have this game, and much of the article's text is derived from the manual. Peter U

Derived from Psyche-Paths[edit]

Does anyone know if this game was developed from Psyche-Paths (1969)? Or are the similarities a coincidence?
—MJBurrage • TALK • 21:27, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Remarkably similar - though Psyche-Paths differs in that there's only three colors, and it's possible to have two or even all three paths be the same color on one tile. I would imagine there are considerably more pieces involved, assuming that every possible permutation exists. As to whether the developer of Tantrix was aware of the prior existence of Psyche-Paths or came up with the idea independantly, well, you'd have to ask him I guess. (The concept is basic enough that it's not out of the question for two people to come up with it on their own.) Lurlock (talk) 19:24, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image reversed[edit]

Images representing piece 25 and piece 28 are reversed according to https://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/tantrix.htm . Please see the list of numbered pieces on the above web page. Also photographs of piece 25 top, piece 28 bottom in this web page: https://imgur.com/EH1qsFx confirm. --Mcarp0 (talk) 06:03, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have made pictures of my Dutch Travel Tantrix set to confirm that the two tiles are swapped, see here and here.. Jaap 83.84.24.226 (talk) 08:26, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Piece 44[edit]

Listed as white piece, should be yellow. You cant do the rainbow yellow puzzles unless 44 is yellow. Once again referring to https://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/tantrix.htm . --Mcarp0 (talk) 07:21, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What is VM[edit]

What means mysterious abbreviation VM in table header? Jumpow (talk) 19:15, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bakelite[edit]

The article mentions the first versions being made of cardboard, and then "in 1991, the tiles were changed to plastic". In fact, tantrix tiles are made from bakelite, which is, indeed, a kind of "plastic" - the earliest plastic to be made from synthetic components, I'd like to change the broad "plastic" into the more specific "bakelite". But I do not know if it was made from bakelite in 1991, or if that came later. The article mentions some pieces being dropped from the set in 1993, and the first big contract in 1994; maybe the choice of bakelite (givin a slightly more exclusive feel to the product than many other types of plastic) was made on one of those occasions. Anyone know sources? Nø (talk) 12:16, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]