So, this is a game that is quite fascinating. Many know it as The Cube.

It started, on my space anyway, as a journal entry. When I discovered how journal entry discussions worked, and realised how popular this game might become, I decided to make it my first ever guide entry.

History of the Game

I first learned of it from a book, one I happened acorss in the bookstore where I work. It is called, quite simply, The Cube, by Gottlieb and Pesic. It is suspected to be an ancient Sufi teaching riddle. Apparently, it was loitering in the streets of Eastern Europe a decade ago, disguised as a madly-catching craze, and made its way into book form so others around the world could enjoy, and play, and speculate.

Anyone who has more information on this, please, post something to my space about it. To March Hare's Space

Here's how the game works: It requires a lot of imagination and visualisation, but it's an amazing puzzle when you learn what it means.

• Imagine a desert landscape.


• Imagine, within this landscape, a cube.


• Also in this landscape is a ladder.


• Imagine in this landscape there is a horse.


• Imagine a storm.


• In this landscape, also, there are flowers.

Now, think of the characteristics of each of these things. What does the desert look like? What material is the cube made from, and how large is it, and where is it? Where is the ladder, how many rungs, what type of ladder? What does the horse look like, what is it doing, where is it? What kind of storm, and where? What kind of flowers, how many, and where?

What are the relationships of all these things to each other?

Imagine clearly, lock the picture in your mind; you have five things arranged in a space, and only you will see what you picture in your head.

Now describe it. And, for the added fun of communal interpretation, post what you see.

I have posted the answer as another entry, but be warned: Do not seek the answer until you have played the game. Once you know the answer, you cannot play if you have not imagined these things beforehand. And don't tell others what the things mean. For each person must arrive at their scene through blind imagination, so to speak.

See the Answer to the mystery of the Cube