It's a puzzle map, with the map pieces missing. As you go through the maze you come across mailboxes. They tell you what portion of the maze you're in, and you get a tile at each - a 12th of the complete map. Your job is to find the mailboxes, and gradually you piece together the map. You don't have to get all 12 pieces.
Mazes are like life.
A journey of discovery. In dead ends in the maze, we have signposts that say Kernel of Knowledge. There are 12 posts in the field. Each gives you information that lets you complete a crossword puzzle that's also on the game board. That's the second game.