Span (Mind Loft)

Span is a border puzzle on Mind Loft, a free site of daily browser games. Each day hands every player the same two countries, and the job is to connect them through a chain of countries where each one shares a land border with the one before. On 22 October 2026 the route ran from Syria to Czechia, with a perfect score of 5 hops.

The map follows strict rules. Only mainland land borders count, so overseas territories, bridges and tunnels do not. That is why Scandinavia's only land route out is through Russia, and why the Sinai is the one land link between Africa and Asia. Contiguous exclaves do count, so Kaliningrad, Nakhchivan and Cabinda are in play.

You type the next stop and press Go; an Undo button takes back the last step, and a Hint button is there if you get stuck. The header counts your hops against the perfect figure and runs a clock, and every puzzle ends with your road drawn on a world map.

A new route goes up at midnight US Eastern Time. The Sunday Edition adds a twist: a country your route must pass through, or one whose borders are closed for the day. It plays much like Travle, with the shortest path as the target.