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Double Major
Review Game Description “An unexpected envelope arrives containing evidence that makes you question everything you know to be true. After a second mysterious mailing, the sender vanishes and you receive a box of seemingly unrelated artifacts. You are left to make sense of it all before another person disappears.” Personal Experience I played the first two Crack-A-Nut games pretty early…
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Scarlet Envelope: Wild Mansion of Mr. Ferri
Review Game Description “Mr. Ferri, a rich gentleman with an intense love for animals, has suddenly passed away. The word on the street is that he was killed…by his own lion! But was he really? You’re hired to investigate the creepy mansion and to find the will hidden by the gentleman. Solve puzzles and uncover the truth behind the paranormal…
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Adrift
Review Game Description “Adrift is a puzzletale told through poems, illustrations, and physical artifacts, in which players will take on the role of a dream expert interpreting the significance of subconscious messages communicated by ethereal beings. Solve your way through a variety of puzzles to discover the mysterious world of Adrift.” Personal Experience After playing through The Emerald Flame, one…
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The Medusa Report
“After four long decades serving a secret intelligence agency, an embittered Abigail Vandermist suddenly drops off the map. She has found something out. Something to do with an old rescue mission into the heart of the USSR, a nuclear physicist, and her own enigmatic father. Meanwhile, Abigail’s sister Helena has been searching for her, ever since her disappearance in 1979.…
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The Light in the Mist
Review Game Description “When your friend’s mysterious disappearance results in the discovery of an unusual item, you suddenly find yourself embarking on a journey through time and memory. Experience The Light in the Mist’s unique choose-your-own-path style gameplay as you solve a variety of challenges and lose yourself in a character-driven narrative told through an object that serves as a…
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The Dig
Review Game Description “You and your team are now professional excavators. You’re used to traveling below the earth, but things go wrong on this expedition. Together, you must face the darkness underground. Do you have the skills to find your way back to the surface in under 60 minutes?” Personal Experience I was in Chicago for a few hours before…
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Society of Curiosities: The Last Masquerade
Review Game Description “The Society has acquired an invitation to a secret society masked ball and has hired a mysterious agent to infiltrate the event. She will need your help to access – and survive! – this secretive gathering. Guide her through the vast mansion, avoid detection, explore ancient archives, and retrieve a stolen artifact!” Personal Experience The Society of…
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The Glasshouse Ghost
Review Game Description “The Winchester Mystery House has recruited you to look into strange, possibly paranormal events. You will communicate with your team on the ground to guide them and immerse yourself in a world of mystery that will have you wonder if ghosts are real! Unlock the secrets of the Winchester Mystery House archives and Sarah Winchester’s grimoire and…
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The Magical Sunflowers
Review Game Description “Once upon a time, in a quiet corner of Nirgendheim, there was a village called Sylasia. The Sylasians were known to be friendly and kind by everyone. They were the keepers of magical Sunflowers, which unlike other sunflowers in Nirgendheim, were more like family members to the Sylasians. In the neighboring lands of Sauris, in a tower…
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Escape Room in a Box: Flashback
Review Game Description “To beat this exciting escape room game, you and your friends have 90 minutes to decipher clues, solve puzzles, crack codes and flee the mad scientist werewolf, Doc Gnaw!” Personal Experience It was about this time last year that I played Escape Room in a Box: The Werewolf Experiment, which I enjoyed enough to order this sequel…
