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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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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 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…
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Solve our Shirts: The Treasure Trove of Pirate Cove
Review Game Description “Solve the mystery of Pirate Cove, master pirate challenges, and discover secret treasure in this full-length puzzle game T-shirt! This double-sided shirt is filled with hidden details, secret information, and other surprises. These clues help you solve a series of puzzles and challenges as you search for lost pirate treasure.” Personal Experience Solve our Shirts: Escape from…
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Witchery Spell
Review Game Description “While playing Witchery Spell you will meet 5 young witches. One of them recently turned 23 and mysteriously disappeared from the face of the earth. What happened to her and will the others face the same horrific fate? As young girls, they performed a ritual from an ancient book they had found. Now it turns out that…
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The Vandermist Dossier
Update Apr. 4th, 2025: The Vandermist Dossier and The Medusa Report are now being published by Sherlocked, under their Home Mysteries label. I’ve updated the company name and website link, the rest of the review remains the same. Review Note: Diorama Games provided a complimentary copy of this game for review, but that has in no way affected the content…
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Society of Curiosities: The Memory Stone
Review Game Description “A 100-year old cold case is revived. Follow the voyage of a former Society member and unravel a story that will take you from the jungles of Brazil to the heart of Europe in this solve-a-mystery game. Dispatch your team on the ground and retrieve the fabled Memory Stone!” Personal Experience I was pleasantly surprised when this…
