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Scarlet Envelope Holiday Puzzle Cards
Review Note: Scarlet Envelope provided a complimentary copy of this game for review, but that has in no way affected the content of this review. Game Description “Santa’s Wish: Ditch your typical cheesy Christmas card and impress your loved ones with our puzzle card! Your goal is to decipher Santa’s New Year’s wish hidden in a cheerful Christmas poem and…
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Sins of the Father
Review Game Description “What lengths would you go to in order to support and protect your family? Placed in a desperate situation, Rudolph Greenwood is given an opportunity to provide his family everything they could ever want – unbeknownst to him, it will come at a cost that will echo throughout the generations to follow. Decades later, Jonas Greenwood has…
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The FairyTale Files: The Curious Case of the Poisoned Apples
Review Game Description “Once upon a time, there was a murder. In fact, 3 murders – well, technically, the victims are not quite dead, but in a land that prided itself on happily ever-afters, it was quite disturbing. 3 princesses who were set to participate in the upcoming Fairest Of Them All competition ate poisoned apples and fell into a…
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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…
