Escape Room The Game, Version 2 - with 4 Thrilling Escape Rooms | Solve The Mystery Board Game for Adults and Teens

This is a fun game. If really requires a lot of thought though.

Fun game!

Spoiler free! -- So I had read a LOT of the reviews about the problems with the decoder, but I decided to go for it because most of the more recent reviews seemed like they didn't have this problem. We did have some issues out of the box, but now I know the way to avoid them so you can enjoy things more than we did. That solution is below. Otherwise, I will say that these are very fun, but quite HARD. I have done many EXIT games and real escape rooms and we had to use almost all the clues. It might be because my mother and I were both under the weather and not sleeping well, but there were a few times I was left wondering 'how was I supposed to make that leap of logic'? However, I will say that the clues were largely great and got us back on track. Only once or twice did I go to the walkthrough to figure out the logic of what were were supposed to be doing. Our set had the mirror packaged in one of the other bags that wasn't immediately obvious for the intro Basement game, so look in the other bags for it. In one game it told us we needed the string when we didn't and that REALLY threw us off wasting time on it because we thought we were missing something obvious. Overall I did greatly enjoy the addition of the keys and the decoder box. Ours had some issues that we have since solved and despite it we were able to use the clues and the walkthroughs on the website to keep things moving. ** Buggy Decoder Solution ** -- Sometimes when we put codes in it would give the error beep and dock us time. After this happening a few times and us losing, we would check against the walkthrough and I realized that we were *right* on some of them, and it was the decoder that was wrong. This was extremely frustrating. I wanted to pass the game on to friends to share and also get the expansion packs, but I needed to know the problems wouldn't persist. I opened up the box to check for loose wiring and everything looked tight and secure. Then I noticed the actual mechanics of the key cards. Each key has three circuits when you press the key in, based on the shape of that key. So basically you push it in and three little metal tabs either get pushed up or left down based on the key. So if it is the key with only one prong in the middle, only the middle tab is pushed up (which breaks the circuit and tells the chip what was done yadda yadda). The C/D parallelogram key specifically will sometimes *incorrectly* break all three circuits if pushed in slightly crooked. This will cause it to think it is wrong and buzz you. If you push the key in very straight down this seems to avoid that problem most of the time. I was able to recreate this 'glitch' repeatedly when testing it.

Works

Bought this to play for a birthday breakfast. Everyone had a good time. It is a cooperative game so you are all working together. We played Virus and finished with 10 seconds. We had 4 people that played. I think it would be good with 2 or 3 people also. It wasn't especially hard, the time limit of an hour is what makes the difficulty. There are hints you can use if needed. It might be more easy for people who are used to playing puzzles.

For disclosure purposes, we have only completed the practice/training game and one of the full games (Prison Break). These were supposed to be on the easier side but found ourselves behind the timer especially towards the end. We outpaced the early "hints" (they are doled out at regular intervals) but by the time the end came it took a long time to solve even with the final hint (which usually had the answer). If you like physical escape rooms, this might not be your cup of tea since everything here is mental/visual. The biggest drawback was the inability to easily share items and some of the writing/visual clues were so small / faint / hard to read. E.g., the "room" is on a piece of paper but with a group of 4 someone is going to be looking at it upside down or odd angle. There were some marks on the wall for one of them that were clues but so faint it was nearly impossible to count correctly. Also, the decoders (which are on the side of the timer) are also hard to read and you have to pass the whole thing around for people to use ... next time we are going to make handouts with the decoders on them. Some of the items (e.g., puzzles) can be downloaded from the site which we didn't figure out until later, but I don't think everything can. So photocopying the rooms might make sense if you have 3-4 people. You can also download the "walkthroughs" (i.e., all the answers) for your post mortem from the site.

I was worried since people said they key reader doesn't work but it did work. We've done 2/4 and so far you don't really need to destroy stuff go solve it. They also provide a website to reprint stuff but I haven't used it. So nice to be able to do this as a family without paying $50+ a person for a real room and you can even pass it on to another family after

Looks like a great game I wasn’t able to play because the directions were too long for me

If you like escape rooms, but need to stay home, this is a great alternative. It has multiple different levels and escape opportunities. My husband and I bought this for a date night activity while our kids sleep. We have played two of the four games. The first one was pretty easy, the second one stumped us. If you give enough time in between you can play the rooms again. It is a great value and very entertaining.

Packaging was all open and box was flattered , so received it and it was destroyed

It is damaged

Todos los acertijos son muy buenos, no tiene mucha rejugabilidad pero lo vale

Mon amoureux adore les Escape Room et moi qui est claustrophobe .... un peu moins ;) J'ai acheté le jeu pour lui pour les fêtes et tous les deux nous avons adorer. Les intrigues ne sont pas trop faciles ni trop dures. Le plus agréable c'est le contenu de chaque enveloppe. On interagîmes avec plusieurs papier, avec les décodeurs sur la machine et etc et donc cela devient assez intéressant. Ce n'est donc pas seulement un espèce de cherche et trouve sur une carte. Je conseille à ceux qui l'achèterons d'installer l'application mobile qui joue de la musique pendant le 60 minutes. Cela permet vraiment encore plus de rentrer dans l'ambiance du jeux.