The Emerald FlamePostCuriousEscape roomTabletopNo spoilers: Wow. I’m new to boxes puzzle games like this and I am hooked - this blew me away. I completed it with my family (3 teenagers) over the course of 3 days. Each section took us 2, 2, 3 hours, so 7 hours total. With 5 of us playing around a table, it was a little clunky at times but we’d swap puzzles when one (or a pair working together) got stuck. If I was doing it by myself, it would have taken much longer. We had so many “oooh wow!” moments and excitement when we’d finally get unstuck on some challenging parts. Usually it only took another family member noticing something that we missed to propel us forward. The physical elements of the game were amazing - and uncovering how each worked in the story so satisfying. I am sad it’s over and I can’t wait to play more of the Post Curious games. I’ve already ordered the rest!
Grand Elven AdventureThe Escape Room USAEscape roomIRLWe did this as a family/group of 5. The setting and ambiance of this room was wonderful. Like others mentioned, we were throw off by several of the drawers being open from the start. Made us wonder if they weren’t working or set up right… So that felt a little odd. The different areas and interesting set pieces to move from room to room were really cool! The potion room was my favorite. A couple of the mechanics were finicky, and one we couldn’t get to work at all and needed the game-master to open it. I wasn’t a big fan of the coin collecting mission, as opposed to escaping - it made the ending feel less rewarding, I thought. It was a longer room, but the time flew by because there was so much to do.
Attic AdventureHigh Rock AdventuresEscape roomIRLOur family of 5 (kids are teenagers) really enjoyed this. Fun local theme and interesting puzzles. Not too difficult, just right.
Funky LaboratoryEscapism PortlandEscape roomIRLWe really enjoyed some of the unique elements to this room, that we’d not seen done before. We were slow getting started as there were so many elements to explore in the room, but once we got going it was a lot of fun. We had 3 players and used 3 hints.
