Witchery Spell

Having played numerous tabletop escape rooms, I came into Witchery Spell by Darkpark with high expectations, especially given Darkpark’s reputation for quality. The game certainly delivered on immersive theming and high-quality props, which helped create a strong atmosphere right from the start. However, in terms of puzzle design, Witchery Spell fell short. While I enjoyed two specific reveals, which provided exciting moments of discovery, the majority of puzzles were repetitive, often just asking players to follow instructions and identify specific words on the many sheets of paper provided. This instruction-following format left me feeling more like I was going through a workbook than solving engaging puzzles. Witchery Spell was ultimately disappointing. Compared to DarkPark’s Never House, which my friends and I thoroughly enjoyed for its storytelling and props, Witchery Spell was a weaker entry in their lineup.

Between ‘Never House’ and ‘Witchery Spell’, DarkPark have designed immersive at-home escape room experiences. ‘Witchery Spell’ takes the top position as our favourite tabletop escape room, with ‘Never House’ coming in close behind. ‘Witchery Spell’ features unique props and digital tech that blurs the line between the real world and the game’s experience. It’s a delight. If you can get your hands on a copy, don’t hesitate. Play it!

One of the best at home boxes I’ve ever done! Amazing!

This is still one of our favorite play-at-home mystery boxes of all time (and we play as many as we can get our hands on). Nice props, good puzzles, and an interesting story. Highly recommended.

Witchery Spell is one of those games. You know the ones I mean… Everybody is talking about them. If the at-home escape room industry had a ‘game of the year’ award, Witchery Spell would probably be up for nomination in every category there is. Which is why I’m surprised to be writing that I don’t know if it quite lived up to the hype. But don’t get me wrong – it was still a brilliant game. But that’s the problem with hype, isn’t it? So all hype aside, we’re going to discuss the game’s merits with one cautionary note: Don’t me like me and place Witchery Spell on a (literal) pedestal in your office and wait over a year to play it because you were too worried about ‘wasting it’ on a regular board game night. Just play it now! You won’t regret it. Solve the Puzzles, Save the Witches Dark Park have created a really well rounded boxed game that is equal parts surprising and delightful in Witchery Spell. At it’s core, Witchery Spell is a story about a group of witches being hunted by a modern day witchfinder organisation. One of their party had recently turned 23, which is the age their original protection spell wore off. Before they’re all found and killed, they turn to you for help. You see- there’s another protection ritual that they desperately need in order to evade detection, but apparently witches can’t actually perform this type of magic themselves. How inconvenient! What follows is a non-linear style game to figure out a number of things: What happened to the missing witch? And, How we could perform the ritual ourselves? To help you out, you’ve got a big cardboard box full of stuff, and the internet. This is a partial review - full review is available on The Escape Roomer https://theescaperoomer.com/witchery-spell-review/