Cold Case Crackers | Murder Mystery Game | Fairlake Bank Heist Case | Can You Crack The Case?

Recently graduated from college, I'd felt I'd exhausted the things to do in my apartment. I love board games but had never played a game like this. Once the game arrived, I invited the couple of friends I've been seeing over and we played with my roommate. A couple of them were skeptical, but once we pulled the case out of the envelope, everyone was invested. The materials and presentation are really high quality, so you're put in the zone right away. Naturally, everyone made themselves the expert on one type of evidence, and hypotheses and accusations began to fly immediately as to whom everyone thought the culprit was. It felt really gratifying to have everyone have to collaborate and share their knowledge to advance to the next level of the puzzle. It was difficult and involved enough to keep us engaged throughout, but not so much that we were pulling our hair out. Overall it made for a fun and memorable night together, something important in the quarantine age. Highly recommend.

We had so much fun playing this on game night! The storyline is well thought out with twists and an interesting plot. It took some critical thinking, but with a couple of minds working together, we figured it out. This case really engaged our inner sleuthing detective! It was so engaging, we couldn’t walk away till we had the mystery solved with the evidence lined up, which took ~2.5 hours. Would highly recommend

We really enjoy the cold case type of games. This was was good and had us really thinking. It took 2.5 hours for the 2 of us to do. One part of it was really hard and not sure how you could solve it without using technology to assist. I recommend it! I can’t wait to try the others.

I bought this case on a whim, as it was the one that would arrive by the time of my anniversary trip. My husband and I have thought about getting an at home crime solving game for some time, and figured an anniversary trip where covid kept us from doing much, this would be the perfect activity. And man was it!!! We spent the whole afternoon figuring out who done it. It took about 4 hours for two people. Well worth the money, and look forward to trying the other two!

I’ve played the other mystery game by this company and enjoyed it! It’s like a breakout room in my home and I appreciate that during these unprecedented times. Great packaging to keep you guessing, fun game and good way of taking your mind off all life has thrown at us in 2020. Looking forward to more.

We had a blast playing this game! The game was well made and fun to play. It took 4 of us roughly 3 hours to solve the bank heist. Would definitely buy another case to solve with family or friends!

I purchase the game and took a dinner gathering with friends. The mystery has the right amount of suspense that will keep you guessing until the very end. Together as a group we were able to crack the case before the end of the evening. If you are into mystery games, you will love this one!I highly recommend this case!

Bought this for myself for something to do on Christmas break. Never really did one of these before. I wanted to solve a mystery but I got 4 hoops to jump through rather than any deduction work. It honestly felt like it was made for children or teens. Just basic "can you follow instructions?" challenges that I felt lacked engagement. Which is a shame because I liked the provided material, but half of it was I guess a red herring so you felt like you had a real case on your hands. The hardest bit was a cypher where they tell you the shift# to un-cypher it. It was a long message, so I used my phone to take a picture and convert to text, replaced the letters that way. If I had done it the old-school way, yeah add 3 hours to my playtime I guess. I guess you can tell I don't particularly like cyphers (I blame my ADHD). The problem, I think, is the mechanic of having to verify your answers to move on to the next phase. This made it more puzzle-like and simple. Very much a "which shape fits into this hole?" type of challenge. No ambiguity. No cleverness. If you are literate you can solve it. They obviously put a lot of thought into it, because the materials are great and I find their "tip line" charming because it's all in-world acting. It's worth it to hear their recordings even if you don't need their tips. I just don't feel like I deduced anything. I was told at every step what to do and I did it.