ThinkFun Escape The Room Secret of Dr. Gravelys Retreat - an Escape Room Experience in a Box for Age 13 and Up.

My family loves escape rooms, we have done many. We decided to give a couple of the escape room games a go. They are play once and optionally pass it on. I figured for the price it was like going to see a movie, but something we could do together. The game play was very linear, you could really only work on 1 or 2 puzzles at a time. That said, my family liked this better than all scattering to work on different puzzles like the other one we played. We felt we had to work more together. The puzzles were challenging and fun but not real hard, probably intermediate level. The game recommend 2 hours for 4 people, but we finished in 1 hour. One thing we really liked in the game is the solution wheel, it basically lets you confirm your answer before you move on to next step. The game says it is for up to 8 people but more than 4 with the linear play of puzzles would be hard. Another big plus is the online material. It was cool that they had music play lists to set the mood. The hint guide was nice and easy to use. We used it once. I like that you can get partial hints. And they had a very nice online guide for repacking if you do want to pass the game on. We liked the game enough I bought the other two from this publisher. Would definitely recommend for up to 4 players.

c'est super comme jeu. les commentaires que j'ai lu disaient que c'était assez facile. Pour nous c'etait pas si simple. On a réussi à le faire mais pas en 90 mins. Il faut quand meme réflechir en groupe chacun donne ses idées. Je le recommande !

I was impressed with the quality of the game and the number of puzzles. A lot of entertainment is packed into one box. Good value for the money considering the per person price for real escape rooms. We played with 3 people and solved the game within the time frame with one online hint. The game can be re-assembled and re-used by someone else. A good re-gift!

We bought this game for our New Year's party with family - it was an absolute treat. The puzzles were intriguing and it was a lot of fun to play. It was really something that we all worked together on. There were some easy puzzles and then some quite tricky puzzles, tricky enough to make sure even the most astute sleuths are challenged. We managed to escape the room in just under an hour. We chose to play the extended game because we were having a lot of fun and managed to complete the extension in about 15 minutes. It's a shame that you can only play it once but I guess paying £1.75 per person to entertain 8 people for a couple of hours its pretty good value. We'll definitely try the other games in the series.

It was a fun and creative game. It's meant for 4 people at most, and it is pretty easy if you've done a few of these games. However, I do like the fact that it can be repackaged so that someone else can play the game.