Creative puzzles, decent mystery, deluxe components


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Location: Home

Date Played: Mar 2024

Team size: 5; recommended 1 - 4 players

Duration: 1.5 - 2hrs

Price: ~€71,39 on their website

Premise

Amsterdam, 1979. 19-year-old Abigail Vandermist is an amateur detective, hoping to follow in the footsteps of her dad. When her investigation leads her to the tiny village Listenburg, she and her sister Helena have a bitter fight before she goes. Even so, she leaves a trail of clues for Helena to follow when she suddenly disappears.

What did she uncover? Who found her out? And what does any of this have to do with the work of her enigmatic father?

Components

The components, while light, are packed full with content and mysteries to discover. Everything feels authentic and well made with a human touch to them.

Gameplay


Upon opening the box, you're given access to every item available in the game. Despite this, the game is fairly linear where you'll have to solve each puzzle step by step, being given subtle clues to figure out where the next puzzle lies.

There's a simple hint system accompanied with the game and the solution is given after 5-6 hints per puzzle. While it's not very layered, it does its job and our group rarely required it due to how well-designed the puzzles were.

Puzzles/Thoughts

➕Deluxe components. Authentic and genuine, it's difficult to get better than this.

➕ Interesting story. The story overlaps with the puzzles exquisitely, making it rather engaging and immersive.

➕ Out of the box puzzles. While the puzzles were pretty difficult, they were really creative and figuring out the solutions felt SUPER satisfying. I can't stress enough that the puzzles were really really good.

✖️ Some busywork. There were times where we had to decode a message, spending a good 5-15 mins on it. A good way to circumvent this is to view the solutions once you've figured out the approach.

Verdict

If you're an enthusiastic puzzler, this is a must try game. The puzzles are very different and unlike the norm so expect to take a good chunk of time figuring out each puzzle. The game definitely leans towards the difficult side so I would recommend playing with it more players if you're a beginner or bring along a more experience puzzler.

Rating: 5/5

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