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2020 Ranked #11,700

Die Verlassene Bibliothek

Cooperative escape card game has trapped players solve library puzzles and unlock combination locks to escape. Progress depends on sharing clues closely, since every code must be discovered from the cards.

Card Game Cooperative Game Theme: Books / Libraries

Players

1-4

Play time

60-75 min

Age

12+

Complexity

1.89/5

Rating

6.13

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Die verlassene Bibliothek ("The lost library") is an escape game which consists of only cards. The door of the library is locked shut and the players are stuck.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Cooperative Game

Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
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Die verlassene Bibliothek ("The lost library") is an escape game which consists of only cards. The door of the library is locked shut and the players are stuck. They will find various combination locks throughout the room. They need to complete the puzzles to obtain the codes for these locks. The players can only escape from the lost library if they collaborate closely and really put their heads together to puzzle over the clues. —description from the publisher

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Category

1
Card Game

Mechanism

1
Cooperative Game

Family

1
Theme: Books / Libraries

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
1–2
Play time
60–75 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.9/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Leo Colovini

Artists

2
Kreativbunker Folko Streese

Publishers

1
moses. Verlag GmbH

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