Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
In a mansion at the edge of town, a security alarm is blaring. As the rookie police officer, you've been assigned to investigate.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Deduction
Combine clues and exclusions to identify hidden information.
Cooperative Game
Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
Timed Ending
End the game when a specific timing or state condition is reached.
Solo / Solitaire Game
Provide rules and objectives designed for a single player.
Read the full game description
In a mansion at the edge of town, a security alarm is blaring. As the rookie police officer, you've been assigned to investigate. Inside the mansion, you discover the body of a murdered woman and another shocking fact: the front door—and all other doors—cannot be opened from the inside. You are locked inside this obscure mansion with a corpse and no door handles... Your only way out is to escape. In this Escape Room-meets-jigsaw puzzle board game, you must solve the riddles in order to earn new puzzle pieces and unlock new rooms. It's your only way to exit the game and survive. In this Escape Room-meets-jigsaw puzzle board game, you must solve the riddles in order to earn new puzzle pieces and unlock new rooms. It's your only way to exit the game and survive. Thanks to the packaging's clever advent calendar design, you solve one large puzzle—the mansion—by completing 5 separate puzzles (the rooms). Read the story and solve the riddles in order to earn your puzzle pieces—and your eventual escape! Play with or without time pressure. Feel like being put to the ultimate test? Set a time limit for your escape. If you prefer to pace yourself, forgo the clock and take your time to discuss the mystery and solve the puzzle. Housed in an advent calendar-like design, the box includes all components for game play: riddles, puzzle pieces (1 large house which is made up of 5 smaller puzzles) & a puzzle-style decoder to check your answers.