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Holiday Hijinks #4: The Cupid Crisis

Compact escape-room puzzle has a group solve linked mysteries using eighteen cards and a companion app. Graduated hints and answer checks keep the romantic crisis moving without spoiling each puzzle.

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Players

1-4

Play time

30-60 min

Age

?+

Complexity

?/5

Rating

7.66

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

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Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.2/5

Low interaction

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?

You just made last minute reservation plans for a romantic dinner only to find out you're in for a more puzzling experience. The Cupid Crisis, title #4 in the Holiday Hijinks line, is an escape room style game in just 18 cards!

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You just made last minute reservation plans for a romantic dinner only to find out you're in for a more puzzling experience. The Cupid Crisis, title #4 in the Holiday Hijinks line, is an escape room style game in just 18 cards! As a group, you will solve a series of puzzles to unravel a mystery. When you have solved a puzzle, you will enter the answer into the companion web app (compatible with all smart phones and computers) and it will check whether you are correct. If you are, the app will tell you which card or cards to take next. The app also contains a graduated hint system, so if you get stuck you can get just a small hint about the current puzzle to get moving again without giving too much away. Puzzles may test your perception, wordplay, and lateral thinking. English language fluency is required. Knowledge of traditional American national symbols is helpful, but that information is also provided in the app if you need it. Most groups take about an hour to solve the game. You can write on the cards to help solve puzzles, but this is not required (or you could use penny sleeves) and the game is otherwise non-destructable. So while you can't play again yourself, you could give the used game to someone else to play.

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
30–60 min
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Credits

Designers

1
Jonathan Chaffer

Artists

2
Josh Cappel Jonathan Chaffer

Publishers

1
Grand Gamers Guild

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