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2017 Ranked #1,461

Unlock!: Escape Adventures – The Formula

Cooperative escape-room card adventure where players search scenes, combine objects, and solve riddles around a mysterious formula. A companion app provides clues and code checks, making every discovery part of a race against time.

Thematic Games Card Game Puzzle Elapsed Real Time Ending Storytelling

Players

1-6

Play time

45-75 min

Age

10+

Complexity

2.32/5

Rating

7.00

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

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 does it play?

Unlock! is a cooperative card game inspired by escape rooms that uses a simple system which allows you to search scenes, combine objects, and solve riddles.

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Unlock! is a cooperative card game inspired by escape rooms that uses a simple system which allows you to search scenes, combine objects, and solve riddles. Play Unlock! to embark on great adventures, while seated at a table using only cards and a companion app that can provide clues, check codes, monitor time remaining, etc. In the adventure Unlock! The Formula, The Department has lost contact with one of their chemists, Dr. Hoffman. Your mission is to retrieve the truth serum he had been developing. Deep in the New York subway tunnels, you must seek out his laboratory, locate the doctor, and recover the formula before time runs out. The clock is ticking...can you escape? An included ten-card tutorial allows you to learn how to play without reading the game rules. Note: Unlock! requires a free application to be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play. Once downloaded, an internet connection is not required during game play.

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Play and group

Players
1–6
Best with
1–4
Play time
45–75 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.3/5
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Designers

1
Cyril Demaegd

Artists

1
Pierre Santamaria

Publishers

1
Space Cowboys

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