Short Update – It’s Gone!
Last week I shared some thoughts based on discovering that a murder mystery game I left at a Little Free Library remained unused. I need to update the takeaways on that, because this week, it was gone!
Home Versions
Low Interest, or Wrong Place?
I’ve mentioned a few times about my experiment of dropping off puzzle games at various locations and seeing if I can get a few responses from people who pick them up. Early signs are in… and they’re weak!
Sherlock Holmes Escape Book – Two More!!!
In one of my previous posts, I mentioned how the Sherlock Holmes escape book might be my favorite at-home escape room option. I read through the first book and very quickly picked up The Adventure of the British Museum. Then a long time passed. I don’t recall the exact manner in which I found out, but I discovered not one, but TWO new books in the series that were released without my knowledge!
Montague Island Mysteries
I have an unusual report today- a neat thrift store find that has enriched many late evenings over the course of my last few weeks- Montague Island Mysteries. It practically jumped off the shelf at me at St. Vincent De Paul, and it’s been a remarkably pleasant blind purchase.
Escape Room Advent Calendar – GamesHub
Five Below occasionally gets discounted escape room games. I’ve previously found scenarios for the Spinmasters games there, and more recently I found an Escape Room Advent Calendar (by Games Hub). For $5, how can you go wrong? Unfortunately, even at the price I can’t recommend this one, especially with how many other options there are.
Tall Tales Investigations – The Case of Percy De Vere
I’m blown away. I played The Case of Percy De Vere, one of the at home murder mystery games from Tall Tales Mysteries, and without hyperbole I can say it’s the best at home murder mystery game I’ve played, beating out strong competition from companies like Hunt a Killer and Unsolved Case Files.
Box One – What Is It?
Out of all the escape room / puzzle home games, I’ve seen the most hype around Box One. Produced by Neil Patrick Harris, the actor famous for Doogie Howser, How I Met Your Mother, and Doctor Horrible, the game graces the shelves of Target- a rare feat for a niche puzzle game that doesn’t advertise what exactly it is. So does the game live up to the hype?
Arlington Heights, IL: “What Riddle Is That?” Jigsaw Puzzle
If you look up “summer” in the dictionary, you might find the following definition: “A two to three month window, typically between June and August, in which academic hiatuses and clement weather lead to a spike in demand for travel*.” If one were to follow the asterisk at the end of the sentence to the footnotes, he/she would find the following addendum: “An increase in demand while holding supply fixed will typically increase the equilibrium price.” What does it all mean? In short, that traveling during the summer months is really freaking expensive!