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I will preface this review by saying I am comparing it to the other escape room board games I have played and explaining the flow/working of this game. This review does NOT contain spoilers of any kind! Comparison: After having played the Spin Master "Escape the Room" games (with the chrono decoder) I have been looking for more escape room board games. I then played the Thinkfun escape room games ("Escape from Stargazers Manor" and "Secret of Dr. Gravely's Retreat"). From playing those 2 series of games I was a little weary of a card based escape room game but this worked really well! My play group found the Thinkfun games a little too easy (finishing between 30 and 40 minutes) but this game seemed to provide the right challenge. This game seems to be more riddle based like the Spin Master games as opposed to story based like the Thinkfun games. I like both formats but I prefer the riddles/puzzles. Whats in the box: So the game comes with a rule book (top left), a game book (top middle), riddle cards (middle left), answer cards (bottom left), hint cards (bottom right), "suspicious objects" (middle), and an answer wheel (middle right and solo picture). Gameplay: There is a little story in the rules that summarizes how you got trapped and then it tells you to start a timer (i used my phone). Once you start the timer all you are given is the game book. In the game book there are various riddles that make no sense yet and a few pictures of the room. You will see a picture of a riddle card and you pull it out of the deck. You solve the riddle which can involve counting certain things in the room or finding something, or a word search (very similar to the puzzles/riddles in the other escape room board game s I have played). You then enter the answer you get into the answer wheel it will give you a number and you pull out the corresponding answer card. The answer card will give you a message saying it is wrong or a card that tells you the next riddle cards you find. There are a total of 10 riddles but like 25 riddle cards (some riddles take multiple cards and parts to solve and you will use more and more of the game book along the way). This process repeats until you solve the last riddle and get an answer card that says you escaped. There are 30 hint cards (3 per puzzle) which you can use anytime you want and they are all marked with the shapes associated with the puzzles. Besides the original story from the rule book the only other story part is when you finish the game the last answer card give a little epilogue. Overall a great experience and I just ordered the other 2 games because this was so enjoyable. Update: Played the other 2 and they work the same way, and they are just as fun.