Identity Games [www.identity games.com] Escape Room The Game, Family Edition - with 3 Exciting Jungle Escape Rooms | Solve The Mystery Board Game for Family, Kids & Teens (English Version)

Nice Escape Room game

We had never done an escape room so this gave us a chance to get the feel for it at home. We have done the first one, which is good for beginners, and had a great time. This set has three games and we are looking forward to doing the next one when the family gets together again.

I was hesitant to purchase the "Family Editions" of the Escape Room The Game series, thinking they might be too dumbed down compared to their regular titles; but after being assured that even PhD recipients were challenged (see my question in the Q&A section of the product page), I decided to go for it. My wife and I just finished the Time Travel edition, and we had a pretty good time doing it. Here is a game-by-game evaluation.House Arrest (Introductory Game)Hmmm... this Time Travel set is supposed to be a "family" edition, yet the story line behind House Arrest is that a kid, who was grounded for misbehaving, is sneaking out of the house behind his parents' back to attend a party. Yeah, that's real family oriented. Someone didn't think this through very well. [Well, more than just some'one': designers, editors, test players, etc.] It sets a bad tone for the game set right off the bat.As for the game itself, I did not think this was anywhere close to being as good an introductory game as The Basement, which is available in some of the standard base sets. In fact, I'd even say it was less coherent than The Basement, even though the target audience is ages 10+ versus 16+. This introductory game does more to turn people away than excite them for the next adventure. 2 stars.The Present (Level 2)This was a decent game. None of the puzzles were "out there", though a couple components of them might be on shakey ground. The worst thing I can say about this game is that we discovered the Chrono-Decoder is not infallible. We entered an incorrect code in Part 2 (discovered after-the-fact), and it gave us credit for it. Oh well, at least we progressed to the next section. :-) In general, this was an entertaining and for the most part logical game, but at the same time it was kind of an uninspiring game also. 3 stars.The Past (Level 3)We were all set to play the next installment in the set (The Past), but when we opened the envelope and cross checked the listed contents to the actual contents, we discovered we were missing Part 3 of the game. Time to come up with a Plan B for the night (we ended up playing The Magician expansion pack instead). A quick email exchange with Kroeger Toys, and the missing envelope was on its way. So right off the bat, I have to give a shout out to Kroeger customer service, and Anna in particular. I also have to give kudos to Escape Room The Game in general; i.e. I've always appreciated that they list the contents of each envelope, and this latest hiccup reinforces that appreciation. Heck, sometimes it's just good to know how they refer to a certain item (like for instance, maybe calling something a "torch" (British) versus a "flashlight" (American)).Okay, with all the materials now in hand, we sat down anew to play The Past. It was worth the wait! Especially since Part 3 was (arguably) the best part of the game. For a Level 3 game, The Past was on the easier side. That doesn't mean it wasn't challenging, but I think maybe the rating was skewed toward the "Family" Edition concept, where younger participants are expected to make contributions. Regardless, my wife and I had fun with The Past. 4 stars.The Future (Level 3.5):Two things prevented The Future from being a fantastic game. First, the group was split into two again. Escape Room The Game does this way too often. The second detriment, and the bigger of the two, was that one of the puzzles couldn't be solved. It was an optical puzzle, and either our playing material was defective, or my wife's and my eyes are incapable of perceiving what we were supposed to see. This is the second time we've run into an unsolvable optical puzzle when playing Escape Room The Game titles. If you take away those two issues, though, this was a really fun game, and the best of the three in spite of the drawbacks. Again, I think the difficulty level was a bit overrated, but it was still challenging regardless. 4 stars.When we finished playing The Future, my wife asked, "Was this [set of games] newer or older compared to the rest?" I replied, "It's one of their most recent releases." She said, "You can tell. The games are a lot more polished."

My family loves escape rooms and trying to figure out puzzles and clues. So when I saw that something like this was available in a game board version, I had to try it out. Super fun! Totally different than your normal roll the dice and move kind of game board. Each had 4 clues to solve, which u can all work on each puzzle individually, or together as a team. Good quality products! Could maybe make the puzzles a little bit bigger so everyone could see at once, instead of having to pass it around. But otherwise, a wonderful experience!

Good times and good value for the money

Or did this as a Christmas gift. Now not able to return. We have seven adults trying to play this and cannot figure out how to play this game with our 12-year-old grandson. Now would like to return and exchange for something else.

We could not get past part 2 of candy factory because the game we received clearly had errors. There was a piece of candy without a number (that should have had a number- yes we flipped it over to verify). There was also supposed to be an object that could only be viewed through the red filter and we can’t see that object. Neither can anyone else we’ve shown the item to. Finally, all the scented stickers smell exactly the same to us. When we used the code to proceed to part 3, we couldn’t complete that due to weird wording (under in?), colors not matching up and again not being able to tell the scents apart.We did enjoy it, but it’s frustrating not to be able to complete even with the walkthrough due to what we received not matching what is on the walk through.Hoping the superhero one is better.

Really enjoyed this game. For an at home version of an escape room, this game engaged all my family members while keeping the puzzles challenging and fun. We played as a family of 5, age 22-30, and thought it was just the right level of difficulty. All games took 40-60 mins.