Escape Hunt - "Stolen"

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Company: Escape Hunt UK

Game: Stolen

Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧

Language: English

Type of Game: DIY Escape Kits 🖨️✂

Genre: Adventure, Heist

Date Played: September 23, 2021

Difficulty (based on 1 player): 4/10

Size of Team: Unlimited (Recommend 2-6 Players) (Ages 8+)

Time: Unlimited

Price: £14.99

Take on the role as one of Scotland Yard’s finest detectives as you hunt down the suspects behind the world’s most audacious heist!

Five priceless treasures have been stolen across London and the five dastardly thieves have escaped the police’s clutches once more. But intelligence has it that they will strike again soon. Can you work your way through the evidence and reveal which thief stole which item and where they’ll strike next? Detectives, it’s up to you now!

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There's essentially 3 things you'll need to print: puzzle grid (need to be filled for deduction), cipher wheel and a note clue. Two of these items will also need to be cut as well.

"Stolen" is basically a giant logic puzzle. We were told that 5 items were stolen, and we need to determine who stole what time, in what location, on what date and at what time. Every clue in the pack will reveal one small piece of information (for example, a picture might show that this location is guarded until midnight, which means the theft had to have occurred after that. Many of such little bits of information will be everywhere and our job is to piece together everything and fill in the logic grid.

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There isn't anything much to say as this isn't really a traditional puzzle game. The whole game is a puzzle (logic grid) on its own. Most of the information is blatantly given to you, some you will need to infer a bit (like the example mentioned above, and some will be encoded with a simple cipher, and upon deciphering it, you will get the information you need.

Stolen is a very different game compared to Escape Hunt's other offerings. It is basically a game where you find information, combine them together and form your conclusion. It is just like a normal logic grid puzzle you find in puzzle books, just that, the difference is instead of the clues being given in sentences like (The painting was stolen before the diamond), every clue will be in picture form/cipher form. It felt like one big puzzle! Players who like logic grid puzzles can give this a try but it's definitely quite different from escape room type of puzzles.

Check out our interview with the creators to understand more on the development side of the game:

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Disclosure: We thank Escape Hunt for providing us with a sample of the game. Although complimentary experience was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever.

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