PostCurious + TED-Ed - "Pandora's Legacy"

Krista Jones
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PostCurious + TED-Ed - "Pandora's Legacy"

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Company: PostCurious + TED-Ed

Game: Pandora's Legacy

Country: USA 🇺🇸

Language: English

Type of Game: Tabletop Games 📬

Genre: Greek Mythology

Date Played: December 31, 2025

Difficulty (based on 2 players): 6.5/10

Size of Team: Unlimited (Recommend 2-4 ppl)

Time: 12+hrs (~5+ hours of this is jigsaw puzzle assembly)

Price: $79.00

NOTE: Other info: Also available as a bundle with two additional 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles.

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You never meant to unleash all this chaos when you opened the box… but here we are. Now, as Pandora herself, you’re determined to set things right…if only you can persuade a few famously temperamental Greek gods to help you clean up the mess.

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The jigsaw puzzle is very visually dense, like an upscale, Greek mythology-themed Where’s Waldo. The artwork is beautifully illustrated, packed with intricate detail, and a joy to linger over. Which is good, because you’ll be staring at it a lot! The physical components are primarily made of thick cardboard and paper, with a few plastic pieces and a fun little “piece picker.” We do recommend using the tool; when I tried using my nails, I occasionally peeled up or roughed a corner of a piece. Most components held up well overall, though.

The box itself is luxurious, with gorgeous artwork (as PostCurious tends to have) and gold embossing. It’s so inviting and tempting that we couldn’t wait to open it up, much like Pandora and her box. (Our cat, Pandora, was also a big fan and very curious about it...) Inside, you’ll find a trove of smaller boxes and envelopes, each labeled with a Greek letter, that you’ll be instructed to open at various stages along the journey. There’s also tracing paper included to help solve certain puzzles without damaging materials, plus reset instructions for future playthroughs.

You’ll need a good size table. The jigsaw alone is 40" x 20", and you’ll also want room for the box, various other elements as you are using them, paper, and writing tools.

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Pandora’s Legacy blends traditional jigsaw puzzling with escape-room-style gameplay in a way that feels genuinely new. You’ll start with several hours of straight jigsaw puzzling. We forgot to time it, but we’d estimate we took around four to five hours. (However, even though you’re given a poster, we always jigsaw without referencing the image. Using that would likely speed things up considerably.)

You’ll also need to create an account and use the TED Games digital platform (internet required). This interface guides you through the experience, validates answers, provides hints, and tracks and saves your progress. The latter will likely be essential, as this would be a mammoth game to attempt to do in one day! As you progress, you’ll be prompted to open new physical components and access new digital information, often weaving those elements together with the jigsaw itself in clever ways.

As with other PostCurious titles, the game is fully resettable, which we deeply appreciate. This game is far too gorgeous and engaging to discard after a single-use.

We had two main (and minor) critiques. First, the jigsaw pieces fell apart more easily than most puzzles we’ve done, which made moving assembled sections tricky. (Though this undoubtedly did make it easier to remove specific pieces we needed to investigate or use throughout the game.) Secondly, there was one specific constructed element where some parts were hard to assemble while others fell apart too easily. We spent a frustratingly long and unenjoyable time wrestling with it as a duo, only to solve the actual puzzle in under a minute. Thus, the payoff didn’t quite match the effort, even though the concept itself was excellent.

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This is not a beginner game. Many of the puzzles are genuinely challenging, but deeply satisfying once solved. Observation plays a major role, but you’ll also encounter logic, spatial reasoning, and word puzzles throughout. Several puzzles require outside knowledge, but the game clearly signals when that’s the case, which we appreciated.

Some of the most delightful moments came from the innovative and novel ways in which the jigsaw pieces themselves were used. These creative twists led to some truly lovely “a-ha” moments that undoubtedly would have pleased Athena herself. A fully tiered hint system is available if you need it.

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We’ve played several games that combine jigsaws with escape-room mechanics (such as EXIT and Ravensburger), but Pandora’s Legacy elevates the concept to an entirely different level in terms of both depth and challenge. With 12+ hours of gameplay, it’s truly epic. Homer would approve.

We loved the inventive use of the jigsaw, the seamless interweaving of digital and physical elements, the clever wordplay, and the surprisingly tender emotional note it ends on. Add in the stunning artwork we’ve come to expect from PostCurious, and this feels like a mythic undertaking in the best sense of the word. Deeply rewarding, occasionally humbling, and absolutely memorable…we’ll be first in line if the gods see fit to grant us a sequel!