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Photo above is property of Scarlet Envelope Company: Scarlet Envelope Game: GAME XII. Scarlet Manuscript Country: Canada 🇨🇦 Language: English Type of Game: Tabletop Games 📬 Genre: Mystery Date Played: August 14, 2026 Difficulty (based on 3 players): 6/10 Size of Team: Unlimited (Recommend 1-6 ppl) Time: Unlimited (Suggested 1-2 Hours) Price: $35 CAD 🆃🅷🅴 🆂🆃🅾🆁🆈 This is it! After venturing across time and space and investigating Time Trap Island, what lies before you is the Scarlet Manuscript. It will take all your skills to unravel the mystery behind it and if you do, you will be rewarded with the legendary Athenaeum, a doorway to inter-dimensional travel and find your place among the stars. 🆃🅷🅴 ❞🅻🅾🅾🅺🆂❞ Opening the scarlet envelope, we find a small journal with the Scarlet Envelope logo on it, a fragile manuscript with medieval, gothic text on it, a photo with some QR codes on the back as well as an additional envelope with a cryptic SE XIII on it. Photos above are property of ESCAPETHEROOMers 🆃🅷🅴 🅶🅰🅼🅴 🅿🅻🅰🆈 One of the QR codes will kick things off with an intro video where we then dove into the game. The gameplay was all offline which was refreshing. Going through the clues in the journal, the game was laid out and sign posted fantastically. There was also some great world building in the journal. This was a great wrap up for the entire series. The intro video gave a nice recap to the overall events and had some noticeable throwbacks. To see the complete ending, you will need all the collected letters from their previous games to spell out the final phrase. They also included a QR code to a Spotify playlist with some great tracks to listen while puzzling. Photos above are property of ESCAPETHEROOMers 🆃🅷🅴 🅿🆄🆉🆉🅻🅴🆂 How many puzzles can you hide in a manuscript and short journal? Turns out a lot! Opening the envelope, we expected a heavy online component to this game with what looks like minimal content but as we played, everything was hidden in front of us. The only online component to the game was the intro and outro parts. There was a great variety of puzzles. We enjoyed struggling through the tough puzzles, relished in the simple wins and had a great time with the experience overall. The final puzzle though was the chef's kiss. The hint system was well tiered as they took you step by step without giving too much and allowing you your aha moment. Photos above are property of ESCAPETHEROOMers 🅲🅻🅾🆂🅸🅽🅶 🆃🅷🅾🆄🅶🅷🆃🆂 "Scarlet Manuscript" was the cherry on top of a amazing series of envelopes by Scarlet Envelope. This game had a lot of great puzzles and moments, specifically the final puzzle. We played with 3 puzzle enthusiasts and we all had a great time together. Though this game is only available if you buy the complete series together, this game is worth obtaining, especially having played any or all the other Scarlet Envelope games. Check out our interviews with the creators to understand more on the development side of their games: Video above is property of ESCAPETHEROOMers (If you do decide to try this game, give us a shoutout or tag us on social media so we know you heard it from "ESCAPETHEROOMers"!) Disclosure: We thank Scarlet Envelope for providing us with a sample of their game. Although a complimentary experience was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever. #MatthewLui #AtHomeGames #TabletopGames #SubscriptionGames #PuzzlesByMail #ScarletEnvelope #Canada #Mystery #BehindTheMasterMinds

Photo above is property of Fuzzy Logic Escape Room Company: Fuzzy Logic Escape Room Game: Fantasy Escape Country: USA 🇺🇸 Language: English Type of Game: Live Stream Puzzles 💻 Genre: Fantasy, Adventure Date Played: June 23, 2020 Difficulty (based on 2 players): 7/10 Size of Team: Up to 8 Players Time: 60 Minutes Price: $49.99 (up to 2 devices)/ $69.99 (unlimited) "Fantasy Escape" was previously a mobile escape game. It was recently converted by Fuzzy Logic Escape Room to a live stream escape puzzle game. We had the privilege to beta test it and below are some of our thoughts on the game. You'll have an avatar with you throughout the game just like a remote escape room. The only difference is that all the puzzles will be placed on a table and there's no actual set design. There is still a story line (Fuzzy Logic will be implementing some video component to it soon) and it is to help the villagers to open a relic treasure chest. Even though there was no set design, we were still able to feel the story line through the way the puzzles were created. I know it's hard to imagine that since they are stationed on a table, but you'll see during the game that it's quite an interesting setup. The puzzles were all Gen 1, (maybe except for one little surprise that we didn't even detect during the game) but they were a lot of fun. We are big fans of Fuzzy Logic's puzzles because they always manage to accomplish an important rule: it all make sense! Since there was not much searching that we had to do, the entire game was build on puzzles after puzzles. We got out with 4 minute and 9 seconds left on the clock with just the two of us. If you love puzzles and don't really care about the immersive aspect of an escape room (and have an odd fetish for opening lots of locks), then this is the room for you! Photos above are property of Fuzzy Logic Escape Room ** UPDATE - We regret to inform that "Fuzzy Logic Escape Room" has closed. Disclosure: We thank Fuzzy Logic Escape Room for comping our tickets for this game. Although a complimentary experience was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever. #CiciCao #AtHomeGames #DigitalEscapeRooms #FuzzyLogicEscapeRoom #Fun #adventure #usa

Photo above is property of Fuzzy Logic Escape Room Company: Fuzzy Logic Escape Room Game: Fantasy Escape Country: USA 🇺🇸 Language: English Type of Game: Live Stream Puzzles 💻 Genre: Fantasy, Adventure Date Played: February 9, 2021 Difficulty (based on 3 players): 3/10 Size of Team: Unlimited Time: 60 Minutes Price: $29.99/ Game (Up to 10 devices) 🆃🅷🅴 🆂🆃🅾🆁🆈 Sherlock has been framed and he needs your help to clear his name! Dr. Watson just send you all the information he's collected so far. Now it's up to you and your team to find the evidences... 🆃🅷🅴 🅶🅰🅼🅴 🅿🅻🅰🆈 Once you purchase the game, you'll receive a link to the Telescape platform. Once you login, the game will begin with a very detailed explanation of how to use this digital platform. This is the most organized automated Telescape game explanation and hint system we've seen so far, It actually gives you a video tutorial. The game also provided us with a lock list where we were able to keep track of what has been opened and what's still locked. The hint system is per puzzle so once you solve the puzzle, that hint will no longer be available. You're able to click go to the hint section and click on the specific hint you need for a particular puzzle. Don't be expecting the fancy set design of an actual escape room for this digital game as this is previous a portal game designed by Fuzzy Logic Escape Room. All your focus should be on puzzles. The entire game play is in front of a table and your goal is to open all the boxes. Photos above are property of Fuzzy Logic Escape Room 🆃🅷🅴 🅿🆄🆉🆉🅻🅴🆂 The game is mostly linear but there were a few occasions that your team can solve 2 or 3 puzzles at the same time. The puzzles were quite easy and some solutions were right in front of our eyes. Since all players can type in the solution box and the game is synced for all the players, make sure to update the other players before typing a solution. This way you'll proceed at the same time and everyone will be on the same page. We had an issue with one of the puzzles as it felt ambiguous but since the solution was very specific we had to use a hint for that one (Update 2/20/21: The owner has informed us that this puzzle will be corrected so you may not encounter this issue when you play the game in the future). 🅲🅻🅾🆂🅸🅽🅶 🆃🅷🅾🆄🅶🅷🆃🆂 If you are a beginner puzzler and don't really care about the fancy graphics but more just on the satisfaction of opening locks and solving puzzles, then you might want to start with this case and help Sherlock clear his name! Once you feel like you've leveled up as a detective, there are plenty of cases waiting for you to solve at Fuzzy Logic that's a bit more challenging! 𝔼𝕊ℂ𝔸ℙ𝔼𝕋ℍ𝔼ℝ𝕆𝕆𝕄𝕖𝕣𝕤❜ ℙ.𝕀.𝕤❜ 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 Donna T. The escape room started with a short video narration about the issue at hand - Sherlock has been framed and his dear friend, Dr. Watson, has to rescue him. We were taken to a room of evidence full of various bags, and other paraphernalia set on top of a table and so the puzzles began. This escape room uses telescape live. I liked that there was a menu bar that had links to the view of the room, the puzzles, the locks, and the timer. It was easy to navigate and I liked that the puzzles would have check marks next to them once a puzzle was completed. Items were also automatically removed once they were used and unnecessary. This telescape live-format escape room made it easy for players to view the puzzles on their own screens and try to crack them. It made for a very real escape room-like experience. It also gives the option for the teams to work together on parts of the puzzle as well with this format. There were many puzzles with references to the Sherlock Holmes world including letters, photos and maps which were done creatively. They ranged in difficulty, from the obvious to the ones were creative. One was slightly confusing. There was a great sense of accomplishment every time the unlock sound effect played. I would recommend the room overall and it was very family-friendly. ** UPDATE - We regret to inform that "Fuzzy Logic Escape Room" has closed. Disclosure: We thank Fuzzy Logic Escape Room for comping our tickets for this game. Although a complimentary experience was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever. #CiciCao #AtHomeGames #DigitalGames #FuzzyLogicEscapeRoom #Mystery #Detective #usa

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