Thames & Kosmos - EXIT: The Forbidden Castle - Level: 4/5 - Unique Escape Room Game - 1-4 Players - Puzzle Solving Strategy Board Games for Adults & Kids, Ages 12+ - 692872

So much fun. Love the imagination that goes into making these.

Excellent game

This was our first time playing these type of games, and so the concept was quite new to me and my friends. It took us quite some time just to understand how it was supposed to work, as the instructions weren't clear enough; that in itself was a puzzle! But once we got the hang of it, we had a great time! It kept us entertained for 2 hours. Some puzzles unraveled as the game went on which is great because sometimes it would throw you off, keeping you trying to solve other puzzles for longer!! The final puzzle was the toughest!The only downside is the main booklet. Sharing a tiny booklet between 5 isn't actually great - if there were 2 copies of the booklet, to share around, it would've been better! Especially since some of the puzzles are in the book, you have to wait til friends are done looking at it to look at it yourself. The tiny size requires you to have good eyesight too, it should've been printed bigger as I think some people will struggle with it.

This game was difficult! I've done a number of escape rooms, both virtually and in person, and this one was one of the most difficult ones I've done. Granted, I'd had about 2/3rds of a bottle of prosecco at the time, but I had to use almost all of the clues. It also took me 3 hours to complete. My husband gave up after 45 minutes. Determined as always, I persevered and made it to the end. It was good fun though, and definitely worth purchasing. Probably better with more people though! I don't think I'll be joining MI5 anytime soon.

Just started playing these Exit games at Christmas. Can’t recommend them highly enough. This was our second and we have since bought another. What a fantastic way to spend the evenings. It’s been great to all get round the table together and get stuck in to the puzzles rather than flop on the sofa in front of the TV. We seem to take much longer than they suggest you can do them in. We tend to do them over a few nights. Obviously we don’t quite have the same level of problem solving skills as others, but we don’t mind at all. Even better value for money!

We've now done 5 of these (Castle, island, catacombs, lab & finally this one) so are fully in the swing of how these work. Playing with our 3 kids (11, 13, 19) on a Sunday afternoon with snacks has become a really nice routine.This was our favourite so far, everything seemed to fall into place & it takes a slightly different angle with the solution compared to the others (I agree with a prev reviewer to put Card P aside at the start). It also had the nicest background sounds on the companion app.Are they easy? Not particularly though they do work in a certain way so each subsequent game gets easier to work through though they are never easy in themselves.I'd recommend starting on the 1 or 2 'circle' difficulty (as shown at the bottom of the box as pictured) so you can get to grips with how the creators think. We started on a 4 & it was a little frustrating at times esp working as a group of five.All in all these are, frankly, bloody brilliant & I'll be disappointed when we've worked our way through them all - which we will.

Bought for my husband for xmas.Difficult but gave us many hours of entertainment.Would definitely buy more!

My partner and I have played loads of these and are generally really good fun. HOWEVER, bitterly disappointed that (if you are to follow the instructions to the letter) you are given just one chance to solve the mystery, before then being spilled the answer, without any prior warning. Pretty disappointing way to end a two hour activity, so I would not recommend this one to others.