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Cryptid game materials spread on a wooden floor: newspaper clippings about strange weather and a missing camper, hand-drawn maps, a sealed envelope addressed My Dear Adventurer, handwritten letters, transparent overlay sheets and coloured cipher cards

Games like The Mysterious Package Company: 3 alternatives

Choose your next physical puzzle game by the part you enjoyed most: unusual objects, a murder case, or a story told through coded documents.

Down The Rabbit Hole game materials on a wooden table: Wonderland illustrations, handwritten letters, a green cipher wheel and a printed Tea Party page

Thanksgiving games for adults and family gatherings

Pick a Thanksgiving activity that fits the people and time you have, from quick team games to a puzzle box you can pause for dessert.

Blackbrim: 1876 game components spread on a wooden table: a town map, handwritten letters, a wax-sealed envelope, photographs and wooden cipher wheels

5 Halloween games for adults, with setup tips

Five ways to plan Halloween games around your guests, with quick party activities and longer puzzle games for a small group.

The three Blackbrim Trilogy boxes stacked together: Blackbrim 1876, Reager's Return and Origins and Ends

Black Friday board game deals: how to compare offers

Find our current offers, compare a bundle with the games bought separately, and choose a gift that fits the person and the date you need it.

Illustration of a living room set up as an at-home escape room: string lights and hanging bulbs, a sofa and coffee table, a padlocked wooden crate, and puzzle pieces, keys and number clues scattered across the floor

How to set up an escape room in your living room

Set up a living room escape game with a clear goal, simple props, and enough clues to keep everyone involved. Choose a boxed game or build your own.

The Down The Rabbit Hole box and its materials, the most approachable game for someone new to puzzle solving

New to solving puzzles? Try these beginner examples

Try beginner puzzles with hints you can reveal one at a time, then check your answer. Start with a colorful shopping list and work up from there.

An at-home escape room game laid out on a wooden table: a town map, handwritten letters, a wax-sealed envelope, photographs and wooden cipher wheels

8 reasons to try an at-home escape room game

An at-home escape room game gives you a story and a set of clues to work through at your own table. You might decode a letter, spot a pattern on a map, or find that two apparently unrelated documen...

The Variety Pack: the Synapse, The Fifth Column and Cryptid game boxes together

Gifts for someone who has everything: 5 thoughtful ideas

Five gift ideas built around something the recipient would enjoy doing, with practical checks for dates, memberships and puzzle-game experience.

Blackbrim: 1876 Part I materials spread on a wooden table: a town map, handwritten letters, newspaper pages, photograph cards and two wooden cipher discs

Date night games for couples: four ways to play

Four cooperative games for different evenings, plus a free puzzle to try together and practical ways to keep both people involved.

The Fifth Column game box on a wood table surrounded by a Manhattan newspaper page, punched decoder cards, a wartime poster and a kraft envelope stamped CLASSIFIED

Client holiday gifts: choosing and sending a puzzle game

A practical guide to choosing a puzzle game for a client, sizing an order and planning delivery, with a separate option for digital Christmas gifts.

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