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The Down The Rabbit Hole box with its materials spread around it: Wonderland letters, a castle illustration, a green cipher wheel and a coloured wicket grid

Gifts for teenagers: choose by what they enjoy

Choose a teen’s gift around an existing interest, with specific puzzle-game options, clear age guidance and alternatives for someone who would rather go out.

Mission: ElfPossible cover art: cartoon elves by a North Pole fireplace hung with stockings, beside a decorated tree and wrapped presents

Secret Santa gifts under $25: four useful picks

Four gifts that fit a strict item-price limit, with current prices, recipient fit and a digital option for the day of the exchange.

An antique desk lit from one side: a clock face, a glass apothecary bottle, brass binoculars, a spyglass resting on an old map, a compass and a magnifying lens on a chain

Games like EXIT: The Game, compared side by side

What to play after EXIT depends on the format you want next. Compare an introductory Wonderland escape, illustrated puzzles and Escape the Crate.

Cryptid game materials fanned across pale wood: hand-drawn maps, newspaper clippings, striped decoder sheets and an envelope reading My Dear Adventurer

Games like PostCurious: choose your next puzzle adventure

A guide to what to play after PostCurious, from another puzzletale to a shorter illustrated escape or an expedition told through maps and letters.

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

Games like Unsolved Case Files: 4 places to start

Choose your next case by the part you enjoyed most: comparing evidence, solving codes, or following a story through a box of documents.

Cryptid game materials on grey planks: newspaper clippings, a letter beginning My Dear Adventurer, hand-drawn maps and cipher cards

Games like Escape the Crate: 4 alternatives

For games like Escape the Crate, compare The Conundrum Box for adventure themes, EXIT: The Game for a shorter puzzle box, and Finders Seekers for a monthly delivery. Our games are another option fo...

Down the Rabbit Hole box with game materials spread on a wooden table: handwritten letters, a Wonderland castle illustration, a green cipher wheel with a clock face, a coloured wicket grid and a printed Tea Party page

Games like Finders Seekers for family game night

If you want a game like Finders Seekers, compare Escape the Crate for travel and adventure themes, The Conundrum Box for a monthly puzzle box, and EXIT Kids or Family for younger solvers. Our Down ...

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

Hunt A Killer games ranked: choose your next case

Start with Death at the Dive Bar for a short first case. Choose Camp Calamity if you want a more demanding investigation, or The Moon Summit Mystery for a story that runs across several evenings. T...

Blackbrim: 1876 game components spread on a wooden table: a Town of Blackbrim map, a letter addressed to My Dearest Detective, a cream envelope sealed with red wax, wooden cipher wheels, photographs and newspaper pages

Murder mystery gifts: what to buy for a whodunit fan

For a first murder mystery gift, start with Hunt A Killer's Death at the Dive Bar. For a larger game-night group, compare Cryptic Killers and Unsolved Case Files. A Deadbolt Mystery Society gift su...

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Stocking stuffers for puzzle lovers: 17 picks, $25 or less

Small puzzle gifts can still give someone plenty to solve. This list includes pocket brainteasers, trick locks, cubes and puzzle books, plus a digital game and a gift card from our shop. There are ...

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