вћ–The puzzles within the image all solved to a number that weвЂ™d find printed on an edge piece. For some, it may be easier to start from the middle. It was completely doable, but required a lot more attention to detail and effort. This made the edge considerably more difficult to assemble. вќ“ The edge pieces were unusual in that they all fit into one another. This system could benefit from the inclusion of more dropdown menus to allow the player to better control the flow of hints. It did a great job of highlighting the individual puzzlesвЂ¦ and an ok job of providing granular, incremental hints. вћ•/вћ– The web-based hint system was adequate. It never involved anything beyond basic computation, but I know that there are some escape room players who are allergic to mathematics in any form. вќ“ Some of these puzzles got a bit math-y. While there is a limit to how much a designer can achieve with this format, Ravensburger did more with this structure than we were expecting. For the most part, these were executed well (detailed, non-spoiler analysis to follow in the individual puzzle reviews). вћ•/вћ– The вЂњescapeвЂќ puzzles were static print puzzles, akin to the kind of thing that one might find shared on social media or within a puzzle book. вћ• Each Escape Puzzle had its own quirky story to set up the вЂњescape.вЂќ The story was relevant to the final meta puzzle. While it was not a big problem, it was a bit annoying to have to sift these junk pieces out of the box. These appeared to be an artifact of the production process. вћ– Each Escape PuzzleвЂ™s box contained numerous square frame pieces that had nothing to do with the puzzle itself.

ThereвЂ™s still dust, but weвЂ™ve seen so much worse. вћ• Ravensburger puzzles donвЂ™t have a crazy amount of puzzle dust.

The puzzle escape