Escape Room In A Box: The Werewolf Experiment

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape Room In A Box (website)

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MissLoopyLou93 experienced rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Played: 31 Jul 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 52:25 Outcome: Successful escape!
family friendlyillogical
A nice little box but I’ve played much better. There were a lot of puzzles which was great, and they were very well made. 
🏆Annagramma expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 19 Jun 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
originalclever

NOTE: We played the original black and red version of this game with metal tins, not the Mattel version. 

Absolutely loved the time we spent playing this game. A clever mix of puzzles, activities and a lovely payoff. Everything you need contained in the box and multiple uses of some items made for a very enjoyable experience.

ratsontour expert rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Played: 13 Mar 2022 Team size: 4 Time taken: 58
artful dodger rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 24 Feb 2018 Team size: 3 Time taken: 50 Outcome: Successful escape!
family friendlyfun
Jakob Frederiksen experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 10 Oct 2021 Team size: 4 Time taken: 66 min Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyfamily friendly

Productionwise this mass market game deliveres a great value for the money, a nice and simple story, very simple rules, no need for an app and lots of stuff to do and find to open the plastic locks. 

The bad this about this game is the quality of the puzzles(they are by no mean bad) they are made in the early day og escape rooms and contains crosswords and the like some that are quite hard for mon native english speakers(when denied access to looking spelling of a word up, one of the rules is no electronic devices)

But even with this issue and a puzzle we just didn’t understand even when we looked at the solution afterward, we had a great time

jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
PuzzleParrot expert rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5

Back in the day, I Kickstarted this and was over the moon at the thought of an actual escape room game with real locks you could play in your home.  This box is absolutely colored with nostalgia for me for that reason.  But present-day, with an abundance of mass-market and indie escape boxes, this box is...fine.  Mostly simple paper puzzles.  Good for them for breaking ground at the time! 

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
stairs expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
egnor expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5

Nifty and well produced, with some cute flavor text. Includes a number of physical locks and boxes. Highly vulnerable to puzzle-swarm; enthusiasts might consider a smaller team.

Reviews by escape room review sites

Back in early 2016, there was a Kickstarter campaign for a boxed version of an escape room. At the time it was an entirely novel concept and excited backers poured in close to seven times the funding goal. Crowdfunded products have a tendency to slide past their estimated deadlines, and following various delays (including some due to an admirable dedication to game component quality) the product eventually reached backers in summer 2017. By this time of course there was a wide selection of play ...
This is the third edition of this game to arrive in the mail.
Escape Room – Das Werwolf Experiment (Escape Room in a Box – The Werewolf Experiment) war eines der meist gehypten Escape Room Spiele für Zuhause seitdem es auf Kickstarter veröffentlicht wurde. Mehr als…
A professionally produced home game, released by one of the world’s leading toy companies? What could possibly go wrong? But after playing it, we’re begging you to not waste that silver bullet on the werewolf; Please aim at us instead.
As a light introduction to the world of puzzle solving with an attached story Escape Room In A Box: The Werewolf Experiment does its job!

Much like Box One, this is another mass market game that I likely would have walked by in a store without a second thought. Thankfully, though, I heard enough good things from various review sites to give it a chance. Once I had it in hand, a gloomy Seattle Sunday provided the perfect atmosphere to run through this game…

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