The clock ticks down. You are on an escape room adventure with your friends and as you search for clues, you stumble upon a door. You open it and… You’re faced with a wall covered in a cipher—lines and lines of codes. This will take at least 10 minutes! Now: who among your friends gets… Read more →
Enigmarch is a fun little activity to get those wheels spinning on puzzle design. Each day they provide the community with a new theme for a puzzle. Search the hashtag #enigmarch for a ton of free puzzles and brainteasers! I like to make these really quickly – the opposite of what we do for Society… Read more →
Enigmarch is a fun little activity to get those wheels spinning on puzzle design. Each day they provide the community with a new theme for a puzzle. Search the hashtag #enigmarch for a ton of free puzzles! As an exercise for puzzle creativity, I try to come up with these quickly – the complete opposite… Read more →
Enigmarch is a fun little activity to get those wheels spinning on puzzle design. Each day they provide the community with a new theme for a puzzle. Search the hashtag #enigmarch for a ton of free puzzles! Today’s theme was lock. I’ve been trying to do a puzzle as quickly as possible so this doesn’t… Read more →
Enigmarch is a fun little activity to get those wheels spinning on puzzle design. Each day they provide the community with a new theme for a puzzle. Search the hashtag #enigmarch for a ton of free puzzles! Today’s theme was shadow. The idea came almost right away and I spent a few minutes putting this… Read more →
Enigmarch is a fun little activity to get those wheels spinning on puzzle design. Each day they provide the community with a new theme for a puzzle. Search the hashtag #enigmarch for a ton of free puzzles! Today’s theme was Rhyme. I went through a ton of ideas and settled on a fun little rhyming… Read more →
We love creating and going on scavenger hunts! Some of my most vivid childhood memories are of going on present hunts that my mom would make to lead us to the really big special gift! Below are our tips and tricks for creating your own DIY Scavenger hunt – be it for family, friends or… Read more →
In every Society of Curiosities game, we like to include a tangible item that is custom designed. For our first solve the mystery game, Madok’s Lost Treasure, players go on a quest for pirate treasure – and of course we wanted pirate gold! Mystery in a Box Design Challenges Our goal in creating a custom… Read more →
We created The Mysterious Map Heist so players could jump into a game right away without waiting for a package in the mail. Happily, like our mystery in a box games, it got rave reviews! Scroll down to read some of our favorite parts and click the links for the full reviews. The Mysterious Map… Read more →
We design both escape games and mail-order alternate reality games. In both, providing hints is essential to smooth gameplay. Our Guidelines for Creating Hints in Escape Games Hints must be straightforward. People are using hints because they feel stuck. We’ve been in situations where we ask for a hint and get a riddle back or… Read more →
