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 →
Lime, sugar and alcohol! Easy and delicious. The Caipirinha (pronounced kai-pee-reen-ya) is the national drink of Brazil. Since our mystery in a box game, The Memory Stone, takes you to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, we figured this would be the perfect drink to enhance your game! The Legend of the Caipirinha A mixture of… Read more →
A behind the scenes look of the creation of our solve the mystery – escape room style game, The Memory Stone.
We’re so excited to have you join the Society of Curiosities and play our mystery in a box! Here are a few tips for playing our game: Divide into Multiple Days OR Be Ready to Play 2+ Hours If you have the quarterly or yearly subscription, you’ll get entire episode of the game to play… 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 →
When Jachin of Modern Treasure Hunt contacted us to beta test a few of his puzzles, we were so excited! We knew him through the community of puzzle lovers and designers and from our interactions with him, we expected something wonderful because of this passion for game design – and he did not disappoint. The… 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 →
Last week we took down our escape game to close our physical location. In a weeks time we demoted our magical land back to a plain, soulless office space. We like to think the memories of four years of magic and delight still hides in the walls. But the real takeaway is that with the… Read more →
A ton of research goes into each episode of the Society of Curiosities. Some ideas never see the light of day and some are present in the backstory, but barely visible. We wanted to feature a few more fun facts that we’ve recently come across. Hidden Brain! Some say that Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on… Read more →
Remember dousing your friends and family with a Super Soaker? The creator, Lonnie Johnson was a NASA engineer who came up with the idea while testing a new type of valve in his bathroom sink. Water shot across the room and he thought it might make a good water gun. Success didn’t come right away. It… Read more →
