Escape Room in a Box - Flashback Board Game

There are no missing prices - you need to solve the clues to find them you ding-dongs. 😂 Also the instructions for repacking are on this site. Thank you. That was a game within itself.

So me and my partner are big fans of escape rooms and have about 30 under our belt at this point. I've also done a few escape room board games and this one was by far and away the most clever board game style escape room we've ever played. I see a lot of reviews saying people were missing pieces. We also thought we were missing pieces for a couple clues until we sat on it for awhile and realized we were misinterpreting the puzzles. When they say everything in the box is part of the game they mean EVERYTHING. It requires some out of the box thinking (no pun intended) for a lot of the game. So no you aren't missing pieces you just haven't found them yet and trust me they are very well hidden for an escape room board game. The game plays on your blindspots when your playing a boardgame and the assumptions you make when it comes to how the game is supposed to be played. There were so many clues that made me go HOLY SH*T I can't believe that's part of the puzzle. Especially physical clues which are generally not part of board game escape rooms. I cannot sing high enough praises for this game we bought it on sale on a whim. I almost never leave reviews for stuff like this but I came on here to buy another box bc we loved it so much and saw a lot of negative reviews that I think are unwarranted. I saw someone say they are missing half the sheets. YUP they are not in obvious places at first. We thought the same thing. I just want the designer of this puzzle to know you did a great job and you have made a fan for life.

We see many reviews about missing pieces. I did question that myself until we realized the “missing puzzles” are in the various locked boxes or hidden elsewhere in the game and packaging. It’s not an easy game but a lot of fun.

No repack instructions which was disappointing since it was referred to in the instructions

Saw some others say the same thing. I was missing pieces from the unopened box. Also was too difficult for 90 minutes and no clear way to start.

We randomly picked this game to play as a family and I'm so glad we did! We played in a group of 3 and with everyone's brain we managed to pass. I would love to pass this game on to someone, but I dont know where to find the re-packing instructions?? Please help!

We were having a blast playing Flashback until.... We discovered some pieces were missing. We reached an end in the puzzle flow . Looked up the hint, didn't help because it referred to something we didn't have. Finally looked up the answer and it was talking about a couple pieces of paper that were not included in our box. So we gave up. Kind of a bummer in what otherwise seems like an awesome game.

I’m so so upset, I’ve been wanting to play this game for so long and I FINALLY purchased it thinking it would be the perfect game to play while staying at home due to COVID19. I unwrapped the cellophane, opened the brand new game and couldn’t even play it because none of the 19 puzzles were included. Literally it’s a brand new game so extremely disappointing

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] So much fun! Great way to experience “escape room” at home.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This game was really fun but challenging as well. The clues are well thought out and go good with the story line that is being told. It took myself and two kids just over an hour to complete the game. Can’t wait for the next escape room adventure!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received this game in return for a review. I have to say I really liked how challenging this was. The only downfall was not having everything in a true order so we were all over the place when playing the game. This is why I gave 4 stars. Over all I really liked the challenge. Really a thinking game and having to use teamwork.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is a fun way to introduce a child to escape room challenges. I liked that the game was all set up for us inside the box* - all you have to do is open it up, read the rules, and start playing! (*One of the locks inside the box was set to the correct "open" code and just popped open when we picked it up. You may want to have someone check that all the locks are locked before you start playing!). The game tells you to use a 90-minute timer to find out if you pass or not, but there's no penalty for not doing so, another nice feature for when you are just introducing the idea to kids! I played with my 11 and 9 year-old sons and we did manage to escape in time! I feel like we are now ready to try out an "official" escape room! This is a single-track game - there's only one challenge inside. That being said, the components are reusable so the game can be played again with new players.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My family and I sat down to play the game. Myself 2 other adults and 2 older children. The instructions were very unclear. we were not able to actually enjoy playing the game due to the lack of explanations in the instructions.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I am glad my family received this game to review for free. Definitely not easy but fun. You really have to think about all the clues in order to figure them out. My daughter and I really had fun playing this game.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My son was very excited about this game as he keeps asking to do a real escape room ever since one opened close to our house. As omg as you read the directions carefully everything is pretty easy. The hardest part is getting started but once you do its pretty fun. We were only able to get past the first part in the allotted 90 minutes but it was due to a lot of trial and error. If I find one fault is that really this game is only good for one time use because once you solve the puzzles you pretty much know the process.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was skeptical about playing Escape Room as a board game, but I actually enjoyed this. Escape room in a box is comparable to the actual thing. I brought this game to a friends house for game night. We found it a bit confusing at first, but we eventually got the hang of it. This game is fun, a bit of a brain teaser but it's worthwhile.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Very happy my daughter picked this one to try out. Her and her sister were busy for a couple hours playing the game. They were pretending it was real. They loved it!!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I got the game a couple of weeks ago. It's challenge and great to work your brain. It well designed.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We played as a family of 3 working together. The clues were a little more difficult than expected which made it funner to play since similar games were much easier.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This was our first escape room game we played. The whole werewolf theme kept my son excited throughout the game. I loved the fact we were able to play it together as a family and find the clues to solve the puzzle. We will definitely be looking into playing the other escape room board games!