Hunt A Killer x Sam and Colby: The Haunting at Wicker Ridge Board Game

There was a lot of reading that wasn’t necessary to figure out the name. It was a lot of filler and for people who have played harder ones I think you expected more. My sisters fist to hint a killer and she was bored. I think the supernatural angle was super cool BUT I feel like it missed the mark. My sisters BF figured it out but following a clue that wasn’t even the correct clue….very disappointed. LOVE to hunt a killer. I have played 4 already. And LOVE Sam and Colby. Lame game tho

As a fan of the Hunt a Killer series, this collaboration was a complete failure. The story starts off interesting enough and deviates from the usual murder suspect mystery by trying out a haunting but it fails in the end. Without spoilers, one of the instructions requires you to destroy a piece of evidence rendering the box useless if you want to play again (or you would have to use the online resource in its place). Not only that but you also have a ghost communication box that has no on and off switch so you have to take the batteries out by unscrewing the back panel to turn it off when you're done playing. Even in solving the mystery, the epilogue is so vague and unsatisfying. This box should be discontinued and never made again. Absolutely awful. Probably the worst Hunt a Killer box they've ever made (and I've played almost all of them).

This is the dumbest game I have ever played. My husband and I wasted over an hour of our time reading useless information with no value to the game and for absolutely no fun. This game can also only be played 1x so you can't even share it with a friend or resell. I would never recommend this. We can see why it's on clearance. Do not waste your money.

I don’t think I’ve ever left a review on anything before in my life, but I just RAN to come post this after finishing this kit. I’ve been playing HaK games for the last 4 years. I have never been more disappointed with one of their box sets as I am right now. I was so excited when I bought this! Especially because it’s a paranormal set, how fun, right? Right? WRONG! A piece of evidence was destroyed before I could interpret it, the voice box has no off switch so you have to use a tiny screwdriver to undo the battery compartment. There’s a lot of reading, sure, but that’s typical for HaK. But there’s a lot of reading of questionable cursive handwriting. If you’re colorblind, well, that sucks for you lol. If I could rate this 0 stars, I would. Go with ANY of the other sets, not this one. I’m still so mad that a piece of evidence was destroyed before I could get to it properly. The planchette is cool though. That’s going on a shelf for display.

I enjoyed this game a lot

Unique escape game

My daughter and I love escape games. I bought this and couldn't wait to play it. The back story was interesting. I read through the instructions and started the games. It quickly became a game of reading and waiting. There were several items in the box and honestly we only needed two things to solve the puzzle, leaving us confused what all the other items were for. Are they supposed to be red herrings. I would not recommend this game.

There's way better mystery games out there. I was super excited for this one because it was our Octobe date night and had the spooky vibe. The rules don't explain that you have to use the online website for clues to get full picture so we were also stuck for a bit. But once we got the ball rolling it was just disappointing for what could have been a super cute and spooky game.

The Hunt A Killer site referred us to Target for the autographed Sam X Colby mystery and guess what it was not the autographed game. I was super excited to get it for my collection and then was super disappointed when I picked it up.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] It took me a while to complete this review because it was tough finding people who would play and stick with it. First attempt my boyfriend bailed during the first few minutes. I tried again with a group of friends and we at did get through to solving the mystery! Great concept, high quality pieces and sturdy packaging. I liked the variety of game components from the online videos to physical tools to realistic looking documents. Really well done. Where we got tripped up even the 2nd time was on the lengthy intro information. There was a ton of pre-reading, so you really have to do this with a group of people who are fully committed, open minded, patient, willing to get a little lost, and into puzzles like escape rooms. The game is rated “easy” on the box and they did have multiple ways to get to the answer, but it still took us about an hour and some hints. It’s set up as a single use game, but you could feasibly use it more than once. Cool concept, would be fun for a dinner party or family holiday!

I got this as a date night at home for spooky season. The organization of this was horrible. It is the first HAK game we have ever purchased. Not sure if we will purchase any other. I do not recommend spending any amount of money on this.

It’s exciting at first but once you find the demon name it’s boring. It’s a game where you play once then leave on a shelf. The demon name is so easy it took me along time but it’s like right in front of your eyes. To see the demon name you need to have good vision and be good at reading cursive. The ghost reader kept going off aswell and it was screwed on good thing I had a skrewdriver to get the batteries out. I love Sam and Colby but this is only good to buy if you want something with their face on it. Or if you play it then pass it onto a friend type of thing and so on. Giving my honest opinion since a lot of people don’t do that hope this helps!

We’ve done every HAK box and this is - by absolute far- the worst one. Usually, you need all the items to put together a solution. Here, you only needed one. Ripped the batteries out of the box before we threw the game away because the voice is both creepy and useless. We’re actually still laughing about how bad this box was. The amount of reading was wild and sadly, mostly useless. Do literally any other HAK before this one because this does not give you a real taste of the series.

This is the worst in the hunt a killer games that we've played. The majority of the clues are irrelevant. There should be multiples of the dissolving clue because it was difficult to read. There's not much of a story you're literally only looking for the demons name.

Super easy and most of the game contents are irrelevant. Once you read the intro and watch the videos it will take 10 minutes.

Avoid if you're looking for any sort of challenge or story depth, this game lacks both. Probably works well for a group of teenagers that are fans of the YouTubers featured. Like all retail boxed Hunt a Killer games, we're disappointed.

Played this with my partner. Like others have mentioned, it encourages you to damage a piece of evidence, which prevents you from playing it again or sharing it with someone else. That just feels skeevy. We got the answer after reading two pieces of evidence and guessing. Cool premise, but there’s not nearly enough here to get immersed in, especially when compared to other Hunt A Killers, which usually take hours to do. This one took an hour maybe. Big bummer.

Played many hunt a killers and this is the worst. Good ideas, poor execution, no mystery. Sidenote, HAK slowly makes these games require more time on mobile devices, which defeats the purpose of a board game.

This was extremely disappointing. You can only play one time because one of the pieces gets destroyed during play. Not worth the $30.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] WIP: will update review once complete. I am excited though because it gives off Nancy Drew vibes. I just haven’t had time to start this task but look forward to it.