Escape the Room: Cursed Dollhouse Game

Our family has long enjoyed playing co-operative games from Family Pastimes. We play competitive ones, too, but enjoy fostering team spirit as we all work toward achieving a goal. If you haven't tried this alternative to playing together, here's an assortment of some of our favorites from this company.

If a good mystery is right up your alley and you are up for a challenging cooperative game, try out Escape the Room! If you're unfamiliar with the concept, this game began as a digital version, was transformed to play in real-life locations around the world, and is now also available as a game you play at home. There are two versions available. Mystery at the Stargazers Manor is set in an old manor in the year 1869. There are mysterious happenings that you and your friends decide to investigate, but you end up locked inside a room in the old manor. A free stay at a hoity-toity spa & relaxation retreat sounds ideal right? But in Secret of Dr. Gravely's Retreat, set in 1913, this amazing trip goes quickly awry. Can you Escape the Room! in time? Each game is packed into sealed envelopes in which you and your fellow players must find clues and solve puzzles to unlock and reveal. Unlike some mystery events where one player sets everything up and cannot participate, even the host doesn't have the answers here! Get ready for an evening of fun! 3-8 players, 90 minutes.