Escape Room in a Box: Flashback cover
2019BGG rank #7,105

Escape Room in a Box: Flashback

by Wild Optimists, Juliana Moreno Patel, Ariel Rubin · Mattel, Inc.

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Players2–8
Time30–90m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age13+

About the game

What is Escape Room in a Box: Flashback?

With Escape Room in a Box: Flashback, you and your friends can play the ultimate room escape game at home -- and the heat is on! Your team of 2 to 9 players has 90 minutes to find clues, solve puzzles and crack codes in order to escape the mad scientist werewolf, Doc Gnaw. Solve 22 puzzles and unlock 4 real combination locks to construct a powerful amulet that holds the key to your freedom! This unique, three-path escape room game can be played UP TO THREE TIMES -- if you stick to one path during gameplay, you can play again on a different path with no overlap. And there's help from the outside: players can connect with Amazon Alexa to enhance the gameplay of Escape Room in a Box: Flashback. Good luck! —description from the publisher

How it plays

Mechanics

Cooperative Game

On the shelf

Categories

PuzzleReal-time

Questions players ask

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