EXiT: Advent Calendar – Hunt for the Golden Book

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Is this an advent calendar you will only need for Christmas? No. Why not use it in a random March and surprise yourself for the first 3/4 of the month and test yourself to solve the riddles! Well, it is particularly AIMED for opening on the leadup to Christmas… but it’s okay, we’re not going to tell anyone if you don’t! Each EXIT Advent Calendar is an EXIT ga…
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Is this an advent calendar you will only need for Christmas? No. Why not use it in a random March and surprise yourself for the first 3/4 of the month and test yourself to solve the riddles! Well, it is particularly AIMED for opening on the leadup to Christmas… but it’s okay, we’re not going to tell anyone if you don’t!

Each EXIT Advent Calendar is an EXIT game and a 24-day-long adventure in one. Each door in the calendar reveals a unique room containing an exciting new riddle. Solve one day’s riddle to determine which door to open the next day. These games are completely card-based and unplugged. They include a decoder board, riddle book, and riddle cards.

Oh no! Something terrible has happened: Santa Claus’ golden book has disappeared! It contained a complete list of all the Christmas wishes. If the book isn’t found by Christmas Eve, there will be nothing but sad faces around the tree on Christmas morning. It is up to you to save Christmas — and time is of the essence!

The thief’s trail leads you to a remote mountain village. You quickly notice that something strange is afoot here … but what? And where has the golden book gone? You must find it, but let me tell you: Behind the doors of this village there are many surprises waiting for you!

This advent calendar is an EXIT game and an adventure story all in one. To find the golden book, you must open a little calendar door every day. Behind each, you will find a new exciting puzzle, the solution of which will help you to move onto the next room. Only if you follow the clues and solve all 24 puzzles will you find the thief and the book … and save Christmas.

Make it your MISSION!

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  • Artwork
  • Complexity
  • Replayability
  • Player Interaction
  • Component Quality

You Might Like

  • 24 unique puzzles
  • Engaging hunt from start to finish
  • Handy hints if you get too lost

Might Not Like

  • It’s over after window no. 24
  • A few of the puzzles were a little too challenging for our minds
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Is this an advent calendar you will only need for Christmas? No. Why not use it in a random March and surprise yourself for the first 3/4 of the month and test yourself to solve the riddles! Well, it is particularly AIMED for opening on the leadup to Christmas... but it's okay, we're not going to tell anyone if you don't!

Each EXIT Advent Calendar is an EXIT game and a 24-day-long adventure in one. Each door in the calendar reveals a unique room containing an exciting new riddle. Solve one day’s riddle to determine which door to open the next day. These games are completely card-based and unplugged. They include a decoder board, riddle book, and riddle cards.

Oh no! Something terrible has happened: Santa Claus’ golden book has disappeared! It contained a complete list of all the Christmas wishes. If the book isn’t found by Christmas Eve, there will be nothing but sad faces around the tree on Christmas morning. It is up to you to save Christmas — and time is of the essence!

The thief’s trail leads you to a remote mountain village. You quickly notice that something strange is afoot here … but what? And where has the golden book gone? You must find it, but let me tell you: Behind the doors of this village there are many surprises waiting for you!

This advent calendar is an EXIT game and an adventure story all in one. To find the golden book, you must open a little calendar door every day. Behind each, you will find a new exciting puzzle, the solution of which will help you to move onto the next room. Only if you follow the clues and solve all 24 puzzles will you find the thief and the book ... and save Christmas.

Make it your MISSION!

The run up to Christmas 2021 was stressful with the constant fear of another lock down ruining yet again the family gathering or the office party, but there was one thing that kept me super happy for the whole of December and that was Exit The Games first advent calendar ‘The Mystery of the Ice Cave’.

I was relatively new to the Exit games last year and took a gamble on the advent calendar as it combined two of my favourite things; Games and Christmas. I was not disappointed. It was an absolute joy to start a new puzzle everyday and, combined with the well written story, it became one of the highlights of my gaming year. I still consider it to be one of the best Exit games I have played and I rate it as a 9 out of 10.

If you haven’t played an Exit game before it is essentially an escape room game in a small box. Normally there are 10 missions to achieve and it involves ripping up cards, drawing on the box, and various other activities that mean once you have finished it is unusable again, however the cost of each game is very low and almost all of the materials used are recyclable.

Due to last years game selling out incredibly quickly Kosmos have very sensibly made a new Advent Calendar ‘The Hunt For The Golden Book’. I have now received my copy and my excitement levels are building already. What makes the advent calendar version of the Exit Games so clever is you only know where door number one is at the start. As you open and solve each days puzzle it directs you to the next days door. You would think that as the days goes on it becomes easy to predict where the next door is but you would be wrong. I wont spoil any surprises for you but I will say be prepared for some real wonder at how Inka & Marcus Brand throw you off the scent so cleverly.

My biggest challenge with this game will be in not opening this before the 1st December!

Tis the season to be………PUZZLED! Haha Nope, we at Zatu aren’t inventing a new holiday (although how cool would Board Gamesmas be?!). We are risking the naughty list and taking a sneaky peek at the Hunt for the Golden Book Advent Calendar devised by KOSMOS who shall henceforth be known as Father Enigmas! Haha Okay, so probably only in my mind, but still………

Is It Time Yet

Although we are still a little way off Christmas yet, it is never too soon to plan. And after the pumpkins of Halloween have been turfed on to the compost heap, and the fireworks have finished, it’s a straight run to the most wonderful time of the year!

And nobody can resist an advent calendar. Whether you grew up eating cheap choccies before school, or building a manger piece by piece, 1 December marks a routine change that is always a treat!

So when we saw that Father Enigmas (sorry, KOSMOS!) had come up with 2 advent calendars full of mind bending puzzles and riddles, we couldn’t help ourselves! In fact we couldn’t even wait until 1 December to crack into it! September became our Board Gamesmas and the first window was hungrily devoured without delay.

And we couldn’t resist trying to help save the real Christmas in Exit: The Game – The Hunt for the Golden Book! So we launched ourselves head first into the 24 part adventure and I can now absolutely NOT tell you how we got on! Haha

Seasonal Spoilers

Whaaaat? Well, you see, I am under strict instructions not to reveal any spoilers. And I definitely do not want to be the Games Grinch! So, I can’t tell you exactly what we did each day. But I can tell you that we had a blast! And it was full of more surprises than I even thought possible.

For example, and this won’t come as a surprise to Exit fans, knowing which window to open next can only be determined by correctly solving the puzzle from the day before! So, when they say “hunt”, they really mean it! When you solve a puzzle, you’ll reveal a code, and it is this code that gives directions to the next window’s location! Meta mind bendiness or what?!

Selection Box

Just like deliciously tasty treats that stack up under trees and get stuffed into stockings, this advent calendar is choc full of different types of puzzles. A few are sweetly simple strawberry creams, whereas others are as hard as Brazil nuts! And besides a pen, scissors and some glue, everything you need comes inside the box – including the decoder to help work out which window comes next!

And (think of this as a Christmas gift rather than a spoiler) the box is an essential part of the puzzle! So don’t be thinking you can solve this special hunt with only what is inside each window! If you do, you’ll be waiting forever to find out where the Golden Book has gone! And nobody wants that because whose book is it? That’s right! It belongs to Santa Claus. And you don’t want to be the agent of Christmas disappointment for all the children, now do you??!

Father Enigmas’ Little Helper

Thankfully, for us at least, the box also comes with a book of hints (and solutions!). Cleverly, as with the Exit games, you can sneak a look at one or two clues to help you along without revealing the entire solution. And I am woman enough to admit that we did have to get Father Enigmas’s little helper to see us on our way to one or two (ok 5 but who’s counting?!).

Final Thoughts

This advent calendar is right up our gaming street. We love puzzles, we love Christmas, and we love Exit games, so it was a triple win for us! Now, I am not going to say it’s easy. You are going to have to work to get closer and closer to the Golden Book’s whereabouts. I don’t have the lateral thinking power that many escape puzzles demand. And many escape room apps and online games put my brain firmly on pause. Indeed, a few of these left me clueless, literally! Luckily for me, however, my husband has a ridder’s mind. And what I lack in skills, I make up for in enthusiasm. Together we found our way to the final window reveal through 24 different and engaging challenges. Musical, visual, arty crafty and all clever in their own ways. A few times, after checking our answer, we realised we got the correct code by a different route. But that was definitely more luck than judgement.

We have been really impressed by the variety of puzzles and difficulty levels across the Hunt for the Golden Book and there’s no comparison with the cheap choccy offerings of old. Thanks to Exit this has been the best first Board Gamesmas ever and we can’t wait for 1 December when we get to start the other Exit Advent Calendar – The Mystery of the Ice Cave!

We would definitely recommend this as a brilliant way for escape puzzle and gaming fans to get every day of the holiday started the best possible way – with a puzzle!

Zatu Score

Rating

  • Artwork
  • Complexity
  • Replayability
  • Player Interaction
  • Component Quality

You might like

  • 24 unique puzzles
  • Engaging hunt from start to finish
  • Handy hints if you get too lost

Might not like

  • Its over after window no. 24
  • A few of the puzzles were a little too challenging for our minds