Thames & Kosmos EXIT: The Pharaoh's Tomb - Kennerspiel des Jahres Winner-2017

Just started playing these Exit games at Christmas. Can’t recommend them highly enough. This was our second and we have since bought another. What a fantastic way to spend the evenings. It’s been great to all get round the table together and get stuck in to the puzzles rather than flop on the sofa in front of the TV. We seem to take much longer than they suggest you can do them in. We tend to do them over a few nights. Obviously we don’t quite have the same level of problem solving skills as others, but we don’t mind at all. Even better value for money!

Bought this for new year ..... absolutely brilliant fun although we failed miserably.. Maybe not for beginners as it was 4 star difficulty rating (didn’t check this when I ordered🙈) and if your new to escape games it can be a little confusing. something different for a night in ... sadly can only be used once so no option to share with friends as I initially thought but great value for money and I will Definitely be trying more

Any game from this brand is very good. I enjoy it for a rainy winter day. The puzzles are very imaginative. The package arrived fast (within 1 week) and in good condition

Brilliant fun, if you like escape rooms or solving puzzles then you will love this. It is a destructive process so the game is a one time usage, but well worth it, hidden clues and deviously created puzzles that can frustrate at times and tax the mind, the help system is unique and gives small hints if you get stuck rather than giving the answer, completely spoiling the fun.

It was pretty challenging but good fun. This was our first one and it was a little tricky to get to grips with how it worked but the app was great and it was really fun once we got into it.

This is a very well thought out, well designed game. Suitable for up to 6 players (no more) as the riddles and puzzles are relatively small, so not easily shared with a bigger group. Some of the riddles are very tricky... we needed one help card and couldn't believe the solution when we found it. Great dinner party idea.

Really enjoyable game - took two of us just over 90 minutes (with no arguments!) and only needed to use the help cards on one puzzle - and then, we could have kicked ourselves, because we had been so close to the solution! Some of the puzzles we managed to solve within a couple of minutes, some we spotted what we had to do but had to wait for extra cards, and some stumped us for a while. If you're good at lateral thinking or cryptic crosswords I think you may find you have an extra edge, but I'm hopeless at those and still managed to have a useful input! Will be buying more.

I have no idea how to rate “thickness”. But I certainly wasn’t unhappy with its girth if that helps any potential buyers. I like these deck escape games, including others from this series, but found some of the manner of this one a little annoying/unsatisfying. The clues in it are also very much “skip” buttons rather than hints.

My family and I have had fun in a mini "brick and mortar" escape room at a recent convention but the price to take 5 of us into an escape room is pricey so it's not something we're going to do much. Even as a date night for just my wife and I, the cost is up there. So this new trend of escape room games at home has me excited. Having the "Exit" series also win the German Spiel des Jahres award this year also means that the trend will likely continue to give us fun new offerings. I ordered a copy of the Egypt themed "Exit" escape room game "The Pharaoh's Tomb". My daughter wasn't super excited for it so it was just my two boys, my wife and I. We sat down, not knowing exactly what to expect, and opened the box. I'll work to avoid spoilers while also letting you know what's in there and what we experienced. The contents of the box are simple...basically you get a bunch of cards, a decoder disk, two "strange items" (paper strips with hieroglyphs), an instruction book and a diary/notebook from a previous explorer. (It's not a spoiler but I enjoyed the nods to pop culture in that the notebook was from "Dr. Ford" and there are some hidden images that remind you of a certain whip toting, snake hating adventurer) The instructions outline how to play the game and then give an introductory story to get you started. You are part of a tour group touring the Egyptian Pyramids. You've been separated from your group and find your way into an impressive burial chamber. Through some accident you triggered a trap of some kind that rolled a massive stone door closed. You spy the notebook of Dr. Ford, an explorer who was searching the pyramid earlier and has discovered some clues that he hopes may lead to escape and/or greater treasure. Using his clues (and your imagination that the images from his notebook and the deck of cards represent an ancient pyramid in which you are now trapped) you must try to escape or be entombed wth the ancient pharaohs. You start a timer (not included) and work your way to escape, hoping not only to escape but to achieve a good score to brag about your exploits. Even though we obviously weren't trapped in a pyramid (which is good since my wife is a bit claustrophobic which can cause anxiety in small escape rooms) the art, storytelling and puzzles helped draw us in and feel like we were part of an actual adventure. The first couple of puzzles were tricky but were good to help us get a feel for the way the game was meant to be played and what we were expected to do. Or so we thought...as we continued working through the puzzles and opening up new passageways we found ourselves stumped. Fortunately this game system includes a series of "help" cards that can be used to nudge you in the right direction (for a score penalty of course). We used one hint early on to just help keep the group from getting frustrated too early. Then we used additional hints later on when we felt like there was nothing else to do...and boy were we surprised at the results. I won't spoil anything but I will applaud the creativity and the way this game really makes you try to think differently. Thematically it required a little imagination but once applied it really worked and I really enjoyed the tricky bits. It took us 88 minutes to escape and we used 6 help cards which scored us 4 stars (out of 10). Probably not a great score but definitely a great experience and I look forward to trying out the other Exit games (as well as other escape room home games). The one problem I have with the game is that it really is a "play once" game. I know that I personally probably couldn't/shouldn't play it again (because I now know all the puzzles) but I would have loved to have an Escape Room game day and let family and friends try this one out while perhaps I played a different one. Due to some of the things you have to do to the game pieces it really can't be replayed (unless you plan ahead of time to not cut up pieces but instead make photocopies/etc...it would be tricky even then for some of the puzzles). Really I can't fault the company too much. Making it repayable means people would play once and then pass it to a friend rather than having to buy a new copy for the friend. And really the price of the game is reasonable when you consider it is the same (or less) than the price for one person to attend a "brick and mortar" escape room. ********* 9 out of 10 stars

Muy buen juego de escape, dice que es de 1 a 2 horas, pero si no pones atencion se puede volver mucho mas largo. Aunque la caja dice que hay que romper cosas no es completamente necesario. Como dato, la version que venden tanto Amazon Mexico como USA es la version en Ingles.

Very nice game with really interesting riddles. It took us 3 hours to complete it. Take sometimes to get you soon but after you grasp the main idea it's getting easier.

Abbiamo avuto due molte lamentele con questo gioco: le immagini nel manuale stampato da moderato a scadente sono troppo difficili per vedere alcune cose abbastanza chiaramente (un istruttore di YouTube online ha consigliato di usare la torcia del tuo cellulare su di esso, il che aiuta, ma ancora non con grande risultati sufficienti). L'altra nostra difficoltà è stata con i modi oscuri e non del tutto intelligenti ma più che altro "complicati" in cui vengono forniti gli indizi nel libro e le istruzioni passo passo: sembra spesso mancare di logica ed essere più simile a un gioco di fortuna a volte . Le carte "indizio" erano quasi sempre cose che già conoscevamo dal nostro pensiero, quindi a volte avevamo bisogno di un elenco di utenti di fanatici del gioco online passo dopo passo quando rimanevamo bloccati e non riuscivamo a trovare la nostra strada oltre un certo punto. I miei ragazzi di 11 e 15 anni che amano risolvere gli indizi e i giochi MENSA si sono arresi confusi e/o annoiati con questo. A 54 anni mi sono seduto per la prima metà circa, e poi mi sono fermato quando è arrivato al punto in cui avresti dovuto tagliare piccoli pezzi del manuale e iniziare a mettere insieme il tipo di arti e mestieri per risolvere. Ci riproverò un giorno, ma non lo consiglio per la maggior parte delle famiglie. Ma ... leggi altre recensioni: mi è venuto in mente che forse questa è una cosa culturale, e in alcune culture forse giochi come questo sono più tipici e gli utenti più abituati a questo tipo di gioco.

Excellent game and quality. It’s just to be played once as it’s an escape game, for best experience download their app for some music effect. Worth the purchase. Enjoy!