To make a larger event around this game, mail out the enclosed invitations and have your guests arrive in character and in costume.

I was difficult for 2 to share solving the puzzles in the different rooms and I cannot see how 8 people could be involved. If you aren’t comfortable with the format, the limited hinting could make this game quite challenging. Escape from the Grand Hotel was Professor Puzzle’s first foray into tabletop escape games… and they got a lot right.

You must work your way around the hotel, carrying out each of the puzzles contained within the envelope. During the evening, they must travel through the hotel solving the series of mysterious puzzles that release them from each room. Professor Puzzle’s Escape from the Grand Hotel was a standard play-at-home escape game with a moderate to high level of difficulty.

The trails themselves require very little puzzle-solving and a bit more of a challenge would be very welcome but the object here is to immerse yourself in this steam punk world and go on a few adventures along the way. Brought this for a party I am hosting over Christmas and gave this a trial run with a group of friends over the weekend - great fun solving all the puzzles and racing against the clock.

To win the game, you must answer all the puzzles within the envelopes, escape the hotel and work out what is happening behind its closed doors. Professor Puzzle provided duplicate copies of one of the more tedious puzzles so that more players could participate. We didn’t really use any of this because we didn’t realize it was an option until we already had our friends over and the box open. Other times we uncovered a more cryptic clue like the color of one of the doors or some other descriptor. Bust it out the next time your friends are over or the family is coming to town and see who the real geniuses in your life are!

We were ready for a night to remember – little did we suspect it would be for all the wrong reasons! Your guests travel through the hotel, solving the series of interactive puzzles that release them from each room. Overall, still an exceptional room and one of the best we have done but I still rate Temple Quest and Diamond Dogs higher!The owners, the Blossom family, transferred the hotel into their sons name, however the day before his 21st birthday, he disappeared.

This approach allowed Professor Puzzle to strip out artificial answer checking mechanisms and keep things in-world. As well as the invitations, we had 9 mystery envelopes – each representing a room of the Grand Hotel, plus the game introduction and a “Puzzle Solutions” envelope – to be opened in emergencies only. Although the game can be played without destroying any of the components, it didn’t provide reset instructions.When their glamorous, rich and influential guests arrive for the grand re-opening, they’re ready for a night to remember – but as it turns out, it’s memorable for all the wrong reasons! Invite your guests, set the scene and get ready to host a night of fun and intrigue with this fast-paced, fast-thinking cross between a murder mystery and an escape room game. This matchbox game is filled with difficult puzzles, brain-teasers, challenges and exercises for you to work your way out of a seemingly cursed hotel.