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

So much fun. Love the imagination that goes into making these.

We've now done 5 of these (Castle, island, catacombs, lab & finally this one) so are fully in the swing of how these work. Playing with our 3 kids (11, 13, 19) on a Sunday afternoon with snacks has become a really nice routine. This was our favourite so far, everything seemed to fall into place & it takes a slightly different angle with the solution compared to the others (I agree with a prev reviewer to put Card P aside at the start). It also had the nicest background sounds on the companion app. Are they easy? Not particularly though they do work in a certain way so each subsequent game gets easier to work through though they are never easy in themselves. I'd recommend starting on the 1 or 2 'circle' difficulty (as shown at the bottom of the box as pictured) so you can get to grips with how the creators think. We started on a 4 & it was a little frustrating at times esp working as a group of five. All in all these are, frankly, bloody brilliant & I'll be disappointed when we've worked our way through them all - which we will.

3 x exit games that get more tricksy. Brilliant

This was our first time playing these type of games, and so the concept was quite new to me and my friends. It took us quite some time just to understand how it was supposed to work, as the instructions weren't clear enough; that in itself was a puzzle! But once we got the hang of it, we had a great time! It kept us entertained for 2 hours. Some puzzles unraveled as the game went on which is great because sometimes it would throw you off, keeping you trying to solve other puzzles for longer!! The final puzzle was the toughest! The only downside is the main booklet. Sharing a tiny booklet between 5 isn't actually great - if there were 2 copies of the booklet, to share around, it would've been better! Especially since some of the puzzles are in the book, you have to wait til friends are done looking at it to look at it yourself. The tiny size requires you to have good eyesight too, it should've been printed bigger as I think some people will struggle with it.

This game was difficult! I've done a number of escape rooms, both virtually and in person, and this one was one of the most difficult ones I've done. Granted, I'd had about 2/3rds of a bottle of prosecco at the time, but I had to use almost all of the clues. It also took me 3 hours to complete. My husband gave up after 45 minutes. Determined as always, I persevered and made it to the end. It was good fun though, and definitely worth purchasing. Probably better with more people though! I don't think I'll be joining MI5 anytime soon.

Excellent game

We enjoyed playing this game visiting the various train carriages. Vaguely reminiscent of Agatha Christie. As with all of these games: A couple of the clues were too obscure for us to get, but we skipped using the help cards. The help clues occasionally to jump from telling you what you already know to the solution. The actual hint needed is that numbers aren't very clearly defined sometimes, you need to get exactly the right angle or distance plus a healthy dose of imagination to see that it's a number 6 not a 5 for example. Orient Express is a great game though one of the best in the series.

Was really excited when I ordered this game. When we went to play it turns out to be quite tricky to set up and understand how the game works. Disappointed to say the least. As I had opened it I assume it would of been non refundable, so I dropped it off to my local charity shop