For a family game night that is sure to be remembered, check out ThinkFun’s Escape the Room: Mystery at the Stargazer’s Manor, Nicholas Cravotta and Rebecca Bleau’s tabletop version of the popular, real-life escape-the-room events.
Recommended for ages 10 and up, it challenges players to travel back to 1869 and visit the mansion of a reclusive astronomer to get to the bottom of the strange sights, sounds, and smells emanating from within. When your band of sleuths enters the manor, you will be “locked” in a room, and that’s when the clock starts on the fun of opening envelopes to reveal clues to solve puzzles that beget more clues until your family — hopefully — escapes.
The game night can be as elaborate as you’d like; the website offers tips on how to evoke a mood with costume accessories and period music.
Escape the Room: Mystery at the Stargazer’s Manor by ThinkFun, $21.99, www.targe
