Hunt A Killer Nancy Drew - Mystery At Magnolia Gardens, Immersive Murder Mystery Game, Examine Evidence, Eliminate Suspects, Catch The Culprit, For Aspiring Detectives, Game Night

Packaged neatly, super fun and everything is perfect

My daughter (15) and I wanted a semi-easy mystery game to try out since we’ve never done one before. We’ve done one real-life escape room that did not go so well logistically (due to technical errors on the company’s part), so I wanted to make sure that this wouldn’t start poorly either. I did a thorough search and looked for these criteria: 1) easy for first-timers and/or younger adults, and 2) under $20, 3) didn’t involve murder, and 4) didn’t have a lot of reading materials that it would tire us out. Since this was on a Black Friday sale and fit my criteria, I went with this one, and I’m glad I did!! We had fun putting our timeline together, figuring out the puzzles/codes, and collaborating on who we thought could be ruled out. The storyline was well thought out and I just loved all the details. The materials were of high quality and were all needed to solve the mystery. As first-timers, we felt it wasn’t too easy yet not too hard either. We did have to use the hints though. As one reviewer stated, however, the website they listed in the game brochure to get hints if you’re stuck brought us to a non-working godaddy website. I decided to check out the huntakiller.com website, searched “Mystery At Magnolia Gardens,” clicked on “Player resources: Hints & recaps”, provided the code that was listed in the game brochure, and provided my email (to subscribe). From there I was able to see all the hints. We were able to solve the mystery in 4 hours. It was a fun bonding activity for me and my daughter. Aside from the wrong website, everything was perfect! Totally recommend for beginners and younger players who are looking for some quality bonding time.

muy buen precio y la calidad es increíble. super recomendado para jugar.

I love anything like this so 90% was perfect. However there was one puzzle that in my opinion was not solve-able. It contained different colours where two were so similar with one completely different to how it should be. To me it felt like a really bad graphic print error and meant I couldn’t solve that final clue without the reveal.Also the culprit was way too obvious and I spent longer trying to work out the extra clues that had nothing to do with the culprit. There’s one piece of evidence that gives it away really quickly once you get to it. Would have been better if it was staged that you couldn’t find that till finding everything else or the evidence was scattered through out rather than an obvious piece of evidence. I’d try another one but parts of this let it down.

Pros: standalone box with no commitment for subscription. Quality material just like Death at the Dive Bar (I got that and also Body on the Boardwalk). Also standalone boxes like this one offers varied case scenarios to work on instead of working through a single storyline over different sessions. Plus these come with puzzles and deductive reasoning so makes for both mystery investigation and escape room fun!Meh: Photos are cartoons instead of realistic photos.Con: Price point! Depending on when and which you buy, a full seasoned box set may be cheaper.Right now, Unsolved Case Files and Hunt A Killer are the 2 main brands I go to for such armchair mystery investigation games ;-)