{"id":4376,"date":"2020-03-16T08:24:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T08:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4376"},"modified":"2020-03-16T08:24:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T08:24:16","slug":"mystery-at-the-stargazers-manor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4376","title":{"rendered":"Mystery At the Stargazers Manor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4371\" style=\"width: 3648px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4371\" src=\"https:\/\/treasurehuntsinlondon.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/12\/img_2611.jpg\" alt=\"Mystery At the Stargazers Manor - photo by Juliamaud\" width=\"3648\" height=\"2736\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mystery At the Stargazers Manor &#8211; photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Mystery At the Stargazers Manor is another escape room in a box. Made for 3-8 players, this one is by ThinkFun.<\/p>\n<p>Although the box recommends a 90 minute playing time, that is for 6 to 8 players. Reading the introductions suggested the game would take a smaller team around 2 hours to play.<\/p>\n<p>So we set aside an afternoon and gathered our team of adventurers.<\/p>\n<p>When we came to play the game it only took us just over a hour to complete with no hints needed. We were surprised to be finished so quickly but all agreed we&#8217;d had a good time.<\/p>\n<h3>The Mystery:<\/h3>\n<p><em>It\u2019s 1869 and the town\u2019s well-respected astronomer has not been seen since the untimely passing of his wife. Recently, strange things have been happening at his manor \u2013 loud and unfamiliar noises, an unpleasant smell, and smoke billowing from the observatory. It\u2019s up to you and your guests to solve the mystery at the Stargazer\u2019s Manor!<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4376 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=4507'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/img_2614-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Escape The Room - photo by Juliamaud\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4507\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4507'>\n\t\t\t\tEscape The Room &#8211; photo by Juliamaud\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=4506'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/img_2613-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Escape The Room - photo by Juliamaud\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4506\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4506'>\n\t\t\t\tEscape The Room &#8211; photo by Juliamaud\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The box contains instructions, a solution wheel, a scene card and 5 sealed envelopes, containing secret items. The Solution Wheel spins to confirm your answer and to indicate which envelop you can open next.<\/p>\n<p>There is a good mix of puzzles and we all took turns reading the scene cards and spinning the solution wheel. The story was well\u00a0written, with each scene having an opening narrative that moved the story along.<\/p>\n<p>As with other escape rooms in a box, this is designed to be played once only. However, there are instructions on Thinkfun\u2019s website about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkfun.com\/escapetheroom\/stargazer\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reassembling the envelopes<\/a> so you would be able to play this again with another group of friends. Unlike other boxed games, there are no single-use items in the box.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2T3nrfd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Available from Amazon\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B01BX4G62W\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B01BX4G62W&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21&amp;linkId=6b568640e942f93a4eb09f6af1f0aa60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ASIN=B01BX4G62W&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=invittoevent-21\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=invittoevent-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B01BX4G62W\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mystery At the Stargazers Manor is another escape room in a box. Made for 3-8 players, this one is by ThinkFun. Although the box recommends a 90 minute playing time, that is for 6 to 8 players. Reading the introductions suggested the game would take a smaller team around 2 hours to play. So&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4376\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mystery At the Stargazers Manor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,286],"tags":[400,451,452],"class_list":["post-4376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-escape-room","category-puzzle","tag-escape-room-in-a-box","tag-mystery-at-the-stargazers-manor-photo-by-juliamaud-the-mystery-at-the-stargazers-manor","tag-thinkfun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mystery At the Stargazers Manor - Invitation 2 Events<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/invitation2events.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4376\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mystery At the Stargazers Manor - Invitation 2 Events\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Mystery At the Stargazers Manor is another escape room in a box. 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