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Deckscape: Test Time is the first title in a series of cooperative games inspired by real escape rooms in which a group of people are "trapped" inside a room full of puzzles and odd items. The goal of the game is to solve puzzles, understand the plot of the story, and make intelligent use of the items provided in order to exit from the room as quickly as possible.
In Deckscape: Test Time, you have been selected from Doctor Thyme's most brilliant students for a special project. He'll test your skills, and if you succeed, you'll get a unique chance to help him on his newest and greatest invention. While he's explaining his project, he distractedly pushes a button: an alarm cries loudly and heavy gratings shut all the windows and the exit door. The laboratory is locked! Doc Thyme falls through a trapdoor below his feet and the lights turn off. Will you be able to pass Doctor Thyme's exam and exit his laboratory? Using just sixty cards, you will take part in a hectic adventure, without leaving home.
—description from the publisher
- Portable, deck-based, replayable with multiple scenarios
- Some puzzles can be confusing
- not as cohesive as some box games
- temporal puzzle quest
- card-based escape-room style adventure
- story-driven with time-based pacing
- Unlock!
- Exit: The Game
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — solve puzzles based on card clues and time constraints
- Puzzle solving — solve puzzles based on card clues and time constraints
- searching for clues — cards contain clues and numbers to discover
- timed challenge — scenarios are bounded by time
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- hello everyone this is still Hannah's
- and you are watching board gaming
- rambling Sam today we are talking about
- this is the most like authentic escape room experience in a box
- three to eight players that's stupid
- this is a family game
- this is easily playable with two players
- puzzles are easy but it's really really fun