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Meet Your Maker: Dave Starr, The Mysterious Package Company // Interview

The Mysterious Package Company was founded back in 2013 and has since established itself as the gold standard for tabletop immersive mystery experiences. Dave Starr, Managing Director at MPC, gives…

October 31, 2025

Puzzle Books Reviews

Horrors Untold (LumiNarrative) // Review

Horrors Untold is an immersive puzzle book unlike anything you've experienced before. As the nights grow longer and the shadows creep in, prepare to be drawn into a perilous mystery.…

October 30, 2025

Interviews Meet Your Maker

Meet Your Maker: Marc Kleinhenz, LumiNarrative // Interview

Marc Kleinhenz, Creative Lead at LumiNarrative, joins me this week to delve into the company's first project: an immersive horror puzzle book, titled Horrors Untold. He made one request when…

October 18, 2025

Crowdfunding Funded

Disaster on Dino Island (Kickstarter)

Over the last few years, The Detective Society has enlisted the help of players from around the globe to solve mysterious disappearances, fairytale dog nappings, and a Murder on the…

October 17, 2025

Murder Mystery Reviews

The Clock Has Stricken Three (OK Sherlock) // Review

The Clock Has Stricken Three is a murder mystery game set in Victorian London. OK Sherlock offers premium detective experiences, packed with authentic ephemera and immersive storytelling. Get your magnifying…

October 14, 2025

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Interviews Meet Your Maker

Meet Your Maker: Harriet Cody, Minty Noodles // Interview

This week, I catch up with Harriet Cody, Head of Creative at Minty Noodles and Lead Designer for the company's debut game, Interstellar Adventures: The Sincerest Form of Flattery. Harriet…

October 3, 2025

Crowdfunding Funded

Mission: Rogue Protocol (Kickstarter)

Red Herring Games has just launched its latest puzzle box on Kickstarter. Mission: Rogue Protocol, as you can probably guess from the title, is a spy-themed game with high stakes.…

September 30, 2025

Crowdfunding Funded

Ministry of Lost Things: Finders Keypers (Kickstarter)

Ministry of Lost Things: Finders Keypers is the second case in the whimsical puzzle series from PostCurious. After a very successful Kickstarter campaign for the first game, M.O.L.T. Scouts from…

September 30, 2025

Doomensions (Mysterious Package Company) // Review

Pandora’s Legacy (TED-Ed & PostCurious) // Review

The Vanishing Gambler (The Mystery Agency) // Review

Meet Your Maker: Dave Starr, The Mysterious Package Company // Interview

Horrors Untold (LumiNarrative) // Review

Meet Your Maker: Marc Kleinhenz, LumiNarrative // Interview

Disaster on Dino Island (Kickstarter)

The Clock Has Stricken Three (OK Sherlock) // Review

Meet Your Maker: Harriet Cody, Minty Noodles // Interview

Mission: Rogue Protocol (Kickstarter)

Ministry of Lost Things: Finders Keypers (Kickstarter)

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