Star Wars Unlock! The Escape Game

Star Wars Unlock! The Escape Game by Space Cowboys is a set of 3 games based on the franchise. The games are card-based, though there are also digital elements that we used our smartphones for. The cards test you on several puzzles, very similarly to other escape tabletop games like Exit, and task you to find correct solution cards in order to win. The different games, one based on Hoth, another on an Imperial Star Destroyer, and yet another on a moon, are all playable independently and have their own sets of puzzles. My favorite aspect of this as opposed to other similar titles, is that you have an RPG-style inventory of certain cards. By adding numbers on the cards, you can effectively “combine” them into new item cards or into new ways to solve a problem. Some cards are “junk” cards and they represent incorrect answers, but we felt smart anytime we used the current cards in our inventory to create an answer out of thin air. It’s a clever video game-style way to handle card-based escape games. The Star Wars theming makes it perfect for fans of the series, although the games don’t really go too hard into it beyond references. So casual fans or even non-fans of Star Wars can get into it!