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The Hunt Through Amsterdam is a tabletop escape game created by Exit: The Game.

Format

Style of Play: tabletop escape game

Who is it For?

• Puzzle lovers
• Any experience level
• Art nerds

Required Equipment: pen & paper, scissors

Recommended Team Size: 1-2

Play Time: about 75-90 minutes

Price: about $18

Booking: purchase and play at your leisure

Description

We had been summoned to track down a lost painting by Vincent van Gogh by following clues through the city of Amsterdam. The game presented us with riddle cards to focus our attention on a series of fold-out locations, each with its own puzzle. By entering our discoveries into a decoder wheel, we progressed to new riddle cards and paper fold-outs, roughly simulating an exploration of the city.

Cindi S’ Reaction

The Hunt Through Amsterdam began at the Vincent Van Gogh Museum and brought us through the streets and canals of the famous city to find a missing painting, rumored to be by the artist himself. What a find that would be! The references to real places in Amsterdam added authenticity to this Exit:The Game experience. Illustrations on story booklets looked like oil paintings, with muted colors and textured brushstrokes. Though very nice to look at, they weren’t used much in puzzling. Overall the game was fun, and at a level of 3 out of 5 difficulty, it flowed smoothly with mostly straightforward solves. We did get tripped up on one puzzle, which could be solved in more than one way. The mechanics of the final puzzle worked well, bringing the adventure to a close. Amsterdam is central to some of my favorite escape rooms, and playing this Exit: The Game installment made me want to plan my next trip!

Theresa W’s Reaction

Exit: The Game’s The Hunt Through Amsterdam followed a very similar formula to the Exit: The Game installments we’re familiar with, with some solid puzzling and appealing artwork. Word on the street was that there was an undiscovered Van Gogh piece, and we were on the hunt to find it! The puzzles were cute and thematic, based on actual locations I’ve visited in Amsterdam! Each puzzle felt at-home in the story and setting. One late-game puzzle in particular was under-clued and clunky compared to how seamlessly the rest of the game played. If this theme is up your alley, check out The Hunt Through Amsterdam!

Sarah Mendez’s Reaction

The Hunt Through Amsterdam was a fine enough Exit: The Game installment that delivered a reasonable set of puzzles but lacked highs and lows. The activities were solid, the construction aspects were approachable, and yet there was that one task that seemed needlessly tedious without adding much to its puzzle. I struggle to find much else to comment on, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. At this point, I think Exit: The Game delivers experiences that are consistent with their box’s “level,” and The Hunt through Amsterdam lived up to those expectations without exceeding them.

Notable aspects of this installment:

• Amsterdam allusions
• Less box manipulation than usual

Disclosure: Exit: The Game provided the Hivemind reviewers with a complimentary play.

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