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EXIT Kids

Code Breaker

After the success of the EXIT Das Spiel series for older or adult players, the series branches of to an Escape game for children, EXIT Kids Code Breaker. Again, the story is that you are in a room that is sealed with an electronic lock. Players need cooperate to find the code that opens the lock.

The game features 20 double-sided clue tiles that are spread on the table or around the room, plus 30 puzzle cards. Players select either the  Timer mode with a time limit of five minutes to find the code – wrong solutions cost you 30 seconds – or the Chrono mode which simply counts the time you need for the solutions. Equipment for players features a blacklight lamp, a mirror foil and a red filter.

A card is drawn and provides a puzzle in one of ten varieties and one of four levels, in one of nine topics. The card is put into the lock and activates it for this puzzle. Then the card is taken out and read – you always look for a number code. The card features three clues for a color, an item or a type of food; those solutions can be found on the clue tiles which are color-coded – rainbow for colors, orange for an item and blue for food – and show you a number, usually assisted by lamp, mirror and filter as part of the code. If the code is correctly entered, the lock opens. and all have won. The rules offer information on the various puzzle types and also hold a table of all solutions.

You need knowledge as well as creativeness, accuracy and memory, you must be quick and have a good vocabulary – all in all, a well-working variation of the EXIT principle for children, and also a good family game.

Players: 1-4

Age: 7+

Time: 15+

Designer: not named

Artist: Comicon, Sensit, Fine Tuning

Price: ca. 33 Euro

Publisher: Kosmos Verlag 2018

Web: www.kosmos.de

Genre: escape, decoding

Users: For children

Users: For experts

Special: 1 player

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: ja

Comments:

Very nice EXIT variant

Also good for families

Well-chosen mix of puzzles

Compares to:

Puzzles for code parts, Escape Room games

Other editions:

Currently none

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