Episode 84 - Puzzles-in-a-Box

Okay, we'll be the first to admit it - these aren't really games as such. They're escape rooms in a box, or murder mysteries to solve, or stories that happen to include an unusually high number of puzzles. But whatever they are, we like them, and we feel like a lot of board game fans like them too. Hopefully you're among them - if not, stick around for our 2026 wrap-up next month! Meanwhile, in this episode:

• An editing problem lost us a chunk of the episode, but we're going to get the missing bits back for you, so stay tuned.
• Brian doesn't know how much movie tickets cost.
• Why ARE the Escape Room Police after Mike?
• In the middle of the episode, Joe sends us back in time to the beginning of the episode.
• Frank goes deep with the animation lore (Ub Iwerks, anyone?)
• We can't really describe Mystery House that well in audio format, but it looks like this.

Do you like these kinds of puzzle games, or would you rather us stick to the usual stuff? Come visit our Discord server to chat with us and other like-minded game nerds!

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