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Escape Tales: The Awakening

Escape Tales: The Awakening

2018·Jakub Caban, Matt Dembek, Bartosz Idzikowski

1 - 4 players
180 - 360 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

Escape Tales: The Awakening is a story driven escape room in card game form, with immersive exploration, no time limits when solving puzzles, and a collection of tough choices that will captivate and immerse you deeply. As for the story, here's the set-up: Players take on the role of Sam, whose daughter has been in a coma for over two months and whose doctors still cannot explain how this happened or what caused it. According to them, everything is fine with the girl; she's healthy and shouldn't be in this condition. Sam is desperate and looks for answers everywhere he can, which leads to a weird meeting with Mark. Mark's son was once in a similar situation, and his father was able to help wake the boy up. He has given Sam a scary-looking book and said that inside this book he will find a ritual called "The Awakening". But Mark warned Sam that he needs to prepare himself mentally since this ritual will transfer him into another dimension, where he should be able to find his daughter and understand what is the cause of this state. If Sam's lucky enough, then he will be able to wake her up as well. Sam has held onto the book for more than a week. Finally, he's ready to go into the basement and perform a ritual. Are you ready, too? Content warning: suicide

Escape Tales: The Awakening

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Escape Tales: The Awakening Review. I'd rather be literally trying to escape a room with a pry bar14:09

Escape Tales: The Awakening Review. I'd rather be literally trying to escape a room with a pry bar

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Escape Tales: The Awakening Gameplay - Bored Online? Board Offline!1:00:58

Escape Tales: The Awakening Gameplay - Bored Online? Board Offline!

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Bored Online? Board Offline!

Which Escape Tales: The Awakening video should I watch?

Escape Tales: The Awakening has 2 videos from 2 creators: 1 review and 1 playthrough. They date from 2022 to May 2025.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Escape Tales: The Awakening Review. I'd rather be literally trying to escape a room with a pry bar" by Bower's Game Corner. To see it played, watch "Escape Tales: The Awakening Gameplay - Bored Online? Board Offline!" by Bored Online? Board Offline!.

If you like it, try Escape Tales: Children of Wyrmwoods, Side Quest: Nemesis, Side Quest: 7th Sea and The Book of Rituals, also by Jakub Caban.

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Escape Tales: The Awakening Review. I'd rather be literally trying to escape a room with a pry barReview14:09

Escape Tales: The Awakening Review. I'd rather be literally trying to escape a room with a pry bar

Bower's Game Corner

Bower's Game Corner

Escape Tales: The Awakening Gameplay - Bored Online? Board Offline!Playthrough1:00:58

Escape Tales: The Awakening Gameplay - Bored Online? Board Offline!

Bored Online? Board Offline!

Bored Online? Board Offline!

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About Escape Tales: The Awakening

From BoardGameGeek:

Escape Tales: The Awakening is a story driven escape room in card game form, with immersive exploration, no time limits when solving puzzles, and a collection of tough choices that will captivate and immerse you deeply. As for the story, here's the set-up: Players take on the role of Sam, whose daughter has been in a coma for over two months and whose doctors still cannot explain how this happened or what caused it. According to them, everything is fine with the girl; she's healthy and shouldn't be in this condition. Sam is desperate and looks for answers everywhere he can, which leads to a weird meeting with Mark. Mark's son was once in a similar situation, and his father was able to help wake the boy up. He has given Sam a scary-looking book and said that inside this book he will find a ritual called "The Awakening". But Mark warned Sam that he needs to prepare himself mentally since this ritual will transfer him into another dimension, where he should be able to find his daughter and understand what is the cause of this state. If Sam's lucky enough, then he will be able to wake her up as well. Sam has held onto the book for more than a week. Finally, he's ready to go into the basement and perform a ritual. Are you ready, too? Content warning: suicide

Designers

Jakub Caban, Matt Dembek, Bartosz Idzikowski

Artists

Jakub Fajtanowski, Magdalena Klepacz, Paweł Niziołek

Publisher

Board&Dice

Categories

Card GameHorrorMature / AdultPuzzle

Mechanics

Cooperative GameDeductionSolo / Solitaire Game
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