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May 26, 2025·Review·14:09·16·Watch on YouTube

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

Bower's Game Corner

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Watch “Escape Tales: The Awakening Review. I'd rather be literally trying to escape a room with a pry bar,” a board game review on BoardGameVideo.

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Today, I'm sharing my honest **review** of Escape Tales The Awakening. I'm joined by friends to discuss our **impressions** and confusion about the high **ratings**. We dive into why our experience differed, making it a **thinky games** discussion. Buy stuff on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vpKhmO Want To Help The Channel Get Better? Consider my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Bowersgamecorner Get a peak behind the scenes and join my Facebook Group!: https://www.facebook.com/BowersGameCorner For More Info: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/253214/escape-tales-the-awakening From The Publisher: 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?

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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

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 GameHorror

Mechanics

Cooperative GameDeduction
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