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EXIT: The Game – Advent Calendar: The Mystery of the Ice Cave

The avalanche has sealed the way back. Behind twenty-four doors, the ice cave tells its story one puzzle at a time—and every answer points deeper inside.

Family Games Thematic Games Deduction Puzzle Cooperative Game

Players

1-99

Play time

45-90 min

Age

10+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

7.81

Easier to teach Highly interactive Light strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 4.5/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 1.5/5

Lower replayability

Interaction 4.5/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.0/5

Light strategy

Player control 4.5/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 3 min
Teach time About 5 min
Table footprint Small
Campaign commitment About 24 sessions
Recommended edition EXIT: Advent Calendar – Mystery of the Ice Cave English edition (2022)
Not fully resettable
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How it plays

How does it play?

Open one mysterious door each day, combine a storybook, strange objects, riddle cards, and a decoder, and escape an avalanche-sealed ice cave over 24 chapters.

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The Mystery of the Ice Cave turns the EXIT escape-room system into a twenty-four-day adventure calendar. After an avalanche traps the group in a mountain cave, each day begins with the next story chapter and one sealed compartment. The room artwork, riddle cards, unusual physical objects, and a three-digit code work together to reveal where the following day’s door is hidden. Hints are available in the help book, and the narrative advances only after the current puzzle is solved. It can be played solo or cooperatively by a team, either at the intended one-puzzle-per-day pace or in a shorter series of sessions. Like many EXIT titles, components may be folded, written on, or otherwise altered, so the experience is designed primarily for one group. Avoid gallery captions and videos that reveal solutions; discovery is the heart of the product.

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Editions

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Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
EXIT: Advent Calendar – Mystery of the Ice Cave English edition (2022) 2022 English Thames & Kosmos / UK

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All specifications (18)

Play and group

Players
1–99
Play time
45–90 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.0/5
App
None app

Practicalities

Setup time
About 3 min
Teach time
About 5 min
Teardown time
About 3 min
Table footprint
Small

Campaign and continuity

Campaign commitment
About 24 sessions
Group continuity
Same Group Preferred
Resettable
Not Resettable

Edition and product

Recommended edition
EXIT: Advent Calendar – Mystery of the Ice Cave English edition (2022)
Language
English
Region
UK
Availability
Current
Edition type
Advent Calendar
Current edition
Yes
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Inka Brand Markus Brand

Publishers

1
KOSMOS

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