Solve Puzzles In The Mansion Of The 7th Guest Board Game On Kickstarter
April 5, 2017 by deltagamegirl22
I absolutely love when something strikes the nostalgia factor for me and today's peek at Kickstarter was a SCORE! Do you remember the 90's computer game, The 7th Guest and it's sequel, the 11th Hour?
Hey, they were awesome and super exciting - cutting edge games back in their time, and now Trilobyte Games has brought it back on Kickstarter in The 7th Guest Board Game!
That's right, now you can explore the mysteries of the mansion and solve puzzles to your heart's content in this pretty awesome game. You and up to five friends can set off to explore the mansion and its secrets.
You must choose how elaborate you want your tour to be- nickel, dime or grand tour - each having a number of rooms involved. Obviously, the greater the tour, the longer your game, so you can tailor your gaming experience.
The game comes with a six-sided die, thirty-six Mystery Spell cards, 108 Destination cards and 300 puzzler cards. The cards will dictate the rooms and order you need to explore them in as well as what kinds of puzzles you must solve in each location in order to move on to the next room. There's also miniatures to represent the guests and/or inhabitants of the mansion.
One of the things I love most about the looks of this game is that it isn't too much. They're really keeping true to the game's original form in term of simplicity and will let the rest of the game, puzzles, interactions and your imaginations do the rest.
And on top of that, I really appreciate the high card count coming in the game in order to encourage replayability without immediately exhausting the secrets in the puzzles.
What do you think of this nostalgic conversion of CDROM gaming to the tabletop?
"...Trilobyte Games has brought it back on Kickstarter in The 7th Guest Board Game!"
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I loved playing this game when it came out. I still remember copying the design of the rug down on paper before visiting the maze. However, as much as I enjoyed the game, I am not sure that it would really translate well to a board game. This one be a try before you buy for me.
I have fond memories playing this on a Philips CD-i and being amazed at the fact you were interacting with real actors. Sticking in the PC version into a cd player allowed you play the incredible, haunting soundtrack.
Ultimately it was all about keeping your nerve whilst solving the sometimes ridiculous puzzles. This looks like the puzzles are a 7th guest themed version of MindTrap so you’d need a hefty set to maintain the replay-ability.
Unfortunately their last kickstarter for a 7th Guest sequel failed, hopefully this one will get the numbers.
Replayability is also a concern I have.
Looks like they hit their goal. Still 17 hours to go on the kickstarter.