Escape from the Aquarium
We found Escape from the Aquarium on the way home from our Sedona trip. It looked cute and we didn't notice at the time that it was an escape room game for kids. Or main issue with escape room games is that the pieces get marked up or ruined during the course of the game, so it's hard to play them a second time. And knowing the outcome spoils the replayability. Escape room games are not really games, they are sets of puzzles. The art is bright and friendly. The story is a bit silly: you get turned into a fish while visiting the aquarium and have to swim around looking for clues to get magical ingredients to get back to human form. Okay. There is an answer book and hint book, both of them with scratch off spaces, so there's the main component that can't be restored to its unplayed state. There are four folders full of clues but you have to dump all four folders together, since the stuff you need to solve puzzles in o...