- Publisher: becker&mayer! kids
- Year: 2020
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 52pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 209x158mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.2kg
- ISBN: 9780760368930
- Product code: 528371
The Cursed Castle
An Escape Room in a Book: Use Your Wits to Survive and Decipher the Clues to Escape
LJ Tracosas , Illus. Turine TranPostscript summary
Challenging the reader to lift the curse that has caused the king, courtiers, knights, guards and kitchen staff to vanish from their medieval castle home, each page of this book features clues in the form of sudokus, ciphers, mazes, artworks and logic puzzles, supported by a lift-the-flap page of hints and tips. Age 7+
All the fun of an escape room, held in one hand! Travel into a medieval world and face the cursed castle. Before he disappeared, the old king left clues all over his castle, from the courtyard to the dungeons. Can you solve his puzzles to save him? Or will you become another victim of the castle's curse? Challenge your mind with:
Sudoku
Ciphers
Word searches
Logic puzzles
Mazes
Code-breaking puzzles
And more!
Solve the puzzles, break the codes, and detect the patterns to save the king and escape the castle!
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