Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion
BGG rank
BGG #3,544
BGG rating
7.1

Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion

2020

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  • 1–99 players
  • 60–120 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 2.0/5

For 1 player

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Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion is a board game released in 2020 for 1–99 players, 60–120 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Jay Cormier and Sen-Foong Lim and its main mechanics are Cooperative Game and Narrative Choice / Paragraph.

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About the game

In Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion, players take on the roles of the teen sleuths and their courageous canine pal to solve a mystery! Work together to decode clues and find your way out of the haunted mansion in this co-operative "Coded Chronicles" game. Can you solve the mystery of Lady Fairmont's ghost with the help of Mystery, Inc.? In more detail, more than fifty clues are hidden in the pieces and interactive game board to help you discover what happened in Lady Fairmont's haunted mansion! Players share five narrative booklets to be read as everyone works together to fill in the story's missing details. Different parts are kept in secret envelopes to be opened as the crew unlocks the answers. Scooby-Doo is the first of the "Coded Chronicles" games, the second will be The Shining: Escape from the Overlook Hotel. -user summary Step into the roles of Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang as you work to solve the mystery in Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion. Work together to decode over 50 clues and find your way out of the haunted mansion in this cooperative Coded Chronicles game, an officially licensed escape room board game great for Scooby-Doo fans. More than 50 individual clues are hidden in this game’s interactive game board and pieces to help you discover what happened in Lady Fairmont’s Haunted Mansion! Players will share five narrative booklets, to be read as everyone works together to fill in the story’s missing details. Different parts are kept in secret envelopes to be opened as the crew unlocks the answers, keeping everyone on the edge of their seat. Scooby Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion is made for one or more players, ages 12 and up. About Coded Chronicles: Coded Chronicles is an at-home escape room style game where players work together to unlock clues and solve puzzles by using a unique code revealing mechanic. Each game offers a unique storyline and objective to provide a one-of-a-kind game-play experience. -description from publisher Game Components: 5 Narrative Books 13 Map Tiles 60 Clue Cards 8 Secret Envelopes 5 Character Standees 1 Mystery Manual

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Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion supports 1–99 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.