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Company: Literary Adventure Society
Game: Lovely Brooke in the Mystery of the Black Bag
Country: USA 🇺🇸
Language: English
Type of Game: Tabletop Game 📬
Genre: Mystery
Date Played: August 12, 2024
Difficulty (based on 2 players): 4/10
Size of Team: Unlimited (Recommended 1 to 6 ppl)
Time: Unlimited (Recommended 1.5 - 2 Hrs)
Price: $55.00 USD
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Loveday Brooke, woman detective, is on the double case when Lady Cathrow is robbed of her jewels at a holiday party as well as a mysterious black bag with a cryptic note is left in Addington. Could both cases be related and if they are, how so? Can you match wits with Loveday Brooke and solve the case?
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Opening the black box, everything was beautifully laid out, which included an introduction letter, some background information on the story, a newspaper and some items to add to the ambience of the game such as a notebook, some tea, a candle and more.
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This game was different than most detective games we have played. After checking out the contents of the box, the introduction letter pointed us to a website to begin an audio play. At certain points of the audio play, Loveday Brooke would find clues and mark them as evidence X. We would then open the envelope marked with the same evidence X and get to examine it as well.
The evidence that was provided was of high quality and the handwritten items were done in the time period with cursive. Do not worry though if you are not familiar with cursive because the website had a guide to help read cursive among other fun things like cocktail and mocktail recipes and a guide on playing with children.
The highlight by far is the audio play. The voice actors, production value, music, everything was incredible and professionally done. They also offered a transcript of the play which we found useful to follow along which also offered some stage directions for the story that added an extra layer to the play.
We personally are not familiar with this Loveday story, but researching it afterwards, we are all so impressed with first, how they were able to turn it into an audio play but secondly, how they were able to weave a larger mystery in it to allow us to play along. If you know the story as well, it won’t spoil the game for you either.
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The game was all about our skill of deduction and matching wits with Loveday Brooke. By the time we got to the last envelope, we were instructed in the introduction letter to pause the play and see what conclusions we could put together.
The evidence was well thought out and everything had a purpose. We had to make sure to read everything but it all made sense and gave us a satisfying solve. Once we made our conclusion, we could continue the audio play and Loveday would give us her conclusion. Afterwards, there was also an envelope that explained in more detail what connections were made and where to find the key pieces in the items.
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Literacy Adventure Society has crafted a beautifully blended game of deduction and entertainment. The audio play was beyond compare with its production value through the voice acting, music and script. They even provided a beautifully smelling candle and tea to set the mood for a casual environment to play this game, gathered around the living room or something. This made me think of times sitting on the living room floor on a rainy day, listening to a story on an old radio. The game says it can be played with up to 6 people, which we find is do able as you can easily pause the audio play and allow everyone time to check out the evidence. Any armchair detective or theatre buffs would love this experience. This is a game that everyone needs to check out and we can’t wait to see what other detective stories LAS has in store.
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Disclosure: We thank Literary Adventure Society for providing us with samples of the game. Although a complimentary experience was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever.
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