Escape from the Starline Express (2019)

About this game

It's time to gather your guests for an evening of intrigue with this quick-thinking, quick-solving escape room game! News of the theft of the world famous Black Widow diamond necklace has reached the public. The only suspects? Members of the notorious "Rag-Tag Crew", a gang of petty thugs who have taken the step into grand theft. Betty Willson, an ambitious young crime reporter, has unexpectedly become caught in the centre when she finds herself sharing a train carriage with six mysterious passengers, all members of the "Rag-Tag Crew". Armed with the task of collecting the evidence needed to put the gang behind bars, it's a race against time for Betty to make her way through the train carriages. With the gang hot on her heels, will you be able to solve the puzzles and riddles along the way and find out what mysteries await her on this long, lonely stretch of track? All aboard! Escape from the Starline Express is an escape room game designed for a group of 2–8 people.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 8.
• Rules load. At 1.3/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 12 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.