Star Trek: Cryptic – A Puzzles and Pathways Adventure (2023)

About this game

Climb the ranks of Starfleet and explore strange new worlds in Star Trek: Cryptic – A Puzzles and Pathways Adventure, a puzzle-filled, action-packed "escape room" game. Using your PADD as your guide, you'll decipher subspace transmissions, discover alien civilizations, and prevent planetary disaster with logic, deduction, and creative thinking. Prepare to boldly go where no one has gone before! —description from the publisher

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 1 to 99. It has a designed solo mode.
• 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 10 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.