What is No Escape?
No Escape is a premium pop-up, narrative driven puzzle game. Told through in-world ephemera such as personal correspondence and newspapers, experience the story at the heart of the mystery through the unique lens of the characters themselves. Uncover clues, solve puzzles, and survive to tell the tale
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Is No Escape like [insert any other MPC game here]?
Yes… And no! Dead Man’s Tale represents the first title in an updated and streamlined MPC format. We believe No Escape retains all the immersion, surprise, and attention to detail that you know and love from traditional MPC puzzle games, while remaining accessible and affordable to as broad an audience as possible. In short, at a time when everyone is looking to make the most of their entertainment dollars, No Escape provides a compelling and approachable premium weird fiction option.
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Is No Escape the continuation of any other MPC stories?
Each new title in the No Escape series focuses on a new weird fiction story. Many are lovecraftian tales, adapted from source material written by H.P. Lovecraft. Different stories may contain continuity across a shared fictional universe of characters, places, and events, but to date no two stories are direct sequels to one another.
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Who is this for?
No Escape is for puzzle lovers, mystery hounds, and weird fiction nuts. Room escape enthusiasts will be right at home among its pages, searching for clues and flexing their deductive skills. Care has been taken during testing to ensure a balanced game that’s appropriately challenging for a wide audience.
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How age-appropriate is the product?
While a work of fiction, No Escape contains references to mature themes that younger audiences may find distressing. As such we recommend its suitability for players 16+
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Is No Escape single player or co-operative?
No Escape is a comfortable experience for 1 or 2 players, so bring along a friend, companion, or doppelgänger for the journey.
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How long will it take to complete the game?
Different players certainly progress at their own pace, but typically players will spend 3-5+ hours completing the game.
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Does the game come with a hints system?
Yes! No Escape is a completely offline game, and can be experienced anywhere. A hint booklet is included in your game for your references, should you choose to take a peek…
If you are absolutely stuck on something you can email us at [email protected] or join our discord to get help from fellow players.
Join the discord: https://discord.com/invite/curiouscorrespondence
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How big is No Escape?
No Escape: Dead Man’s Tale consists of 5 pop-up stages, each an individual chapter in a linear story. Each pop-up stage contains piles of papers, clipping, and other ephemera through which you experience your adventure. Puzzles in each stage prevent you from progressing to the next, until you can rise to their challenge and unlock the subsequent chapter. Testing has shown that 1 or 2 players working cooperatively take anywhere from 3-5+ hours to complete the experience. If you’re wondering literally how big, the outer box is ~12.5” x 9.5” x 2.25”
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Can I expect the same level of quality as a premium board game?
Indubitably. (How often do you get to drop an ‘indubitably’?) Although the form factor of our five pop-up book style chapters differs from that of a traditional tabletop experience, our partnership with a dedicated board game producer will ensure a consistently elevated quality. With our partners, we’re taking extra care to ensure a close attention to detail, and the use of appropriate material stock to prevent those pesky rips and tears.
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Is No Escape replayable?
No Escape is a premium, single-play experience. The nature of a linear puzzle story means that once you’ve solved the puzzles and uncovered the mystery, you can’t unsee what you’ve seen, nor unknow what you know. You can, however, treat a friend, loved one, or stranger to your copy of the game by restoring it to its original condition sing the rest guide (located below)
The reset kits for each case will be available at: https://mysteriouspackage.com/pages/replay
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What is the reset guide?
Let’s keep the mystery going and pay it forward! The reset guide will instruct you how to correctly reset your game to its original state upon completion. This means you can gift your copy for another player to enjoy. No Escape reset guides are available at: https://mysteriouspackage.com/pages/replay
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How difficult is it, and what happens if I get stuck?
As always, our testing groups span a variety of backgrounds, abilities, and levels of familiarity with narrative puzzle media, so we can feel confident that we’re producing a well balanced game that’s appropriately challenging for a wide audience. If at any point you do become stuck, the included hint booklet will point you in the right direction. Don’t fret if you’re a no-hinter, doing so is entirely elective.
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Do I need an internet connection to play?
No! With the optional exception of visiting the post-game PDF printable’s link, No Escape is a fully offline, self-contained analogue experience. Oh, and maybe letting us know on social media that you’ve cracked the case… @mysteriouspackageco ;)
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Why did you decide to do another Kickstarter?
Kickstarter is a tremendous platform for gauging our audience’s interest in a new experience, and provides players a chance to vote with their wallets on the future of the No Escape series. We have earnt our audiences trust with no fewer than four successful campaigns so far, and look forward to rewarding their enthusiasm a fifth time with Dead Man’s Tale.
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Why should I back your Kickstarter, rather than wait for retail release?
By becoming a backer and supporting the project, you’re helping bring this game to life! That’s not all, of course… backers will receive No Escape first, and for less than it’ll be available via retail or on our website. A vote of confidence for a new experience from MPC helps us direct our future energies towards more of the games you want to see.
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Will you ship internationally?
Yes, we’ll be shipping globally. Keep in mind that experiences will be fulfilled from warehouses in the US, Canada and the UK. All other country’s Import duties, taxes, VAT, and brokerage fees are not included in the product price or shipping and handling costs. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility and we are only charging the transportation fee for your order. You may check with your country’s customs office to determine if there will be additional costs.
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Can I change my shipping address?
Yes! If your shipping address is not yet locked in, you’ll be able to change it in the pledge manager and Backerkit.
If your shipping address has been locked in please email us at [email protected].
Addresses cannot be changed after fulfillment has begun. We will share an update with the final day for order changes before fulfillment is started.
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Which languages will this be available in?
Right now we’re focusing on an English version of the game. We do not have translations planned for this campaign, but it’s definitely something we hope to pursue for reprints and future products.
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Can I send this as a gift?
Yes! And your generous name shall echo into eternity. We’ll make it clear how to gift this experience once we get to the Backerkit phase. You legend.
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What is the Pledge Manager?
The Pledge Manager is a platform that will make your life as a backer much easier. Basically, it’s used to input your shipping address and select add-ons at the last minute or add things that were not originally in our rewards.
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What is Backerkit?
Backerkit is a third party service that we use to help us manage pledges. This service allows us to collect all the relevant information from you that we need to fulfill your pledge. It is also where you can manage your pledge and add-ons.
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What is the Backerkit survey?
Sometime after the campaign is complete, we will send out surveys through Backerkit that will collect the information we need from you to fulfill the pledge. We will share an update when we expect these surveys to start showing up in your inbox!
Please note, Backerkit’s process sends the surveys across backers over a number of days. Do not fret if you’ve not received your survey right away.
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Can I get other Mysterious Package games as add-ons?
Absolutely! On the following page after you’ve pledged, you’ll have access to an amazing catalog of add-ons and will be able to add them to your order at a tidy saving.
From the budding novice to the super sleuth, there’s an add-on for everyone! Depending on your appetite, they fall into a few categories, and within each style of game there are a number of different titles. Broadly speaking, we’ve divided our titles into two categories, puzzle-centric experiences an Murder mystery games. Once you’ve pledged, please take a moment to peruse our wares, and by all means, treat yourself to a little more mystery.
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Can I purchase more than one copy of this?
Yes! We’ll be including additional copies as an option in the add-ons section of the pledge manager and Backerkit.
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How do I access add-ons?
Add-ons are available for anyone who has pledged at the reward tier. To access add-ons follow this path: 1. Homepage -> manage pledge button 2. Click change your pledge button 3. Click pledge button 4. Configure reward page - scroll down to all rewards You should be able to see all available add-ons and add the ones you want to your pledge!
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Will you be offering multiple orders and retail pledges?
Yes! We will be adding multiple product options and a retail add-on program through BackerKit. To find out more about this - make sure you pledge a minimum amount ($1) to gain access to BackerKit at the conclusion of the campaign. If you have any specific questions, please feel free to reach out to our team at [email protected]
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How do I contact you?
The quickest way to get in touch with us is to email [email protected]. You can also send us a DM on Kickstarter or post your question to the comments!
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How do I stay up to date with future projects from MPC?
Great question! We’re all about keeping folks informed but the best way to stay abridged of the madness swirling around the studio is through our newsletter and our discord.
Sign up for the weekly newsletter here: https://mysteriouspackage.com/pages [dave signup page]
You can join the discord here: https://discord.com/invite/curiouscorrespondence
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Will you ever make crates again?
We certainly have new experiences in the works of all different stripes. For now, however, we plan to take MPC forward by expanding the No Escape library of titles. Primarily this to ensure we’re producing approachable experiences that capture the sense of scale and immersion you’re used to from the MPC. As proud as we remain of our legacy crates, at this time they have become too cost prohibitive to produce for a price that would be fair to ask of you. We’re just as excited to see what the future brings, so stay tuned for project announcements and development updates!
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What comes next for the No Escape series?
We’ve got plans. Big plans maniacally drums fingertips. Campaign success permitting, we’re chomping at the bit to expand the No Escape format into a vast, dark library of subsequent MPC titles. We have several stories in the pipeline, both new and adaptions of popular MPC adventures.
As soon as we’ve met all our campaign commitments and fully delivered Dead Man’s Tale, we’re ready to embark on our next adventure: No Escape: Rest For the Wicked. Haven’t you heard? There’s been a spate of mysterious disappearances from a hotel in Innsmouth, Massachusetts. Someone should look into it. It smells fishy. Also lurking in the wings for it’s moment to strike is a No Escape adaptation of one of our popular legacy MPC titles Hastur. You’ll know when it’s time. You’ll see him in your dream beneath the twin suns over the lake.
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Why the evolution, is this MPC-lite?
As the years have passed, the process and associated costs of producing physical media have changed. While we remain committed to telling immersive stories, it’s become exponentially more expensive to produce our bespoke crates. Perhaps more relevantly, new experiences in our physical, legacy format have become far too cost-prohibitive for the average player to enjoy. We want to tell stories for everyone to experience, not merely the handful that can afford it.
In streamlining our format, we believe our games retain all the immersion, surprise, and attention to detail that you know and love, while remaining accessible and affordable to as broad an audience as possible. In short, at a time when everyone is looking to make the most of their entertainment dollars, No Escape provides a compelling and approachable premium weird fiction option.
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How will you guarantee high production quality?
After our highly successful Kickstarter for our previous pop-up experience Doomensions, and the first game in the Body of Evidence series (Best Served Cold), we’re keen to incorporate feedback and improvements based on practical lessons learned from their inaugural runs. We want to build on that success, by allowing those insights to inform better and better experiences.
One such change this time around is a new production partner. For No Escape: Dead Man’s Tale, we’re working with a dedicated board game producer, and our expectation is an overall elevation of quality. We’re taking extra care to ensure close attention to detail, and the use of appropriate material stock to prevent any pesky rips and tears.
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Can I just back add-ons?
Absolutely! Just back the $1 pledge, then on the following page after you’ve pledged, you’ll have access to an amazing catalog of add-ons and will be able to add them to your order at a tidy saving.
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Will you have retail tiers?
We will be offering retail tiers through the BackerKit stage of the campaign.
We ask retailers to pledge $1 to get access to that stage of the campaign. We are currently in the process of working through a wholesale pricing structure and MOQ.
However, if you have any questions in the meantime please reach out to us at [email protected]
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What is our Environmental Commitment?
It’s so important to us to offset the environmental impact of our games. It’s the main reason we’ve tried to eliminate plastic as much as possible from this experience. While No Escape will be constructed from various board, card and paper stocks, all the materials are quality and fit for purpose. All thematic props and incidentals that appear in the product photography and videography are for display purposes only, and do not appear in the game.
Four years ago we pledged to plant a tree for every Curious Correspondence game we sold. With our partner Ecologi, we’ve planted tens of thousands of trees to offset our carbon footprint so far.
With that in mind, for every copy of No Escape sold, we will plant a tree to offset the environmental impact of production.
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What is BackerKit?
BackerKit is a service that crowdfunded project creators use to keep track of hundreds to tens of thousands of backers—from shipping details, pledge levels, preferences and quantities, whether they have paid or had their card declined, special notes, and everything in between!
The BackerKit software and support team is independent from the campaign’s project team—BackerKit does not handle the actual reward shipping. For more information about the preparation or delivery status of your rewards, please check the project's updates page.
How does BackerKit work?
After the campaign ends, the project creator will send you an email with a unique link to your survey. You can check out a walkthrough of the process here.
I never received my invitation. How do I complete the survey?
The most common reasons for not receiving a survey email is that you may be checking an email inbox different from the email address you used to sign up with Kickstarter, Indiegogo or Tilt Pro account, or it may be caught in your spam filter.
Confirm that the email address you are searching matches the email address tied to your Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or Tilt Pro account. If that doesn’t work, then try checking your spam, junk or promotions folders. You can also search for "backerkit” in your inbox.
To resend the survey to yourself, visit the project page and input the email address associated with your Kickstarter, Indiegogo or Tilt Pro account.
How do I update my shipping address?
BackerKit allows you to update your shipping address until the shipping addresses are locked by the project creator. To update your address, go back to your BackerKit survey by inputting your email here.
When will my order be shipped, charged or locked?
That is handled directly by the project creator. BackerKit functions independently of the project itself, so we do not have control of their physical shipping timeline. If you want to check on the project’s status, we recommend reading over the project's updates page.
I completed the survey, but haven't received my rewards yet. When will they arrive?
As BackerKit does not actually handle any rewards or shipping, the best way to stay updated on the shipping timeline would be to check out the project's updates page.