Indiana Jones Cryptic Review

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We review Indiana Jones Cryptic, an escape room style board game published by Funko Games. In Indiana Jones Cryptic, players are working together to solve the puzzles based on the famed Indiana Jones movies.

Harrison Ford has played a lot of amazing characters but one of my favorites, if not my favorite, is Indiana Jones. The iconic poster for Temple of Doom is seared in my head as what a real-life action hero would be like. So when the chance to review a game that has gamers solving puzzles through the movies came up, I jumped at the opportunity acting like a second grader saying “ooh ooh pick me! Pick me!”

The publisher provided a review copy of this game in exchange for an honest review. As a piece of that transparency, I would like to disclose that I am employed by the Walt Disney Company who owns Lucasfilm. I do not work with anyone in games or the licensees and, as always, strive to provide an honest and unbiased review.

Grab your fedora-shaped thinking hat, kick on the John Williams music, and let’s get to decrypting Indiana Jones Cryptic.

At its core, Indiana Jones Cryptic is an Escape Room/Puzzle game where you step through various scenes from the film as well as a few things that happened off-camera.

The game comes with three cases, each roughly following the plot of the first three movies. These cases are Covenant of Raiders (Raiders of the Lost Ark), The Cult of Doom (Temple of Doom), and Quest for the Grail (Last Crusade). The core of the game is Indy’s journal, which is written in a first-person account as Indy narrates each scene and outcome of each puzzle and pathway based on how well you did. Coins are earned at the conclusion of each scene and are tallied at the end of the case to give a final score