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Space Cowboys built the series around a plain deck of cards plus a free companion app that runs the timer, doles out hints and handles the machine puzzles. Nothing gets cut or written on, so one box can circulate through a whole group of friends. Standard boxes hold three separate adventures of about an hour each, while the Short Adventures range sells a single scenario for the price of a coffee.
Wrong codes cost minutes, which keeps the clock honest. The app is also the weak spot: no charged phone or tablet, no game, and the whole line depends on the publisher keeping those apps alive. Unlock! Kids drops the app completely and works from age six, so families with young children have somewhere to start. Themes jump from pirates to sci-fi, quality varies by scenario rather than by box.
Pros
- Cards stay intact, box can be lent on
- Three adventures in one standard box
- App timer and hints, no reading aloud
- Kids line playable from six years old
- Short Adventures cost very little
Cons
- Needs a phone or tablet every session
- Quality swings between scenarios
- Long term app support is out of your hands
- Small print on some object cards
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