Puzzle Post: The Deceit

Admittedly I played this game solo, which wasn’t the ideal gaming environment. But as the game touts itself as being suitable for 1-8 players, I figured I’d give it a go.

I recommend that anyone who plays The Deceit goes into it with a decent sized group of solvers with a diverse set of brains. Maybe all you need is a Chunk in your group (to hearken back to my escape room Goonies archetypes theory) – a wildcard who can make those spurious connections.

I think The Deceit needs extra signposting on around half of its puzzles. There’s a lot there that requires players to trial and error their answers and methods in order to stumble into the correct answer, which was frustrating in some cases. It’s a shame as I thoroughly enjoyed The Missed Flight.