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Midnight at Blackthorn Manor

A PRINT-AND-PLAY ADVENTURE

GOTHIC MYSTERY · AGES 12+

Midnight at Blackthorn Manor

Printable escape room · The house remembers. Can you read its secrets?

25–40 minutes2–6 playersModerate

A locked conservatory, a missing deed, and eight clues left by a vanished botanist. Uncover the manor’s secret before the clock strikes twelve.

Format
Digital download · English
Suggested age
12+ · adult reading help may be needed
Paper
A4 and US Letter
Preparation
Read the host guide and print player pages before play. Allow setup time separately.

Printing help · Choose by age and reading ability

$29USD · digital download

Household and private, non-paid gatherings. License details

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English language. No physical product. Applicable tax added at checkout.

THE STORY BEGINS

You’ve just stepped into something extraordinary.

Blackthorn Manor opens its gates for one evening every autumn. This year, an envelope with your name on it waits on the doorstep. The housekeeper needs your help to find a lost deed and save the garden from demolition. Follow the household records, portraits and greenhouse notes to reveal the hiding place. Atmospheric mystery, without gore or jump scares.

Work through 8 connected puzzles: deduction, route tracing, code breaking, and bring the clues together for a final answer. Play at your own pace, with two progressive hints for every puzzle.

Play times are estimates and vary by group. Ages are guidance; younger players may need an adult.

Inside your download

  • Original, connected paper puzzles
  • Player booklet and printable clue cards
  • Separate host guide with full solutions
  • Two progressive hints per puzzle
  • Answer notebook and teamwork certificate
  • A4 and US Letter PDF editions
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ILLUSTRATED PAPER ADVENTURE

Unseal the housekeeper’s archive.

Visitor records, reflected alphabets and garden documents conceal eight connected discoveries in an illustrated manor mystery.

Your player booklet: Unseal the housekeeper’s archive.
Your player booklet
A real page from the game: Unseal the housekeeper’s archive.
A real page from the game

Immersive colour pages, a practical ink-saving edition, and a separate host guide. A4 and US Letter colour PDFs share the same artwork and layout, scaled to fit your paper. The matching online game uses the same puzzles.

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