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Operation: Cipher Vault

A PRINT-AND-PLAY ADVENTURE

SPY HEIST · AGES 14+

Operation: Cipher Vault

Printable escape room · The perfect heist needs more than a lucky guess.

30–45 minutes2–6 playersChallenging

Recover a stolen research file from a private vault. Reconstruct an agent’s plan across eight logic, cipher, and timing puzzles.

Format
Digital download · English
Suggested age
14+ · 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

$32USD · 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.

Your handler has located the stolen Meridian research file inside the Aurelian Archive. There is one window to recover it: the shift change before midnight. Eight fragments of an undercover agent’s dossier reveal the staff entrance, access phrase and final retrieval code. Everything you need is in the dossier. No real hacking, outside research or technical knowledge is required.

Work through 8 connected puzzles: logic grids, ciphers, timetables, 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

Open the Meridian dossier.

Badge records, patrol windows and coded fragments lead through eight discoveries to a secret research vault.

Your player booklet: Open the Meridian dossier.
Your player booklet
A real page from the game: Open the Meridian dossier.
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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