Unsolved Case FilesAshcroft, Harmony - Cold Case Murder Mystery Game - Can You Solve The Crime? Who Killed Harmony? For Ages 14 and up

I love these murder mysteries! One of my favorite parts is all the paper that comes in the packet. It's like you're taking apart a real file, with "handwritten" notes etc. The part that takes the longest is just reading everything, so be prepared, there's a decent amount of content. I've done another one with 5 people, and this one with just my partner, and it was definitely easier with fewer people, since you are essentially reading the whole packet. You could totally do this by yourself though. Took us about 2 hours.

It's really fun. I'm hooked now going to hey other cases. This one was very very easy but for the first case it was a lot of fun. The quality es also very good, the photos come in photo quality and each suspect "talk" different. It's a very good game

The game itself is great! However my internal packaging had been apparently cut open because there was a huge slice through the evidence bag and through the folder itself. I only gave a bad review because I either have to drive to a ups pickup (which is nowhere close to my location) or just eat the damaged product.Edit: after leaving this review the seller actually reached out to me and offered a full refund for the damaged product. Highly recommend!

We were able to figure stuff out fairly quickly just based on obvious clues but being able to prove it without a doubt was a bit harder because those clues are hidden very well. I cant really go into detail about it without spoiling it but it definitely made it a bit harder. I mean real detectives have to prove it without a doubt so I get it. It was very fun to play and we took tons of notes and even had a whole board on the wall 😂 I ordered another one already and I can't wait for that one to come. The only downside is that once the case is solved then you can't play again so I'm going to have to keep buying them. I love all the evidence you get and we even bought extra supplies to go with the games! I want to do one every week!

Perfect for 1 person or many to solve! These are always so much fun!

I just got into detective style gaming at the start of the year and have been seeking a realistic experience. I've looked into all the subscription boxes like Hunt a Killer, but having seen videos, while they are made very well, they are more puzzle solving in the escape room sense than actually feeling like solving a crime.The Detective board game is a great game in itself but I found this one to be much more immersive and realistic. The quality of the components are the best I've seen and the presentation makes you feel like you've been handed an actual case file (minus the gore) from a police department. Newspaper articles feel like they are from a newspaper, photos are actual real photo quality, reports appear as if they could be legitimate documents.Everything you need to solve the case is included, which to me is better than having to spread it out over 5 to 6 months compared to subscription boxes which can add up in costs pretty quickly. I think the costs of these are a pretty good deal for the contents and the experience.It took me about a week to solve, sitting for a few hours each day to revisit things to see what I missed. Overall I think they did a great job with making it difficult in the sense that you feel like everyone could be the killer. The moment I discovered something felt great and made me want to dig in even more to keep that feeling going. I love that they have the sealed content with it so that just when you think you've seen everything, they give you a bit more. It makes it feel like your persistence has paid off.Ok, so now for the negatives. After combing through everything like a good detective, I discovered a number of typos and inconsistencies. While for the most part none of these are game breaking, one could throw off your logic and mislead you, however I still was able to solve the objective relating to it. The other downside is the amount of detective work that I put into it, such as creating a time table of every event that occurred, where people were, how much distance between locations, how far could someone travel on foot versus in a vehicle, analyzing every statement from suspect to witnesses for accuracy and such. I wanted it to be much more than it was and in the end a lot of that time was wasted effort as it was much more simplistic than I had thought. I enjoyed that type of work but I wish it had much more of a pay off.Overall I would definitely recommend it as it's the best I've experienced so far. I'm also open to suggestions from other shoppers of similar experiences. I hope these people continue making these cases and making improvements. I think some proof readers would help avoid the typos. I would love to have more in depth analysis of the cases, such as the efforts that I have mentioned, pay off. Maybe instead of the 3 objectives, have smaller clues to piece together that eventually lead to solving an objective. I'd also love to see these go more in line with some of the subscription boxes as far as including physical items involved in the case or perhaps just more emphasis on items in general even if in photographs, like the murder weapon, items found at the scene or elsewhere. Perhaps even an online component like in Detective where you can access the police database to corroborate suspect/witness statements like looking up phone records, vehicle registration, news articles, websites, etc. In general just more of everything. Even if these were deluxe cases at a premium I'd still purchase them just for the immersion.I'm not disappointed with my purchase at all and glad to have ordered the second one in advance based only on the quality of what the first had. I can't wait to see what they come up with next!

very fun to do ! Great quality ! Great for the family !

This game was so much fun! The attention to detail in the files and the quality of the game was perfect! The creators definitely made this with lots of love. It was challenging but it’s an unsolved mystery case so I expected it to be. I would say it was the same amount of difficulty you would expect in an escape room. It does have hints if needed and I did use them but that just makes me want to buy another one so I can solve without the hints! I can’t wait to buy the next case to share with my family as this game is perfect for all ages who can read or at least able to solve problems.