Escape the Labyrinth is a puzzle adventure gamebook, so do not read it in order. You solve a puzzle, and the answer in the door brick is the page you turn to next.
The story
This time the road branches. The labyrinth has three courts, and each ends in a fork: a short steep road of hard doors, or a long gentle road of easy ones. The roads meet again at the next court, so with three forks there are eight routes to the Heart.
Every door carries a sigil, and you choose your way through 45 locked chambers. Each court hides its jewel twice, so no road is the wrong one. Your endings are Bronze, Silver or Gold, depending on how much you find.
How it plays
Every chamber is one page: a short story beat, a puzzle, and a Next Door box. Solve the puzzle, find the number in the door brick, and turn to that page. A wrong answer sends you to a dead end that tells you which brick to recheck, so a slip costs you a minute and not the whole game.
A look inside
At a glance
- Choose your road: 8 routes in all
- Three endings: Bronze, Silver, Gold
- 48 original sigils to follow
- Ages 10 to adult; paperback, 144 pages
Books mentioned
Escape the Labyrinth
A puzzle adventure gamebook, paperback, 144 pages. Choose your road: 8 routes in all.
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