Welcome back to another episode of Puzzling Company! In this episode, Jared, Hunter, and Matthew talk about Escape the Room: Murder in the Mafia. The next game to come from ThinkFun and Blue Matter Games, this third installment to the Escape the Room series is charming, vibrant, and full of drama and intrigue. Once unfolded, the detective's office came to life, though unfortunately, we couldn't say the same for the Chicago mob enforcer Mickey, who we found dead in our office with our own gun beside him. Somebody framed us, and they did a darn good job. Listen to our thoughts as we take a shot at getting the mob--and hopefully the law--off our backs!Look for this game on the shelves at your local game store, as well as on the ThinkFun and Blue Matter Games websites at the end of February. Listening a little later? Go ahead and grab a copy for yourself!

0:00 Introduction3:19 Section 1a- Things We Liked14:17 Section 1b- Rooms for Improvement/Things to be Noted27:43 Section 2- Game Talk: Noir as a Genre42:22 Closing Out (and some important promotions!)

Let us know what you think of Murder in the Mafia! Are you excited to see this game's release? Or, for our later listeners, have you already maneuvered through the mafia's murderous mystery? Do you have any thoughts we didn't mention?If you would like to support Blue Matter Games (and if haven't sleuthed your way through this case yourself):https://www.bluemattergames.com/escape-room

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