The 54 cards each have a symbol on the back and either a clue, puzzle, or hint on the front. Each card has a different symbol on the back. Don’t open the gameboard until directed to do so by the game. The gameboard itself has many of the puzzles. While it starts out with an overview of Alcatraz Island, along with pictures on the side that offer clues, it opens up several times to reveal new locations as well as more clues and puzzles. Clues can be anywhere, even on the sides. Lift off the lid of the box to review the gameboard. It is published by PlayMonster, with illustrations by Steve Downer. Break In: Alcatraz was designed by Rebecca Bleau, Nicholas Cravotta, and David Yakos. The game is currently available for sale on Amazon for around $15. Players must work together to solve puzzles and not only break into the prison, but also escape with their friends.

What Is Break In: Alcatraz?īreak In: Alcatraz is a cooperative escape room type game for 1-6 players, ages 10 and up, and takes about 120 minutes to play. In order to help the three escape, you must first break into Alcatraz. Now you have a chance to take part in this jail break. Recent information seems to show they may have survived and left the country. Whether they survived the near freezing water of San Francisco Bay and made it to the mainland has been a mystery. On the night of June 11, 1962, three men successfully escaped from their cells and made it off ‘the Rock’. In the history of Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary, there has only been one successful breakout.

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