2 years after the crowdfunding of Apocalypse: Sign of the Cross, Argyx Games is proud to present their new escape box: "LEGACY: Quest for a Family Treasure".
Inspired by live escape games, "LEGACY: Quest for a Family Treasure" is a narrative puzzle: a unique and immersive co-op investigation game you can play at home. Use observation and deduction to solve puzzles, decipher codes and experience alternate reality gaming.
Marseille, Fall 2019. You receive the letter of a notary that comes with a mysterious black box. In his last will, your estranged father reveals the existence of a family treasure, hidden somewhere in Europe. To find it, he leaves you objects and documents that belonged to him as well as to your ancestor. You have to shed light on the past in order to be able to claim your inheritance...
Prototype of LEGACY
LEGACY includes 40 realistic objects & documents : 8-page newspaper, letters, postcards, photographs, a A3-treasure map, the map of the Paris World Fair, glass bottle, chess pieces, miniatures items (watch, shovel...), book page, business card, pen, sliding puzzle, cardboard 3D glasses... and even a 3D Eiffel Tower!
A smartphone or a computer with an Internet connection is required to play.
In LEGACY, you will:
LEGACY contains 2 episodes: "Eiffel 1889" and "Hellas 2019", that can be played independently. The Kickstarter version of LEGACY will also include an exclusive puzzle, "The House".
The Kickstarter edition (pledge levels FORTUNE SEEKER and COLLECTOR) will include an additional exclusive video game puzzle, THE HOUSE. Depending on the stretch goals that will be reached, we will combine this game with one or several new physical documents and/or objects, added to the LEGACY box, for an even more immersive transmedia experience! 🎮
Screen capture of THE HOUSE (work in progress)
The narrative puzzles Pocket Investigations are similar to LEGACY, but shorter in playing time. Each scenario includes 5-10 objects & documents found inside a mysterious black envelope.
The FORTUNE SEEKER pledge level includes ALCHYMIA, our yet unreleased 'Deluxe' scenario (contains more objects & documents than a regular Pocket): immerse yourself in the alchemist's laboratory, try to transmute elements into gold and make the Philosopher's Stone!
The COLLECTOR pledge includes, along with Alchymia, 2 additional episodes to be chosen among the following: PRELUDE, BABYLON, MERRY CHRISTMAS, CASINO KRYSOS, CLUNY, APOLLO 22, THE LOVE LOCK AGENCY.
Click here to get more information on Pocket Investigations.
Besides its range of board games, Argyx Games has developed online puzzles for more advanced puzzle-solvers, to be played on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/T3mRkSN. Join now to access 50+ hours of investigation games based on alternate reality gaming: in Kidnapping, find a missing tourist girl in Paris. In Apocalypse Online, track down Abaddon, a serial killer obsessed with the Book of Revelation. The COLLECTOR pledge includes 1 year of Premium subscription to our puzzles.
Click here to get more information on online puzzles.
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Created in 2018 by Mathias Daval and Johanna Pernot, Argyx Games is a French game studio and publishing company, based in Paris. They specialize in designing alternate reality investigation board games. Their first game, "Apocalypse", was crowdfunded on Kickstarter in July 2018. Argyx then launched a series of 8 other narrative puzzles, "Pocket Investigations", crafted by hand and released in limited series.
The estimated timeline is the following:
Shipping will be charged after the campaign in the pledge manager. Prices are estimates.
TREASURE HUNTER
- FRANCE: 8 € / $9 (free pickup in Paris 5e)
- EUROPEAN UNION: 10 € / $11
- USA & REST OF THE WORLD: 14 € / $16
FORTUNE SEEKER & COLLECTOR
- FRANCE: 9 € / $10 (free pickup in Paris 5e)
- EUROPEAN UNION: 11 € / $12
- USA & REST OF THE WORLD: 15 € / $17
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