A gift you have to solve first: the maze box

The game code is hidden inside a 3D printed box. The recipient has to open the box before the escape room game can begin.

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A gift card in an envelope is quick, but a box that will not open straight away turns the giving into a game. Inside the maze box is a rolled gift sheet with an escape room game code. Before the recipient gets to it, they have to work out how to open the box.

The gift begins before the box is open.

A yellow and black striped maze box with a bow, a rolled gift sheet beside it
Each box is printed to order. Choose from the colours on offer.

How the box opens

  1. Unscrew the bow. Four full turns release it.
  2. Lift the lid and its strips. The inner box is now visible.
  3. Find the way through the maze. The inner box only moves along a hidden groove, 16 moves in total.
  4. The shell comes off and the rolled gift sheet waits inside.

The first two steps are easy, the third is a real puzzle. The box closes again the same way, so it can be given on.

The maze box taken apart: shell, inner box and bow, with the unrolled gift sheet in front
The box in parts and the gift sheet that was hidden inside.

What is inside

The gift sheet holds a clue from the chosen room, the game code and address and a short guide to getting started. For Deadly Birthday it is Heidi’s invitation, for the other rooms a scene from the room. Activate the game code within 1 year of purchase, and the recipient starts the game on a computer.

You can also buy the box empty. Then there is Ø 3 × 8.5 cm of space inside for your own gift, such as money, jewellery, tickets or a note.

Price and delivery

With a game 32 €, the box together with an escape room game code. Empty 10 €. Delivery to a parcel locker is added once per order.