Happy 40th Anniversary to Clue. #Clue #ClueMovie #FilmSky #Anniversary #40thAnniversary

After navigating the Day 14 of the #Taskmaster #AdventCalendar, I think we're calling it a wrap without trying our hand at the bonus task 🎁 #TMday14 #puzzlegames #tabletop #pun

Sherlock Holmes peeps! I am researching for a presentation on the Phenomenon and Lasting Impact of BBC's Sherlock. I would be grateful if you could fill out my short(ish), anonymous survey on the topic. Please re-post and share! form.jotform.com/253446990581... #sherlock #sherlockholmes

Concerned that headquarters are being set up in Rockville, Maryland. #sherlock #moriarty

Dec 13th 1996 - Time traveller James Cole attempts to prevent a deadly virus from being released. 📽️📅 Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Gizmo is having a good time playing the @taskmaster advent calendar - hunting down @AlexHorne in time for Christmas! 😹😹 The link has Alex nearing the end of a marathon singing task of his own to raise funds for @SU2CUK - Giz will donate some pennies! www.youtube.com/live/Xnz6os7...

Day 13 of the #Taskmaster #AdventCalendar escalates from light pop🎈 to heavy metal!

Day 12 of the #Taskmaster #AdventCalendar If you first break the law and then out of jail, could even the Armed Forces put those together again? #puzzlegames #tabletop

Day 11 of the #Taskmaster #AdventCalendar: what a chameleon! #puzzlegames #tabletop

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Geez, you really need good eyesight to complete Day 10 of the #Taskmaster #AdventCalendar without draining yourself! #puzzlegames #tabletop

What is it about a Christmas feast that makes it such a good setting for murder mystery puzzling? Shedunnit Podcast investigates. www.shedunnitshow.com/achristmasfe... ⚡️📚💙 #detectivefiction #whodunnit #christmasmystery

The 2026 Narrascope website is live! narrascope.org

If we were actually playing in the garden outside Taskmaster House on Day 9 of the #Taskmaster #AdventCalendar, we would've had to jump and jive to see the answer to the task. #puzzlegames #tabletop

Day 8 of the #Taskmaster #AdventCalendar Who's feeling down? #riddle #puzzlegames #tabletop

Hoax podcast examines lonelygirl15 — as a hoax, of course. Well, there's more to it. They aren't that well-versed in this sort of media (E.g. the term 'suspension of disbelief' would've saved airtime), but still, a nice intro and overview of the series. www.iheart.com/podcast/1119... #arg #unfiction

Needed glasses for Day 7 of the #Taskmaster Advent Calendar — in two senses of the word: for reading and toasting! #puzzlegames #tabletop

In S17 of #Taskmaster, Nick Mohammed dressed as a vampire for his tasks. The production scrubbed all his reflections when he's dressed like this, but the only way I knew is because someone told me about it. It's subtle and very cool.

Day 6 of the #Taskmaster #AdventCalendar A new Christmas tradition: Go caroling with an umbrella, performing this song — as hopes for white Christmas are slim here in Helsinki, nowadays #climate #GlobalWarming #puzzlegames #tabletop

ICYMI, The LinkedIn page for Auxolith: www.linkedin.com/company/auxo... Also, the headquarters of the human resistance www.humanresistancehq.com (Also, ICYMI: Bugonia by Lanthimos, very much recommended) #filmsky #moviesky

On the Helldivers alternate reality game: www.zleague.gg/theportal/he... #arg #AlternateRealityGames #helldivers #gaming 🎮

a youtuber w/ 1 mil subs just favorited my new web series on tiktok fingers crossed they possibly cover it youtube.com/@theehymnals

Call me a phony, but Day 5 of the #Taskmaster #AdventCalendar does feel nice. #puzzlegames #tabletop

I’m positively envious of anyone who can read this in print! Still, pixels will have to suffice on this side of the Atlantic; it is the end times, after all, so we must simply be a touch hardier.

Day 4 of the #Taskmaster #AdventCalendar It’s spotted, alright! Maybe we'll have a crack at that bonus task, too. #puzzlegames #tabletop

Today's Advent Calendar puzzle is a "spot the differences" puzzle. Can you find them all? The art is by another one of my favorite artists - Pieter Bruegel the elder (1526-1569). zebraescapes.com/puzzle/hunte...

I seem to have accidentally stumbled upon a lost media CHRISTMAS MYSTERY...can you help me solve it? Here's what happened: I sang a carol to my partner the other day, and he didn't recognize it. Fair enough, he's from England, so we don't always know the same music. So I tried searching for it...

Day 3 of the #Taskmaster #AdventCalendar ❄️❄️❄️ Holiday crafts can seem a bit of a waste of time, but at least we managed to recycle some scrap paper. #puzzlegames #tabletop #boardgames

The fine folks at the formidable The Labours of Hercule podcast @labourshercule.bsky.social are hosting what they are calling 'a night of festive fun, puns and quizzing!' this upcoming weekend. Might be fun, and festive. What else starts with f. pca.st/rkbg0eqx #quiz #Poirot #AgathaChristie

Day 2 of the #Taskmaster #AdventCalendar had us treading water for a while, but we got there in the end! Still satisfyingly bite-sized, and certainly not run-of-the-mill. #puzzlegames #tabletop #boardgames

First draft first thoughts: the CLUE Advent Calendar has fun, lower-lift puzzles+ the hint book provides wide guardrails. Probably best for families w/kids as a "my first escape room in a box" puzzle game. Taskmaster: less to go on, minimal hints. I like the bespoke nature of its cardboard bits.

Just received a wonderful package from James Burt with the 2025 Horror Advent Calendar. It’s wonderfully packaged, and I can’t wait to dig in.

There is a severe lack of 10-minute ARGs in the world. JC Hutchins just released a new one as portfolio piece, and it's a delightful reminder that immersive can come in snackable sizes, too. quantent.io

Another example of indexical storytelling:

Packing up copies of The Smugglers’ Secret. It’s a story-based, text-heavy, cold case adventure puzzle in an envelope. Basically, imagine a whodunit and an escape room had a baby. So much fun to design! 🎲✂️

December 1! The first puzzle in our advent calendar is live! Can you solve it? zebraescapes.com/puzzle/advent

The Advent Calendar Escape is back! 🎁🔒🎄 If you didn't get all the surprises last year, this is your chance. Unlock a container every day of December until Christmas. Will you unlock them all? #escapegame #escaperoom #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #roomescapemaker #adventcalendar

We're also doing two gamified advent calendars this year for December: Clue + Taskmaster

December 1st... advent calendars go! #Taskmaster advent calendar is clearly going to drive me insane 😂

I (Elizabeth) got Eric the official @taskmaster Advent Calendar and it’s Day 1! Looks like it’ll be a full month of puzzles and tasks! #taskmasteradventcalendar #taskmaster

Day 1 of the #Taskmaster Advent Calendar: still to find @alexhorne.bsky.social So disappointed in myself, and the family. Very much NOT disappointed in the adventure so far. Well, it's early days. #puzzlegames #tabletop #boardgames

24 days of advent calendar tasking starts tomorrow. 🎅🌲 Good luck to all taskers taking part! #Taskmaster

I don't actually *know* that my late great-uncle worked at Bletchley. But the available evidence suggests he did. Here's what I know. I inherited a few things when he died - not in his will, but just collected from his attic. One of these is significant, and linked.

If only I were a bit more of a Minecraftian. Still, I’m Lovecraftian enough to feel a peculiar unease nowadays whenever I must take a left at a crossroads. #searchingforaworldthatdoesntexist #thekinginyellow

Fun news for puzzle fans! The golden hare from the 1979 armchair treasure hunt book Masquerade by Kit Williams will be auctioned at Sotheby's, estimated at a value of £15,000 to £20,000 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... (Who wants to crowdfund with me? 👀)

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The Ashwood Day Camp puzzle has been solved. The first piece of the treasure is found — 0.008 BTC claimed. The valley stirs… and more secrets wait to be uncovered at redfernvalley.com 🌲 #TreasureHunt #PuzzleHunt #Bitcoin #Mystery #ARG #RedFernValley

Submissions for the IF Short Games Showcase 2025 begin on November 23rd and close on December 31st! www.ifwiki.org/IF_Short_Gam...