Mystery Experiences company

So, for Christmas, I signed up for a Mystery Experiences subscription. It's $30 a month, and I wasn't sure it would be worth it. I signed up 2 days too late to get the December package, so we got January's a few days ago.

My wife and I broke it open at 9pm tonight. This mystery was "The Heart of Darkness"



We worked for 4 hours, until 1 am, to get through the entire Mystery. Not every item had a use in a puzzle, but all of them were related to the mystery/story in the box. In essence, each "mystery" seems to be an interactive short story--you read/learn a few things, and then have to solve a puzzle or sleuth some clues to move on to the next part of the story.

It was very cool, the most fun my wife and I have had working cooperatively at something in a long time. And, in my opinion, totally worth the money.
 
I originally found out about it because of an ad for the Mysterious Package company: https://www.mysteriouspackage.com/

But their packages cost like $150-400 each, and come in installments. The internet was full of people complaining that there was an extremely long wait (like 3 months sometimes) between installments, and that price--omg!

But, in the process of researching that company, I found https://mysteryexperiences.cratejoy.com/
Their subscription plan is $29.99 a month, and you get one package every month. They have a limited subscription plan--they start making their mystery packages 2 months before they ship, so they know exactly how many they're making, and how many new subscriptions they can accept for any given month. It's a pretty smart business plan for gradual and continued growth.

Mystery Experiences does sell a couple of 'premium' mysteries for $180, but I haven't tried those out and don't know if they're as good a value for the dollar.
 
I've never been more jealous of the kind of thing you have access. My wife would love this.
 
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