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TOPIC: Haunted Manor - Mirror Ritual Puzzle Question/Feedback (Spoiler tags used)

Haunted Manor - Mirror Ritual Puzzle Question/Feedback (Spoiler tags used) 1 month 2 weeks ago #1

I'll start by saying that the dungeons this year that I ran were overall awesome! Cast and props were as always top-notch. I do have one quibble/piece of feedback though for one of Haunted Manor's puzzles.

Was anyone else utterly confused by the mirror puzzle where we had to match items to each person that showed up in the mirror? They flashed so quickly and were not clear on what items would go with each character. So many of the figures looked very similar "fancy-types" so it was especially hard to distinguish what they were supposed to be. I'm guessing it was AI art that was used, which is fine, but they really should have been printed pictures around the room for each of the people instead of a brief flash (and we were told that we would only get to look at the pictures a couple times before it wouldn't work anymore). This doesn't even touch on the fact that if you needed to revisit one of the images, you had to wait for ALL of them to play again taking up a ton of time.

Something that would have greatly alleviated some of the frustration would be for adventurers to be told some information about their current solution. Example: "Numbers 2, 5, and 8 are wrong." or at the very least something like "You have placed 6 items correctly."

That said, the rest of the dungeon was thoroughly enjoyable.

Can anyone provide a spoilered solution?

Here is what we *think* we figured out (from what I can remember):
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Haunted Manor - Mirror Ritual Puzzle Question/Feedback (Spoiler tags used) 1 month 2 weeks ago #2

Yeah, that puzzle was unsatisfactory. I'm looking forward to Trent's riddle reveal show tomorrow for the answer.

The combat, on the other hand, was top notch! I got married. It was great!

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Haunted Manor - Mirror Ritual Puzzle Question/Feedback (Spoiler tags used) 1 month 2 weeks ago #3

Our group figured it out, basically at the last second. The puzzle runner was surprised as multiple people were making switches, and it ended up perfectly. The hammer was not for the knight, the first one was some kind of jeweled compact like thing, and the whetstone was for the butcher. I don't clearly remember the rest of it, unfortunately.

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Haunted Manor - Mirror Ritual Puzzle Question/Feedback (Spoiler tags used) 1 month 2 weeks ago #4

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Yep! Watch the show and all will be revealed! :)

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Haunted Manor - Mirror Ritual Puzzle Question/Feedback (Spoiler tags used) 1 month 2 weeks ago #5

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I liked this puzzle, although we only got it in the last minute because some of the group attempted the puzzle before. 10 images was a lot, but it was interesting to try to catch the details quickly. We were also told how many were incorrect on our guesses, which maybe they implemented after they saw the success rate was too low.

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Haunted Manor - Mirror Ritual Puzzle Question/Feedback (Spoiler tags used) 1 month 2 weeks ago #6

We were told which ones were wrong, though it was Saturday afternoon

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Haunted Manor - Mirror Ritual Puzzle Question/Feedback (Spoiler tags used) 1 month 2 weeks ago #7

BasicBraining wrote:

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I liked this puzzle, although we only got it in the last minute because some of the group attempted the puzzle before. 10 images was a lot, but it was interesting to try to catch the details quickly. We were also told how many were incorrect on our guesses, which maybe they implemented after they saw the success rate was too low.


Ah, I don't think anyone caught the "appetite" piece,
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But yeah, we ran it Friday morning, so I'm sure changes must have been made if people were being given more information.
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Haunted Manor - Mirror Ritual Puzzle Question/Feedback (Spoiler tags used) 1 month 2 weeks ago #8

I didn't love this puzzle. We got it because someone in our group did it earlier in the con and got confirmation on some of them. It didn't feel great though. It gave off "Select the best possible answer" vibes without giving me context why some answers were actually wrong.

That said, I like the time pressure associated with the fast moving pictures. I get the impression that's by design. Limiting how much information we have access to and for how long is a game design knob they can turn. For the most part, I think they use that knob well.

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Haunted Manor - Mirror Ritual Puzzle Question/Feedback (Spoiler tags used) 1 month 1 week ago #9

I agree, this puzzle was difficult. I think the NPC should have given more clues about her husbands to complement the pictures. That would have helped a lot and made the puzzle more interactive.

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Haunted Manor - Mirror Ritual Puzzle Question/Feedback (Spoiler tags used) 1 month 1 week ago #10

We were able to get this puzzle with some clues from the NPC. The NPC knew the puzzle well and answered direct questions which helped a lot.

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Haunted Manor - Mirror Ritual Puzzle Question/Feedback (Spoiler tags used) 1 month 1 week ago #11

We were close to solving it I think, but ran short on time. I think we were short on time in general in that room, we waited for several minutes at the curtain before entering.

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Haunted Manor - Mirror Ritual Puzzle Question/Feedback (Spoiler tags used) 1 month 1 week ago #12

So I watched the riddle reveal for that one. Unfortunately, the answers are not well explained overall. Why would the first guy be considered handsome but not the rich guy at the end?

Why does the spyglass guy get an arrowhead? That makes no sense.

I guess the dented helmet on the knight could have made sense for the earhorn if you're able to make that leap of assumption (provided you noticed it was dented in the first place).

How was anyone supposed to know the guy with spectacles was a jeweler?

Again, the pictures should have been static around the room for investigation.

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