Can you unlock the ancient chest, find the Balthazar Stone and break the ancient curse?

The Balthazar Stone by The Mystery Agency is an award-winning escape-room puzzle to play at home. Join Elsa Winslow on her journey to Sharktooth Island. To solve the mystery, you must solve the many clues hidden in an ancient treasure chest to find Balthazar's Stone and break its ancient curse.

And it hasn't been made easy for you - the wooden chest itself has been padlocked and you will have to work out the combination just to get started!

You will need to use all your powers of deduction and logic to solve a baffling, mind mangling sequence of clues to crack combination locks, piece together the information discover the truth about the stone.

One of 3 new gripping mystery puzzles available from The Mystery Agency, it won the Best at-home Puzzle Game by Armchair Escapist 2021.

The mastermind behind the puzzles is Olivier award-winner Henry Lewis, of the West End and Broadway hit, The Play That Goes Wrong and star of ITV's brand-new Riddle-based Quiz show 'Riddiculous'

To solve The Balthazar Stone you'll need to launch an investigation across the pieces of evidence supplied in the box as well as discover secret websites that are hiding important clues. Over 25 authentic items have been beautifully designed with extraordinary attention to detail and include

The Balthazar Stone is utterly compelling and thanks to the stunning tactile pieces, you will rapidly find yourself immersed into the case. It takes approximately 60 to minutes to solve - but could last a lot longer! If you get stuck, there are tiered hints available online to help you.

Play alone or make it the perfect reason to invite friends around for a themed mystery party. Best of all, when you've solved The Balthazar Stone you can repack it to share with someone else and challenge them to beat your time!

Ages 14+