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BASEMENT! I def would not have been able to solve this one. I remember doing a CS: Las Vegas mystery puzzle when i was about 12 and I could barely do that. This one was pretty advanced and clever. Great video as always.
Maybe if you hadn’t indulged in repeating over and over again how bad you are at this kind of puzzle, it would have been easier! If you notice, you basically had a lot of those answers, but your confidence needed a little boost out of the basement.
Hey Karen, these puzzles are usually pretty bad unfortunately. The basement is one of the better ones. Very illogical and some of them even had other/wrong solutions in the envelope than the internet had. I recommend the EXIT escape room games with puzzles (lighthouse and temple)
I 100% would have given up. I am an instant gratification puzzler lol. I love that you are a part of DFBA and will be directing my boyfriend to this site for my birthday coming up!
@@imbwildrd3693 I understand, I meant that they were distracting me from what she was saying. I had to minimize the video portion so that I could just listen.
An idea for puzzle lovers who enjoy working with another person on one puzzle: After completing a puzzle the first time alone, I divide it in half from top to bottom and put the pieces from each half in 2 separate ziploc bags. Then next time I do this puzzle, I can work it enjoying someone's company without having to share the same pieces to complete my "half" of the puzzle!
Such a good idea! I also sometimes struggle with having a huge puzzle taking up space for days. So I could just divide the pieces to work on different sections without completely taking up the entire table :)
When I was younger my mum, my aunt and me puzzled every Tuesday since my aunt came over every Tuesday as long as I can remember. My aunt was my mother's twin and she was always there when my my mother was away traveling for work. So my aunt was basically my second mother for me. She passed away when I was 10 and me and my mother stopped puzzling all together. Now, 8 years later we picked it up again and now spend every Sunday puzzling together! I just discovered your channel like a few days ago but I am absolutely love it!
Yeeeess! I spent 3 hours trying to solve these puzzles and failed miserably. They don’t give any hints or suggestions to lead you in the right direction. They just say solve 7 puzzles goodluck.
I've done so many jigsaw puzzles in my childhood and then I haven't done it for almost 10 years. You've returned the joy of puzzles to me by your videos, they're really helping me with my anxiety and depression. You're the cutest and the most amazing person I've ever seen. Thank you!
My family did the basement puzzle recently, we read the story but not the instructions on how the puzzle is solved. We were going crazy, coming up with cyphers and connections that didn’t exist. Then one of us read the instructions and realized that we were overthinking it to the extreme lol
Finally went back to watch this old video as I solved this puzzle myself recently. That one was quite difficult, I've done 4 others before and this was the only one I had to use the QR code for hints. Well done!!! Basement!!!
The youtube algorithm randomly pushed your video. I didn't know puzzle video were a thing and I'm here for it. Bingewatching your channel at the moment
Karen don't feel sorry for using hints, thats totally fine and if someone doesn't like it they can just go to another video from another youtuber, those of us who like your videos wouldn't mine that you use as many hints as you need. And you don't need to apologize for that. Happy puzzling.
I don't know how your videos appear on my recomended videos, never watched a jigsaw puzzle video before, I'm a knitter and here I am knitting and listen to your videos (just subscribed 💖)
I recently completed this puzzle along with 2 others of the Escape Room collection. Puzzles were super fun, but the hidden puzzles within are super hard to solve! I still enjoyed working on them!
That sort of thing is so hard to solve on your own. It’s the kind of puzzle where you need a few helpers to discuss what to do next and pool your resources and ideas. I thought you did very well. I’d still be stuck in the basement with the rats if it were me!
I found one of these 759 escape puzzles at a thrift store and thought it would be a normal puzzle, but when I tried doing it, it drove me crazy because so many pieces fit together.... I had such a hard time getting past that, I just put it away and sold it. Hehe. It was on another level than where I wanted to be. :)
Your channel is seriously such a joy! I'm going through a very stressful phase right now and your videos help me calm down and sleep at night, I've watched every single one multiple times by now 😅 Also you made me buy and do so many puzzles 😂 they're a really great way to stop wasting time with doom-scrolling and becoming more and more anxious, and instead do something enjoyable to calm the mind and zone out with a pretty puzzle and a good podcast ☺️ and then be more productive overall as a result I like your wholesomeness, nerdiness, intelligence and really appreciate the effort you put into these videos ❤️ and you should never ever feel bad for doing puzzles for yourself! You need a regular break too! Everyone does
i'm glad you did the full walkthrough. it's good to know this won't be my cup of tea. i like escape rooms, and escape room games like the exit games by kosmos and the unlock card games. But this seems like once the puzzle is finished, you really dont know where to begin in regards to the escape part. It's too open ended for my liking. That being said, thanks for being so awesome in your review and struggling for the rest of us ;)
Hey you I did a lot or those escape puzzles. And the riddles can be tricky... but on an easier difficulty it is quite clear where the riddles are. Mostly everything that is different to the picture on the box is a puzzle 👍
You are a good sport. We had bought one of these Ravensburger Escape Room puzzles and did not enjoy solving the number puzzles. Even with the online clues they did not make sense. We read reviews and others were equally frustrated and disappointed. It was the first puzzle in a long time that we didn’t feel good about passing along to friends and family. Its probably still in storage in the basement.
Also they all have the same trick with the side pieces. It is a clever trick but makes other versions so boring. First one is pretty impossible to solve. Make more and it is just boring. Both not that much fun.
After watching your videos for the last few months I finally got the confidence to buy AND COMPLETE my first 1000 piece puzzle 😍 It was the Hades Disney Villainous puzzle and I seriously can’t recommend it enough!! 🧩💙
I love these puzzles so much. My partner and I do them together over the course of a few evenings. The first time was really confusing, Ravensburger could really be more specific and explain how to use the edge pieces. Before we do the puzzles, we try to guess which parts are going to be different. We are only sometimes correct :-)
Basement! I do escape rooms all the time but am definitely the most useless one on my usual team, lol. I look around frantically being like, “did we use this already???”and my team is like, “YES.” Lol. 🤣
I think I would be stuck in the basement for the rest of my life if I tried to solve this puzzle. It was fun watching you solve it, Karen. I ordered your two shirts a month ago and am still waiting for them to arrive. Can't wait:)
I was SO excited to see that you did this basement puzzle!! I did the Witch one from this series and LOATHED it. It was super gratifying to see someone else go through the same process of "ok, what?? Wait, hmm.. what?!? I guess that is what that was then. No idea how I would have gotten there without the hint. Huh, whatever." You were far more patient than I was before ripping open the envelope, Karen. I can't imagine ever wanting to tackle another one of these dark and crazy things.
It was so hard to figure out what they wanted me to do, where I'm supposed to start, what they wanted from me. Really needed the hints to get me on my way. But its fun to also see you struggle to find out what you need to do. But why were those rectangles pieces for???
When Karen jokes about solving the problem with a phone and reddit, then laughs, I smiled... When she then pauses and explicitly states that was not in the flavor text with the puzzle, I do what can only be described as guffaw
I really like your videos 😊 I got another Exit Puzzle a few years ago, but it was so frustrating because of the pieces at the edge which semmed to fit perfectly, but still didn't really match. Now, after I watched this video I was sure I could do it and after 3 days of working on the puzzle (about 2-4h a day) I finally finished it and solved the mystery (I also had a little help from my sister and my mother) 😄 Thank you for your videos, keep inspiring the people to do puzzles, even if it seems inpossible at the first moment 👍
I put this puzzle on and off over 3 days and thought the different picture was the puzzle. Doh, have never done an escape room puzzle, so now I know what needs to happen. Thanks Karen.
this just came up as a recommended video on my home page. i did one of these once and was so confused. i still have 2 more to do plus a sherlock holmes mystery puzzle one. Do you want that one (sherlock holmes)? I probably wont do it
We bought this puzzle as a family Christmas present last year. It was a lot of fun to do! We had to use some hints as well, as we kept over complicating the puzzles. When we finished, we resealed the answer, and passed it on to my aunt and uncle!
I figure it is too late but, a password to a previous puzzle was “puzzle pieces”. You have some great ideas for puzzle assembly. I don’t have $75 now but, hope you will consider me in future puzzle give-away drawings😊👍
I just did this basement puzzle. It’s the 3rd escape puzzle and they certainly get easier as you do them. I take photos and videos of the completed puzzle to solve with friends on a group video chat, so the teamwork like you’d have in a real escape room really helps! Good luck with your next one!
I am officially hooked on your channel.. When I was young I didnt like so much to do puzzles.. I just did 2 of my childhood puzzles with my mother. Cant wait for my new puzzles to arrive and my sister and nice to come home for xmas!
so in my experience. the first puzzle is hard, because you dont know what to expect, but when you do the a second one., you know what to expect. they are fun!
I would never do a lot of the puzzles you highlight in a basement, but it’s always entertaining watching you do them. I just love your personality and sense of humor 😁
We did the observatory today before seeing your video. For us the jigsaw part was super difficult (very dark picture for our light sources dont work very well) but the escape part came quite easily.
Basement! It's so much fun watching you do this puzzle! This was the 4th escape puzzle my boyfriend and I did this summer. We got stuck on the ties. We got like two or three possible numbers from them, but just not in the correct sequence. We didn't look at the hints, so we thought maybe there was a design problem. LOL. [Spoiler!] And, yeah... we always do the borders last now since we found out they can pretty much all go together when we did our first escape puzzle (The Observatory) . :)
Good job not shutting down… I have a RB puzzle (which is y I am watching g this video) I opened the envelope as I’m flying blind. U give me courage to keep going
That came out during the kickstarter campaign, but they say he's no longer involved. A number of people canceled their pledges because of it; I wasn't one of them (I was more interested in the puzzles than I was disturbed by yet another white-man-with-power-does-terrible-things-to-his-underlings, I guess), and the puzzles are interesting. I fully understand having a moral objection, though.
@@KarenPuzzles That founder did step down, but the rest of the people involved have not been very clear on the status of the Kickstarter and are passive-aggressive with their backers after things went wrong. They have not sent all domestic backers their rewards yet, but it is currently sold out at Target. It's a shame, because the puzzle art is incredibly detailed and the puzzles are decent.
Just here to say that you are one of those youtubers I regret not having known about before. You're so sweet and your videos are so well edited and relaxing. I'm addicted, in the best way possible!
I’m binge watching your channel and I can’t stop, I love it here ! Seeing your process before starting a puzzle makes me want to break out my 1000 puzzle I bought at the beginning of quarantine. I did everything right like separating the edge and sorting by color but I just failed to finish because it was so hard.
When I saw which puzzle you were going to review, I stopped the video, ordered the puzzle and did it myself first to see if I could do it. Well... I couldn't, but I still enjoyed it. I solved three of the seven puzzles myself, two of them I needed at least 3 hints. After that, I also was a bit confused about the pieces I got (the image was a little unclear to me) and only after opening the envelope I understood what had happened. All in all, I did like the puzzle (edges were a bit tricky indeed; after finishing the entire puzzle, I was still doubting some of the edge pieces) and I like the concept, but it's hard to know what you're looking for when you don't know what the outcome should be (in an escape room, it's usually "find the code" or "find the key". Here, you don't really know what's supposed to happen). Thanks for this suggestion, I didn't know about escape puzzles, and I think I might try another one, now that I know what might happen. If anyone has done any other escape puzzles, please leave a comment without spoilers and whether you would recommend the puzzle or not.
OMG I could never figure that out! I'm the same way with escape rooms, I hate that you never know what you're looking for or what to do with the numbers you find. I'm always completely useless! Next time I will be the finder like you!
I did one a little while ago. Making the puzzle itself was fun but I didn´t enjoy solving it. Haven´t watched the video yet but can´t wait to hear your opinion.
I now finished the video and it seems like you had similiar problems as I had. I needed many hints to solve it. When I bought my puzzle I could decide between the basement and the unicorn puzzle. I took the unicorn since it was more colorful. I am not going to get another one of these unless they make some changes. I would have loved to play around with words for example but that might be difficult to produce, since every nation would need it´s on version.
Hey! I did many many of these puzzles, I personnally adore solving, but I understand the problems people might have, if you want to give another one a try, the astrology tower one(I don't remember the actual name) is bu far the very best of the series, the solution is genius, and very clear and fun So if you ever want to try another one, maybe try that one 😊
Thank you for introducing me to these puzzles. I had so many years to do a puzzle. But also I like riddles. So I bought 2 and finished them in this weekend and solved the riddles also. I bought “Space observatory” and “Dragon Laboratory” because I liked the images and I want to hung them. Only problem, 1 piece was missing from one of them.. so now I have to use your guide to make it.
I‘m so glad the youtube algorithm has brought me here. Love your videos and your bubbly personality, as well as your enthusiasm for puzzles! Great videos, keep up the great work. Greetings from Switzerland :)
You are adorable and watching you put the puzzle together was very satisfying. I have been doing Dowdle 1000 piece puzzles from Costco and they are difficult because the colors are very muted. Happy Holidays and stay safe
We finished putting together the Ravensburger "The Observatory" puzzle yesterday. Today, we spent some time trying to find the solution to the Escape Room aspect of it. Like you, it was virtually impossible to solve without the hints. I think we only got one of the six pieces ourselves without delving. The clues are definitely too arcane for normal humans to figure out! I could figure out what the actual solution would be before I finished the puzzle itself, but definitely not how to get there!
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BASEMENT! I def would not have been able to solve this one. I remember doing a CS: Las Vegas mystery puzzle when i was about 12 and I could barely do that. This one was pretty advanced and clever. Great video as always.
Maybe if you hadn’t indulged in repeating over and over again how bad you are at this kind of puzzle, it would have been easier!
If you notice, you basically had a lot of those answers, but your confidence needed a little boost out of the basement.
I do not think also that I can do this puzzle!!! 😲😲😲
Hey Karen, these puzzles are usually pretty bad unfortunately. The basement is one of the better ones. Very illogical and some of them even had other/wrong solutions in the envelope than the internet had. I recommend the EXIT escape room games with puzzles (lighthouse and temple)
I 100% would have given up. I am an instant gratification puzzler lol. I love that you are a part of DFBA and will be directing my boyfriend to this site for my birthday coming up!
I love the gifs playing as you read out the story. 10/10 clever editing.
me too
They were clever but I had to minimize them so I could hear what she was saying
GIF files don't support audio, so it's not a gif you're hearing. just sayin
@@imbwildrd3693 I understand, I meant that they were distracting me from what she was saying. I had to minimize the video portion so that I could just listen.
@@samanthaquant7411 same, it was really hard for me to focus with them but I obviously still appreciate the editing (not that you aren't)
I love the fact that this video is half an hour. Hearing Karen for half an hour is a treat after a long day
Agreed! I love her long videos haha
She sounds weird.
An idea for puzzle lovers who enjoy working with another person on one puzzle: After completing a puzzle the first time alone, I divide it in half from top to bottom and put the pieces from each half in 2 separate ziploc bags. Then next time I do this puzzle, I can work it enjoying someone's company without having to share the same pieces to complete my "half" of the puzzle!
Such a good idea! I also sometimes struggle with having a huge puzzle taking up space for days. So I could just divide the pieces to work on different sections without completely taking up the entire table :)
Great idea!
Basement
When I was younger my mum, my aunt and me puzzled every Tuesday since my aunt came over every Tuesday as long as I can remember. My aunt was my mother's twin and she was always there when my my mother was away traveling for work. So my aunt was basically my second mother for me. She passed away when I was 10 and me and my mother stopped puzzling all together. Now, 8 years later we picked it up again and now spend every Sunday puzzling together! I just discovered your channel like a few days ago but I am absolutely love it!
Yeeeess! I spent 3 hours trying to solve these puzzles and failed miserably. They don’t give any hints or suggestions to lead you in the right direction. They just say solve 7 puzzles goodluck.
I've done so many jigsaw puzzles in my childhood and then I haven't done it for almost 10 years. You've returned the joy of puzzles to me by your videos, they're really helping me with my anxiety and depression. You're the cutest and the most amazing person I've ever seen. Thank you!
That's so nice of you to say! I love that you've rediscovered them!
My family did the basement puzzle recently, we read the story but not the instructions on how the puzzle is solved. We were going crazy, coming up with cyphers and connections that didn’t exist. Then one of us read the instructions and realized that we were overthinking it to the extreme lol
Finally went back to watch this old video as I solved this puzzle myself recently. That one was quite difficult, I've done 4 others before and this was the only one I had to use the QR code for hints. Well done!!! Basement!!!
29:49 My wife and I could not figure this out even with the hints and solutions on the website, thanks for posting this and saving our sanity.
The youtube algorithm randomly pushed your video. I didn't know puzzle video were a thing and I'm here for it. Bingewatching your channel at the moment
The colour-changing puzzle was the random video for me. And now I'm watching several in a row!
Me too
Samee just found her yt channel yesterday
Same
Yep, several years late to the party…but I’m here and enjoying every minute. 🎉 Quality videos, great example of how to be an influencer. 👍🏾
I love these different clips you used while reading the story 👍
If I was locked in a basement and the only way out was solving the puzzle... I’d never be seen again!
Karen don't feel sorry for using hints, thats totally fine and if someone doesn't like it they can just go to another video from another youtuber, those of us who like your videos wouldn't mine that you use as many hints as you need. And you don't need to apologize for that.
Happy puzzling.
Hints are made to be used not something to feel bad about.
oh man i just got one of these and was worried it would be totally impossible but it looks actually okay! wish me luck
I think it'll be easier once you know what type of brain teasers to look for! I probably should have done a little more research going into it.
I don't know how your videos appear on my recomended videos, never watched a jigsaw puzzle video before, I'm a knitter and here I am knitting and listen to your videos (just subscribed 💖)
I don´t knit but I also crochet to this viedos :D
I recently completed this puzzle along with 2 others of the Escape Room collection. Puzzles were super fun, but the hidden puzzles within are super hard to solve! I still enjoyed working on them!
That sort of thing is so hard to solve on your own. It’s the kind of puzzle where you need a few helpers to discuss what to do next and pool your resources and ideas. I thought you did very well. I’d still be stuck in the basement with the rats if it were me!
Jigsaw puzzles have a very set logic and way to solve them. Escape rooms have a logic to them too but it’s so completely different.
I found one of these 759 escape puzzles at a thrift store and thought it would be a normal puzzle, but when I tried doing it, it drove me crazy because so many pieces fit together.... I had such a hard time getting past that, I just put it away and sold it. Hehe. It was on another level than where I wanted to be. :)
You need to do the second puzzle and see if it's easier to solve now that you know how it works.
I did another one like this and it had the same crappy riddle design... :( We only got frustrated trying to do it
There is something so soothing about someone solving puzzles, loved the idea, reminds us of the childhood that is lost forever.
Your channel is seriously such a joy!
I'm going through a very stressful phase right now and your videos help me calm down and sleep at night, I've watched every single one multiple times by now 😅
Also you made me buy and do so many puzzles 😂 they're a really great way to stop wasting time with doom-scrolling and becoming more and more anxious, and instead do something enjoyable to calm the mind and zone out with a pretty puzzle and a good podcast ☺️ and then be more productive overall as a result
I like your wholesomeness, nerdiness, intelligence and really appreciate the effort you put into these videos ❤️ and you should never ever feel bad for doing puzzles for yourself! You need a regular break too! Everyone does
Thank you so much! I'm so glad my videos have been helping you!
Doom scrolling. Never knew there was a name for that but I’ve been residing that urge for months and puzzles are part of my process.
same! i use it to relax at night
i'm glad you did the full walkthrough. it's good to know this won't be my cup of tea. i like escape rooms, and escape room games like the exit games by kosmos and the unlock card games. But this seems like once the puzzle is finished, you really dont know where to begin in regards to the escape part. It's too open ended for my liking. That being said, thanks for being so awesome in your review and struggling for the rest of us ;)
Hey you
I did a lot or those escape puzzles. And the riddles can be tricky... but on an easier difficulty it is quite clear where the riddles are.
Mostly everything that is different to the picture on the box is a puzzle 👍
wholesome lady who likes puzzles, what more could you want.
i'd become that skeleton in the basement if i were to do an escape room puzzle! i would've never been able to come up with those solutions on my own!
You are a good sport. We had bought one of these Ravensburger Escape Room puzzles and did not enjoy solving the number puzzles. Even with the online clues they did not make sense. We read reviews and others were equally frustrated and disappointed. It was the first puzzle in a long time that we didn’t feel good about passing along to friends and family. Its probably still in storage in the basement.
Also they all have the same trick with the side pieces. It is a clever trick but makes other versions so boring. First one is pretty impossible to solve. Make more and it is just boring. Both not that much fun.
After watching your videos for the last few months I finally got the confidence to buy AND COMPLETE my first 1000 piece puzzle 😍
It was the Hades Disney Villainous puzzle and I seriously can’t recommend it enough!! 🧩💙
I love these puzzles so much. My partner and I do them together over the course of a few evenings. The first time was really confusing, Ravensburger could really be more specific and explain how to use the edge pieces.
Before we do the puzzles, we try to guess which parts are going to be different. We are only sometimes correct :-)
If it helps ... I wasn't yelling at your escape skills, I was enjoying my coffee and let the story unfold.
I have one of these puzzles..I quit maybe another time. Basement! BUT I love watching Karen do it.
Basement!
I do escape rooms all the time but am definitely the most useless one on my usual team, lol. I look around frantically being like, “did we use this already???”and my team is like, “YES.” Lol. 🤣
Those gifs are killing me lolll!!! 😂😂😂 Best storytelling ever!! ❤️😂
I was hard laughing at the gifs during story time but when Hilary duff popped up I screamed hahahaha
I think I would be stuck in the basement for the rest of my life if I tried to solve this puzzle. It was fun watching you solve it, Karen. I ordered your two shirts a month ago and am still waiting for them to arrive. Can't wait:)
Thank you so much! Unfortunately there was a delay at the shirt printing company, but they should be arriving soon!
@@KarenPuzzles Hi Karen. I got my two shirts today and I love them so much. Thank you:)
I was SO excited to see that you did this basement puzzle!! I did the Witch one from this series and LOATHED it. It was super gratifying to see someone else go through the same process of "ok, what?? Wait, hmm.. what?!? I guess that is what that was then. No idea how I would have gotten there without the hint. Huh, whatever." You were far more patient than I was before ripping open the envelope, Karen. I can't imagine ever wanting to tackle another one of these dark and crazy things.
Thanks. I was tempted to buy the witch's kitchen until i read your coment. I'm terrible at math!
Basement... I’ve never see a puzzle like this before. Looks like it would be so much fun
I opened up the image and immediately was like, "there's so many numbers in that _basement_ ... I have no idea where to start..." So good job Karen!
The gifs while you read the story were gold. And also probably took forever! It was great
It was so hard to figure out what they wanted me to do, where I'm supposed to start, what they wanted from me. Really needed the hints to get me on my way. But its fun to also see you struggle to find out what you need to do. But why were those rectangles pieces for???
I watched this video a while ago and now my sister got me this puzzle as a gift and I'm so excited to solve it!
When Karen jokes about solving the problem with a phone and reddit, then laughs, I smiled... When she then pauses and explicitly states that was not in the flavor text with the puzzle, I do what can only be described as guffaw
I really like your videos 😊
I got another Exit Puzzle a few years ago, but it was so frustrating because of the pieces at the edge which semmed to fit perfectly, but still didn't really match. Now, after I watched this video I was sure I could do it and after 3 days of working on the puzzle (about 2-4h a day) I finally finished it and solved the mystery (I also had a little help from my sister and my mother) 😄
Thank you for your videos, keep inspiring the people to do puzzles, even if it seems inpossible at the first moment 👍
Your story GIFs are awesome!!! Love it! I just found you today but am a new subscriber!!
I am CRYING at the clips that played during story time. 😂😂
I put this puzzle on and off over 3 days and thought the different picture was the puzzle. Doh, have never done an escape room puzzle, so now I know what needs to happen. Thanks Karen.
this just came up as a recommended video on my home page. i did one of these once and was so confused. i still have 2 more to do plus a sherlock holmes mystery puzzle one. Do you want that one (sherlock holmes)? I probably wont do it
Rats are adorable! They make great pets!
I dont do puzzles, but that seems
smart. keeping puzzles VERY secret
by making the box image different.
Haven't done the basement. But I have two of these and enjoyed them so much. Jigsaw puzzles and logical puzzles. I love me a good challenge:)
Thank you for an excellent video about escaping from a basement. Nice work Karen!
We bought this puzzle as a family Christmas present last year. It was a lot of fun to do! We had to use some hints as well, as we kept over complicating the puzzles. When we finished, we resealed the answer, and passed it on to my aunt and uncle!
I actually did the planetarium earlier this year - it was great fun!
That story montage was the best! XD
I figure it is too late but, a password to a previous puzzle was “puzzle pieces”.
You have some great ideas for puzzle assembly. I don’t have $75 now but, hope you will consider me in future puzzle give-away drawings😊👍
I dont puzzle myself but i do enjoy watching these videos!!
I just did this basement puzzle. It’s the 3rd escape puzzle and they certainly get easier as you do them. I take photos and videos of the completed puzzle to solve with friends on a group video chat, so the teamwork like you’d have in a real escape room really helps! Good luck with your next one!
I am officially hooked on your channel.. When I was young I didnt like so much to do puzzles.. I just did 2 of my childhood puzzles with my mother. Cant wait for my new puzzles to arrive and my sister and nice to come home for xmas!
I love to hear that! Have fun with your new puzzles!
More power to you girl! I would have given up after a short period of time trying to get out of that Basement.
This is really nice wholesome material. I wish you all the success in the future.
so in my experience. the first puzzle is hard, because you dont know what to expect, but when you do the a second one., you know what to expect. they are fun!
Love the long video, huzzah for Alyssa Edwards slaying the runway. Never forget that you are no mere puzzler, you are Karen, Puzzle Master.
talk about abstract thinking to create the clues. Great job, always
I would never do a lot of the puzzles you highlight in a basement, but it’s always entertaining watching you do them. I just love your personality and sense of humor 😁
We did the observatory today before seeing your video. For us the jigsaw part was super difficult (very dark picture for our light sources dont work very well) but the escape part came quite easily.
Longer Karen video's love it.
Basement! It's so much fun watching you do this puzzle! This was the 4th escape puzzle my boyfriend and I did this summer. We got stuck on the ties. We got like two or three possible numbers from them, but just not in the correct sequence. We didn't look at the hints, so we thought maybe there was a design problem. LOL. [Spoiler!] And, yeah... we always do the borders last now since we found out they can pretty much all go together when we did our first escape puzzle (The Observatory) . :)
Aha story time with Karen Puzzles what a way to start a day 😄
I'd be locked in that basement for eternity, even with hints!
Good job not shutting down… I have a RB puzzle (which is y I am watching g this video) I opened the envelope as I’m flying blind. U give me courage to keep going
I would love to see the other one solved as well! Great video!
Basement! Thank you for doing this tough one and not giving up.
The editing here is top notch! So much work im sure but fabulous.
I'd been waiting to watch this because I had bought the puzzle! That same warthog piece got me as well!
Wow how awesome. If my daughter had more time she would love this.
"Basement" some parts of this looked fun but other parts did not, still a toss-up to me....
This puzzle would give me a headache. Once again recommending puzzles of the Magic Puzzle Company. No nasty math puzzles but still a cool ending twist
Unfortunately one of the founders of the Magic Puzzle Company is a known abuser, so I will not be promoting their products.
Sounds interesting.. I am going to google this.
That came out during the kickstarter campaign, but they say he's no longer involved. A number of people canceled their pledges because of it; I wasn't one of them (I was more interested in the puzzles than I was disturbed by yet another white-man-with-power-does-terrible-things-to-his-underlings, I guess), and the puzzles are interesting. I fully understand having a moral objection, though.
He did step down right?
@@KarenPuzzles That founder did step down, but the rest of the people involved have not been very clear on the status of the Kickstarter and are passive-aggressive with their backers after things went wrong. They have not sent all domestic backers their rewards yet, but it is currently sold out at Target. It's a shame, because the puzzle art is incredibly detailed and the puzzles are decent.
I just bought the Hexenküche escape puzzle and I'm so excited to solve it
Just here to say that you are one of those youtubers I regret not having known about before. You're so sweet and your videos are so well edited and relaxing. I'm addicted, in the best way possible!
I’m binge watching your channel and I can’t stop, I love it here ! Seeing your process before starting a puzzle makes me want to break out my 1000 puzzle I bought at the beginning of quarantine. I did everything right like separating the edge and sorting by color but I just failed to finish because it was so hard.
When I saw which puzzle you were going to review, I stopped the video, ordered the puzzle and did it myself first to see if I could do it. Well... I couldn't, but I still enjoyed it. I solved three of the seven puzzles myself, two of them I needed at least 3 hints. After that, I also was a bit confused about the pieces I got (the image was a little unclear to me) and only after opening the envelope I understood what had happened. All in all, I did like the puzzle (edges were a bit tricky indeed; after finishing the entire puzzle, I was still doubting some of the edge pieces) and I like the concept, but it's hard to know what you're looking for when you don't know what the outcome should be (in an escape room, it's usually "find the code" or "find the key". Here, you don't really know what's supposed to happen). Thanks for this suggestion, I didn't know about escape puzzles, and I think I might try another one, now that I know what might happen. If anyone has done any other escape puzzles, please leave a comment without spoilers and whether you would recommend the puzzle or not.
Currently working on one of these and knew I had to rewatch your video for some advice.
OMG I could never figure that out! I'm the same way with escape rooms, I hate that you never know what you're looking for or what to do with the numbers you find. I'm always completely useless! Next time I will be the finder like you!
I did one a little while ago. Making the puzzle itself was fun but I didn´t enjoy solving it. Haven´t watched the video yet but can´t wait to hear your opinion.
I now finished the video and it seems like you had similiar problems as I had. I needed many hints to solve it. When I bought my puzzle I could decide between the basement and the unicorn puzzle. I took the unicorn since it was more colorful. I am not going to get another one of these unless they make some changes. I would have loved to play around with words for example but that might be difficult to produce, since every nation would need it´s on version.
This was my experience too! The puzzle was good but the escape elements were not that great.
Hey! I did many many of these puzzles, I personnally adore solving, but I understand the problems people might have, if you want to give another one a try, the astrology tower one(I don't remember the actual name) is bu far the very best of the series, the solution is genius, and very clear and fun
So if you ever want to try another one, maybe try that one 😊
I think the name was the planetarium ir something?
I was so excited to see you making one of these puzzles 😃🙌 I love your videos! 🥰
Thank you!
Those hints save the day.
This looks like awesome fun. Puzzle-ception-mind-boggling fun...
I bought one of these escape puzzles and gave up immediately because of all the pieces fitting anywhere and dumped it in my basement 🤩
LMAOOO
Wow, that was really difficult! Hats off to Ravensburger and to you Karen. You definitely need those hints to see what to look for.
Oh! My family and I did this one while at the lake! It was definitely a challenge
Thank you for introducing me to these puzzles.
I had so many years to do a puzzle.
But also I like riddles.
So I bought 2 and finished them in this weekend and solved the riddles also.
I bought “Space observatory” and “Dragon Laboratory” because I liked the images and I want to hung them.
Only problem, 1 piece was missing from one of them.. so now I have to use your guide to make it.
Oh wow Karen! I don’t know how you stayed that calm. I would have given up a long time ago! What a creepy basement, btw.
I‘m so glad the youtube algorithm has brought me here. Love your videos and your bubbly personality, as well as your enthusiasm for puzzles! Great videos, keep up the great work. Greetings from Switzerland :)
I just bought a couple of these as gifts. Now I think I'll get one of my own and lock myself in the BASEMENT until I finish it.
Omg I did this puzzle several years ago. I had to use the cheat sheet. Oh well.
Oh this one looks fun!
Oh my gosh .. Great ideal for Christmas gift. Thanks for sharing.
Basement- I have tried a clue puzzle when I was like 12 and I have never attempted mystery type puzzles again. You did better then I could have.
You are adorable and watching you put the puzzle together was very satisfying. I have been doing Dowdle 1000 piece puzzles from Costco and they are difficult because the colors are very muted. Happy Holidays and stay safe
We finished putting together the Ravensburger "The Observatory" puzzle yesterday. Today, we spent some time trying to find the solution to the Escape Room aspect of it. Like you, it was virtually impossible to solve without the hints. I think we only got one of the six pieces ourselves without delving. The clues are definitely too arcane for normal humans to figure out! I could figure out what the actual solution would be before I finished the puzzle itself, but definitely not how to get there!
Ok. I just found your channel and I have to tell you, your gif usage during the story reading was *chef’s kiss* perfection. 💕