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Journal 29: Interactive Book Game Paperback – February 1, 2017
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Journal 29 is a unique book game where you can solve riddles and puzzles and submit your answers online to get the keys and move forward.
To solve the riddles, you need to think out of the box.
You can write, draw, search, fold pages, combine different methods and try to get those riddles right.
Journal 29 is a 148 pages book providing over 63 riddles you can solve.
The Story:
A top secret excavation did not bring any result for 28 weeks.
It was on the 29th week that something unexpected happened.
The team disappeared and the only thing that was left behind was their Journal.
You must solve the riddles in order to solve the mystery.
How to Play:
Journal 29 is a book game of riddles and puzzles.
To play, you will need:
A copy of Journal 29
A pencil
An internet connected device ( preferably a smartphone)
Every two pages of Journal 29 have two elements:
The riddle page and the key page.
Step1:
You solve the riddle on the riddle page.
Step2:
Visit the URL from the key page
(you can type the URL on your browser
or scan the unique QR code available on the page).
Step3:
Submit the answer of the riddle.
Answer correctly, and get a key that is usually a word or a number.
Step4:
Write down the key.
These keys are needed for solving the next riddles.
To solve the riddles you will need to think out of the box.
Write, draw, search, tear paper, fold pages, combine and more.
You don’t need any special app to play the game.
Just a browser will do
(preferably on your smartphone)
- Print length148 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateFebruary 1, 2017
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.37 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-101635871727
- ISBN-13978-1635871722
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- Publisher : Primedia eLaunch LLC (February 1, 2017)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 148 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1635871727
- ISBN-13 : 978-1635871722
- Item Weight : 7.3 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.37 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #39,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #87 in Fantasy Gaming
- #251 in Puzzles (Books)
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Dimitris Chassapakis is the creator of Journal 29 and The Cypher Files puzzle books.
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Customers find the puzzles in the book fascinating and fun. They describe the difficulty level as straightforward to legitimately challenging. The hints page and online message boards are helpful. Many readers consider the book worth buying and a great find. However, some find the font hard to read and the graphics poorly illustrated. Opinions differ on the execution - some find it great and enjoyable, while others find it grating or nice.
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Customers enjoy the puzzles in the book. They find the puzzles challenging and engaging, with an interesting premise and a well-done hint forum. The puzzles are linked together to solve a mystery.
"...a lot of interesting puzzle variations, with some inventive uses of the internet involvement, connectivity between the puzzles, and the book format..." Read more
"...But those are actually minor nits. The puzzles theme together nicely and it feels like you’re dealing with a well done escape room in book form...." Read more
"...The book is a series of 63 puzzles that require you to use logic, intuition, some online sleuthing skills and even a little ingenuity to figure them..." Read more
"...The puzzles are unique. Some are very easy, some are challenging, some require thinking way outside the box, and some are straight up impossible...." Read more
Customers enjoy the book's fun and engaging puzzles. They find the puzzles challenging once you get the hang of them, making it a great activity for families to do together. The book keeps them busy for a couple of weeks and everyone enjoys it.
"...This is a fun activity and is enjoyable as a group activity." Read more
"The puzzles can be quite intriguing, and it is super fun to figure a riddle after days of being stuck...." Read more
"This was a fun puzzle book. The puzzles ranged between, "Oh I got this!" to "Huh?!" Super fun when I could get them on my own,...." Read more
"...significantly less riddles in each set than these books, but are more engaging and fun for me with their story lines and bells and whistles, such as..." Read more
Customers find the puzzles in the book challenging. They say the book starts out easy and gets more difficult. The puzzles require logic, intuition, and various methods to solve. Some readers mention the tasks make them overthink things while others are surprising how easy they can be. Overall, customers appreciate the clever implementation and variety of methods used to solve the puzzles.
"...The puzzle themselves are generally great, but it’s the clever implementation that really sets this apart...." Read more
"...This book. The book is a series of 63 puzzles that require you to use logic, intuition, some online sleuthing skills and even a little..." Read more
"...The puzzles are unique. Some are very easy, some are challenging, some require thinking way outside the box, and some are straight up impossible...." Read more
"...Journal 29 is a challenging puzzle book with virtually no directions on how to complete each puzzle/brain teaser...." Read more
Customers appreciate the helpful hints and online message boards. They find the book accessible and informative. The puzzles encourage logic, intuition, and online sleuthing skills. The website makes it easy to track progress and helps develop communication skills. Overall, customers find the book an engaging way to get together virtually for some fun.
"...codes are provided so things are very smartphone friendly, but urls are also given and it was fine to play using a laptop...." Read more
"...of 63 puzzles that require you to use logic, intuition, some online sleuthing skills and even a little ingenuity to figure them out...." Read more
"...Minimal hints...." Read more
"...at the hints page for the others, but the community on the hints page is really good about only giving away little kernels that nudge you in the..." Read more
Customers find the book offers good value for money. They say it's a great find and a must-have for puzzle lovers. However, some readers feel the puzzle ideas are rushed or poorly executed.
"...It’s well worth the price ($18 retail) and I likely spent too much effort and made some things harder on myself trying to keep it pristine to..." Read more
"...Very good overall...." Read more
"...opinion changes I’ll come back and update but so far this is a really awesome book I’m definitely recommending and will be buying as gifts for..." Read more
"...Some of the puzzles can get pretty hard, but all worth it in the end and all part of the fun (sometimes...ha). :)" Read more
Customers have different views on the book's execution. Some find it great and a nice medium, while others say it suffers from poor execution, rushed execution, and inconsistent quality. They also mention issues with the puzzle quality and printing and binding.
"...It's absolutely incredible! I'm currently on number 47. Every page is challenging in a different way...." Read more
"...The idea of that puzzle was quite good too, just the implementation was off for me...." Read more
"...finished it, but it is really an eerie, puzzling experience that is highly addictive...." Read more
"...The book that arrived was printed and bound at a much lower quality than the first...." Read more
Customers have different views on the storyline. Some find it amazing and memorable, with great adventures. Others feel it lacks a clear storyline and compelling worldbuilding.
"...provide a nice theme and aesthetic, but are also minimal from a narrative point of view...." Read more
"...any story line I would give it a 4 stars and then 5 stars for an amazing story line...." Read more
"...This is not it. It also has no story whatsoever, which I have learned I don't care for either...." Read more
"Simply an incredible journey. Im about half way through the riddles and the mystery is becoming just that more fun...." Read more
Customers find the font difficult to read and the graphics small. They also mention typos and inaccuracies in typesetting. The book is poorly illustrated with writing on the pages, and there is little text on the pages. There are unclear notations and no rules for the puzzles.
"...Worse, some notations are not clear if you need to write in the key or the key next to place holder slots...." Read more
"...Bad fonts cause wrong answers, and if you choose to not look up forums for hints (for that extra challenge), you are basically out of luck fully..." Read more
"...The website uses a very bad font which will confuse you on the words they give you...." Read more
"These are coded pictures with little to no textual information, no directions, just different unrelated clues on each page...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2017Journal 29 is one of the most interesting concepts I’ve seen in a while. Somewhere in between classic pen and paper puzzles and phenomenons like escape room games, the book does a great job of adding something new to the genre.
It’s a book of 63 puzzles with a loose thematic theme tying them together. The puzzle themselves are generally great, but it’s the clever implementation that really sets this apart. First, each puzzle leads to an answer (usually a word or number) to be entered on a specific webpage to receive a “key” for the puzzle (again, usually a word or number). QR codes are provided so things are very smartphone friendly, but urls are also given and it was fine to play using a laptop. Keys are often used in future puzzles, so there’s a nice feeling of progress throughout the book.
Second, there are a lot of interesting puzzle variations, with some inventive uses of the internet involvement, connectivity between the puzzles, and the book format to stretch the genre a bit. There are also some similar looking puzzles here and there, but with different approaches and solutions that creates an additional level of intrigue. It’s really well put together, with solid levels of variety, originality, and challenge.
The story elements provide a nice theme and aesthetic, but are also minimal from a narrative point of view. This is a book of puzzles with a story framework, not any sort of complete tale. Which is perfectly fine, but should be kept in mind if you’re particularly intrigued by the story setup.
The book can be “played” solo or with a group (each person having their own copy is recommended). For people (like me) who opt for the solo play and have no other minds to bounce ideas off of, there are online message boards one the same site answers are entered that have hint threads by page. It’s a pretty good resource and reasonably useful help is provided without full spoilers. I referenced it several times for a little help to get started or when stuck (some of the puzzles are a bit obtuse and a push in the right direction greatly appreciated), and its availability generally prevents anything from getting too frustrating.
There was one puzzle I was unable to solve even with the hints (I know exactly what I need to do, but am not capable of it and got tired of trying different combinations of educated guesses). The hints were good, so short of someone handing me the answer there’s no further help to be gained. I was however able to reverse engineer that particular key from a later puzzle (which certainly won’t be possible in the vast majority of cases) so I wasn’t kept for completing anything else nor from finishing the book. The idea of that puzzle was quite good too, just the implementation was off for me. A little disappointing, but only one out of sixty three missing the mark is pretty good odds and it didn’t significantly detract from my enjoyment.
I managed to complete the book without writing in it, damaging pages, etc (by using scratch paper and occasionally photocopying pages), but if I had it to do over I probably would have just used the book straight up as intended. It’s well worth the price ($18 retail) and I likely spent too much effort and made some things harder on myself trying to keep it pristine to potentially be lent out / used again.
Overall Journal 29 is a unique puzzle experience that comes together really well. Recommended to anyone who enjoys stretching their brain a bit.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2020One page contains a puzzle, the other a URL in QR Code form. E yet the solution to the puzzle and you’ll get a key used in future puzzles.
The puzzles are fun and clever, but often obscure. More often than not the real puzzle is to figure out what the puzzle wants you to do, and it’s very easy to over-think things. Worse, some notations are not clear if you need to write in the key or the key next to place holder slots. And it can be frustrating if you get the URL wrong or misread the result due to the use of their fancy font.
But those are actually minor nits. The puzzles theme together nicely and it feels like you’re dealing with a well done escape room in book form.
Even more clever, once you figure out the solution, you notice various other hints they buried in there to push you along. That knowledge is useful for solving harder puzzles where you need more context.
This is a fun activity and is enjoyable as a group activity.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2017The setup of Journal 29 is intriguing. There is a secret excavation effort that produced nothing for 28 weeks. On week 29, something unexpected happens. The excavation team disappears and all that is left behind is what you hold in your hand. This book.
The book is a series of 63 puzzles that require you to use logic, intuition, some online sleuthing skills and even a little ingenuity to figure them out. Called an "interactive game book," Journal 29 is true to its name in that regard. You use the ENTIRE book, in all sorts of ways, to figure out the puzzles.
Things I like about Journal 29:
* It's challenging and unique. I've never played anything quite like it.
* The puzzles, and the artwork and the aesthetic in the book, are very evocative and often ominous and creepy. It sets a good tone.
* The way you enter answers into unique web pages to see if you are correct is cool. If you get the puzzle right, you get a key word.
* Puzzles quite often require information you gathered in previous ones to solve. It gives a nice sense of progression in the book.
Criticisms
* Some of the puzzles seem to require illogical leaps in reasoning, or throw in useless information simply to confound and confuse.
* The ending is sort of left open to interpretation. I was hoping that when I solved the final puzzle that there would be a cogent, clear narrative to the whole thing explaining what happened to the team. You SORT OF get answers, but not really. I can go through the book and vaguely tell you what happened, but it would have been much better if it tied up loose ends more neatly.
I'll have to say, overall, I enjoyed my time with Journal 29. The book became sort of a sensation at my office. Myself and many of my co-workers would work on the puzzles in spare time. Some folks would make photocopies of the pages or take photos with their cell phones to look at and try to solve at home in the evenings. I think there can definitely be a team-building aspect to this book.
Very good overall. I'd do it again and will be searching for similar books, but I deducted a star for the lack of a clean, clear resolution to the events hinted at in the book.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2024This really is a little like an escape room in a portable book. The puzzles are unique. Some are very easy, some are challenging, some require thinking way outside the box, and some are straight up impossible. Luckily, they have a forum full of people asking the same questions you probably have!
- Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024Got this for my father for christmas and ended up keeping the entire family entertained for large portions of time. Most of the puzzles range from moderate difficult to very difficult with just a few in there that either take just a few seconds or require some random trivia so takes forever until someone googles the hint and sees what it means. Would highly recommend.
Top reviews from other countries
- AeroReviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Puzzle book! Really makes you think outside the box (book)!
This book is a really engaging and interactive puzzle book that challenges readers to solve a series of intricate riddles and puzzles. Each page presents a unique challenge that requires critical thinking, creativity, and sometimes external research to decipher. Keep an open mind and think outside the box (or book in this case)!
The book's design is visually appealing, with mysterious and intriguing illustrations that enhance the experience. Ideal for puzzle enthusiasts, "Journal 29" offers a captivating and immersive journey through each page, making it a fun and stimulating way to spend time while testing one's problem-solving skills.
I loved the ease of scanning the QR codes on each page to enter your potential answer to obtain the key. When I finish this I will most definitely purchase the next set of puzzle books!
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Júlio Camargo Capelo RodriguesReviewed in Brazil on March 14, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Se você gosta de enigmas e escape room, compre este livro.
Bom demais e qualidade excepcional!
- LReviewed in Canada on February 6, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and clever
I love puzzle books and this is by far one of the best I have done. The art is nice, the puzzles are just difficult enough and extremely varied- some call for general knowledge, others for logic/pattern detection, and some would please word lovers. It took me and a friend several hours to solve it all so you get lots for your money! HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!
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JanetteReviewed in the Netherlands on March 4, 2021
4.0 out of 5 stars Puzzelplezier
Erg leuk om te doen, tijdens de avondklok even iets anders dan Netflix.
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VikReviewed in Italy on June 1, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastico
Stiamo ancora risolvendo i giochi ma sono davvero geniali nel loro genere. Fantastico gioco e veramente immersivo se lo si vuole.
Acquisteremo anche il secondo tra un po’.