EXIT Advent Calendar Missing Hollywood Star

When a holiday activity starts to feel like another screen-based distraction, this EXIT advent calendar offers a different routine: open a door, solve a riddle, and use the answer to find the next one. The story follows a missing Hollywood star during the filming of a Christmas movie, giving the puzzles a seasonal mystery to work through.

Each day is designed to take about 10–15 minutes, so it can fit into a short break rather than taking over an evening.

How to use it

Treat it as a 24-day puzzle adventure, not a conventional escape game you finish in one sitting. Each door holds a new riddle, and solving it points you toward the next door. The puzzles are card-based, so there’s no need to plug in a device. You can work through a day’s challenge alone or make it a shared activity, the listing says it’s for one or more players.

For a practical example, set the calendar on the kitchen table and solve that day’s clue together before dinner. The answer determines where to continue next, which gives the activity a natural stopping point. The story’s missing star and film-studio setting add a light narrative thread, rather than making the calendar just a sequence of unrelated brain teasers. What makes this format appealing: can a short daily puzzle become part of your holiday routine without needing a full game night?

Pros

• A riddle behind each door turns the countdown into an ongoing activity, rather than a calendar focused only on a daily reveal.
• The listed solving time of about 10–15 minutes makes the commitment clear for busy days.
• Its fully unplugged, card-based format suits households looking for an activity away from screens.
• The Hollywood mystery gives the puzzles a shared theme, which can make it easier to get younger players interested.

The main tradeoff is the calendar’s fixed, day-by-day structure. If you’d rather sit down and complete an entire escape game at once, this spreads the experience across 24 days instead. Difficulty details aren’t provided, so the age guidance alone may not tell you how challenging each riddle will feel. The age and player information appears on the spec sheet, but there’s no further breakdown of puzzle difficulty.

You’ll appreciate it if you want a brief, story-led puzzle to return to during the holiday season. It’s not for you if you need a one-session game or want detailed information about puzzle difficulty before choosing.

Spec sheet

• Type: Advent calendar and tabletop escape game
• Format: Card-based, unplugged puzzles
• Story: A missing Hollywood star during a Christmas movie shoot
• Duration: About 10–15 minutes per daily puzzle
• Calendar: 24 days
• Age: 10+
• Players: 1+

When it makes sense

Choose this format if the appeal is a small daily challenge with a continuing story, especially if you want a holiday activity that can be done solo or shared. It offers more structure than picking up a standalone puzzle whenever you feel like it: each solved riddle directs you to the next door. That same structure is a limitation if you don’t want to follow a 24-day sequence or prefer a longer, uninterrupted tabletop session. The listed age is 10+, but with no specific difficulty descriptions, an adult may want to join in if a younger player finds a clue tricky.