The Green Star: Printable Sci-Fi Escape Room Game

The Green Star is a print-and-play PDF escape room game designed for an immersive at-home investigation.

This digital download puts you in the role of an agent conducting surveillance on an astronomer obsessed with a mysterious signal from a star that doesn't exist on any chart. Your mission is simple: pose as a gardener, infiltrate his research, and report his activities.

A Living Graphic Novel

Designed for solo players or groups up to 4, The Green Star offers 90 to 120 minutes of tactile puzzles and investigation. A browser-based companion app acts as your telescope interface to verify coordinates and advance the story.

What’s included

🔸 A Complete Adventure: A standalone mystery set in the Secret of Langton Manor universe.

🔸 Tactile Gameplay: Cut, fold, and align paper components to interpret the anomaly.

🔸 Vintage Aesthetic: 12 pages of content featuring art adapted from the Golden Age classic Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds.

🔸 The Bancroft Telescope Interface: Instant access to the web-based companion app. No installation required.

🔸 Printer Friendly: Optimized for standard home printers. Printable in color or black and white.

🔸 Instant Access: Download the PDF and start your investigation immediately.

How to play

1. Print: Download the PDF and print the file single sided (A4 or US Letter versions are provided)
2. Prepare: Gather your supplies. You need a pen, paper, and a pair of scissors to cut and prepare the puzzle components.
3. Connect: Open the Bancroft Telescope Interface on your smartphone, tablet, laptop or PC. You will uncover the access code within the documents or you can use this link.
4. Investigate: Read the comic prologue, manipulate the paper props, and enter your findings into the app to unlock the next stage.

Connection to the Universe:

While this is a standalone adventure, The Green Star expands the lore of the Secret of Langton Manor. If you have played the Langton series, you may recognize the dark forces at play. If this is your first time, it is the perfect entry point into the universe.

Original Artwork:

Adapted and reimagined from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #13

(Charlton Comics, June 1959).