ID: 119948 Closed

Captain's Quest by Jesse Born

Xamuel 119

Item Location: United States

$1,450.00

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polybius 2	$1,450.00	16.09.2023 07:06:08
Mrvdart 5	$1,400.00	15.09.2023 19:30:48
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Where do I even begin with Captain's Quest?

I am in awe of how incredible the craftsmanship and build of the puzzle is! I am in love with how beautiful it is and it just looks mind-boggling fantastic.

In terms of looks and build, I consider it among the best looking puzzles I've ever seen. Nothing new here. Jesse always knocks it out of the park with how pretty his puzzles are, but it's amazing how nice it looks and feels as a hybrid of metal and wood. There are supposed to be some printed parts as well, but I never noticed them at all and they must be only used in hidden sections that are not revealed to the solver.

The puzzling is amazing as well. I was surprised by the novel mechanisms used and I loved how everything was in theme. It really feels like a puzzle a submarine captain would come up with, or serve as an amazing gift to a captain! I wish I could say more, but I shouldn't spoil anything!

I'll mention that there are some ciphers and riddles involved with solving this puzzle for those who aren't fans of that sort of puzzling.

I don't really want to let go of this puzzle and I feel guilty for reselling this when I was so fortunate to get an early copy, but this puzzle retails at $1,189, and that's just too much money for me to have tied up in a puzzle. So I bought it with the intention of solving it and passing it on to a lucky buyer right afterwards.

I accept and prefer using Zelle as my payment method of choice.
I accept Paypal. I prefer Friends & Family due to the IRS tax rules. But if you rather pay with Goods & Services, I will accommodate that preference.

I accept Wise for international buyers.

I am willing to consider other payment methods.

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Captain's Quest by Jesse Born

Xamuel 119

$1,450.00

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Archipuzzle by Lucie Pauwels

L3NS SD Camera Build by EmGi/Kris Antibus

Matchbox Playground by Péter Gál

LOL by Frederic Boucher