A hotel you never want to leave? The Congress Hotel has its fair share of guests who have long “overstayed” their welcome. Born out of Chicago’s Columbian Exposition in 1893 this Windy City staple is reportedly the inspiration of Stephen King’s horror story "1408." Guests can expect a whole lot more than room service, including shadowy silhouettes, moving objects, and a few impromptu light shows…

🥳 THIS WEEK IN AWA AWESOMENESS

🇨🇭 Your Swiss Adventure Awaits
🏴‍☠️ Puzzle Me Timbers!
🏯 In the Land of the Rising Sun
🦹 Community Costumes
⛪ Holy Hauntings, Batman!
👻 Home to a Band of Thieves

🇨🇭 WHO’S GOING TO SWITZERLAND?

Thank you to the thousands of Adventurers who entered our magical giveaway to the Land of Milk and Honey with Switzerland Tourism and Swiss Air! Although we wish we could send all of you, we did pick one fortunate Adventurer... Without further ado, head here to see if you’re the lucky winner.

🧩 OUR PUZZLE IS OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL!

Released like Pandora’s box into the wild on October 24th (without the scary spirits), our puzzle is now populating stores near you! If you love a good afternoon puzzle session, check out our online store or any indie bookstore near you to add the official AWA puzzle to your gaming table.

🇯🇵 WE’RE HEADING TO JAPAN!

The AWA exhibition is heading back to Tokyo! Re-opening its doors on November 23rd in Shibuya with a brand new section all about our Antarctica Adventure. And what’s more, we will be there to celebrate with the Community in person! More details here.

While certain places may catch our eye during daylight, they might not be so endearing once the sun sets (cue goosebumps). With All Hallow’s Eve right around the corner, we thought this collection of stories might provide a nice friendly fright from our ghostly friends!

🐈‍⬛ The Cat’s Meow
👻 Mystery Roommate
🌲 Is it a ghost? Is it a tree?
💀 Snatching for science

COMMUNITY COSTUMES

Halloween will be here before we know it, and if you’re like us, you’re searching for a last minute costume. Well, look no further, Adventurers! We’ve put together a handy dandy list of AWA inspired costumes so you can be the talk of the (haunted) town.

Note: AWA is not responsible for automatic first place winnings of various costume competitions, but we won’t mind sharing in the spoils 😉

What do cannonballs, a priest with a penchant for butter churning, local graffiti, and a headless horseman have in common? Apparently a whole lot more than we could have ever guessed, but the story all starts at the old entry of the Stone Butter Church…

You can skip the butter on this one, because despite its name, there’s no bread to be found in this town that was home to a band of rebel rousers. Unfortunately this crew wasn’t run by a regular Robin Hood, but rather a few fiends known for their unkind tendencies. What’s more? It seems a few of them may still be causing a ruckus among today’s visitors…

Trick or treat! 🎃

Well hello secret linkers! ‘Tis spooky season, we’re celebrating by giving away an abundance of specially spooky Alien keychains á la Asteroid City. On the prowl for something bigger? Look no further: for the first time ever, we’re also giving away a copy of our AWA Puzzle! So what are you waiting for? Get searching!