The Four Doors Game Review

This one’s on me.

The Four Doors (2025, Happy Camper) was one of my most anticipated games of Gen Con 2025. The reasoning was simple: any game designed by Matt Leacock is getting to the table and deserves pre-release celebration. I’ve never really played a bad Leacock game. The Four Doors credits not just Leacock, but two other designers: Matt Riddle and Ben Pinchback, the men behind the breezy River Valley Glassworks as well as Beyond the Horizon, the Beyond the Sun update released by Capstone Games in the US last year.

Despite knowing nothing about The Four Doors beyond the cover and the designers, I was excited. Also, Happy Camper has given us three solid card games, Trio (the reprint of the exceptional card game nana), combo (a cooperative / competitive poker game) and Jungo, a game that landed so well at home that my family shopped it to in-laws during a recent beach trip. My gut was telling me that the stars were aligned.

Then I got The Four Doors to the table. I don’t really have any notes about the design, because as a game, I think The Four Doors is in line with similar Leacock designs. My issue with The Four Doors is that I should have…

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