Escape room

Keystone Escape Games

Dragon Alley

I’m leaving the overall rating blank here as I had a very polarizing experience to the rest of our team. The decorations and theming were great and the hint system was really cool. The puzzles were pretty straightforward and tied in to the theme decently. 

I, however, had a terrible time in this room. This is because there is a puzzle involving aligning a painting by rotating some parts of it that was TERRIBLE. It requires at least two people and is so unbelievably time consuming and not at all engaging. It’s not really solving a puzzle, just turning a knob you can’t see and someone else has to tell you to keep going or stop or go back. The problem with this is that you’re required to do it 18 TIMES. I spent so much time stuck in an isolated room separate from everyone that when we were finally done the rest of the team had already solved 75% of the rest of the puzzles. This all meant someone is going to get stuck doing that job and doesn’t really get to see any of the rest of the room happen. OR the team can stop and do this incredible tedious puzzle together and waste a bunch of time where really only two people can participate. This “puzzle” wasn’t difficult, it was just time consuming for no good reason. 

The three members of my team that weren’t involved in that puzzle seemed to have a good time, but the two of us that got stuck doing that one both felt like the experience was ruined by that puzzle. We’re over 100 rooms played now and we’ve never been so frustrated by a puzzle like that before, and it had nothing to do with being able to solve it or not. 

I don’t want to be too harsh and leave a dislike for this as it wasn’t a problem for the full team, but given my experience I can’t bring myself to like or love it either.

The Ministry Of Peculiarities

Hope End

What an amazing game! This is definitely more of an experience with escape room elements than a proper escape room but boy was it a blast. The immersion started as soon as you walk in the door and through the entire duration of the visit. The ladies that were there for our game were absolutely INCREDIBLE. Some unique puzzles and interesting social interactions. Definitely goes in our top couple of games played and would love to relive it. What an experience!

Intrepid Escape Rooms

Jewel of the Sea

Locurio

The Storykeeper

What a fantastic room!! The set design was really awesome and, as the name would imply, the storytelling was great! Awesome mix of puzzles and props and unique challenges. This one was super fun and a must do!

MindTrap Escape Room

40 Thieves

Very solid game with some really fun and unique puzzles. Great set design and atmosphere too! The game provided a lot to do so good for a group of 5-6. We had a ton of fun and the game promoted collaboration and communication in some neat ways too!

Not Another Escape Room

Time Machine

Amazing game! Puzzles are all straightforward and intuitive and extremely well themed. The special surprise of this game is absolutely amazing. We had heard it was mind blowing and definitely lived up to the hype. 100% would recommend!!!

Brain Games Escape Room

Treasure Island

What an absolutely fantastic room! Everything about this was pretty much perfect. The theming of the room was amazing across every stage, it had a perfect blend of puzzles and humor, some really unique puzzles, and the set design was great. A fantastic mixing of old school tech and some cool mechanical aspects and triggers. This was really a fantastic experience. Loved it all from start to finish!

Hidden Donkey

Irvine School of Wizardry and the Goblin's Secrets

Wow what a room! After being so enamored by Hidden Donkey’s first room, their second really lived up to and maybe even surpassed expectations. The set and prop designers here are insane. Really haven’t seen anything better than this in a game before from the decoration, to the puzzles themselves and all the way down to the locks. The production value was so high! 

None of the puzzles were particularly challenging, but they were very creative, thematic and engaging. Kept our group of 4 very involved throughout. This is a must do!

It seems they’re working on a different “track” for this room, and in the future you’ll be able to play two different games using the same space. That will be very interesting to see as we haven’t really seen that in a game before. Can’t wait till that opens and we’ll be so excited to come back!!

Quest Tavern

The Last Supper

Not your average escape game this was very unique and a must do. Props to the GMs for making this super memorable and fun. One of our favorites!

Cross Roads Escape Games

The Weeping Witch

Excellent game with some great scare factors! Very amazing set design and puzzles. Crossroads puts out some of the best games out there and shouldn’t be missed!

Exodus Escape Room

Ink & Ashes

Very fun room that was super engaging and well themed throughout. The storytelling and set design was amazing and there was a good mixture of tech and old school locks. 1 puzzle towards the end fell flat for me but otherwise a good assortment of different puzzles and some good non-linear gameplay. Would definitely recommend!

Side note our game master Ryan was great!! Super fun and friendly!

Omescape

Kingdom Of Cat-tastrophy

Whimsical room with a storyline that flows really well

megprincesspie

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