The Curse Of The Black KnightEscapeX Rooms - IrvineEscape roomIRLLoved the atmosphere here! Really great. There are narrow stairs and crawling through holes (not everyone has to crawl through holes although one you might have to wait for the other door to open if you want to avoid crawling through the first one). A couple of things: REALLY watch your step because it is easy to trip. The first door you push through lies on the ground, so if you go back to that room, you may kick it or trip on it. And some of the steps are a little high. Also the room you are led into by the GM is pitch black with a spongy floor. One of the mechanisms didn’t work right so they had to trip it for us. A slight downside is you can’t see everything happen because you are spread out all over the castle to make things happen (like do something in this room to make something happen in that room). It was maybe a little easy because we finished it with tons of time left. But the look was really cool.
Whatever Happened To The Garretts?Maze Rooms - West LAEscape roomIRLReally fun escape room. This was my first! Loved the whole frozen in time thing since 1984. It was a good level of difficulty for my first time and not overwhelming
Something's Out There!Maze Rooms - West LAEscape roomIRLWe’ve done 2 of the rooms at this location and this was another success—both in solving and in fun! Scary moments like being plunged in darkness and hiding in a safe spot, some jump scares, and one in the group had to face some phobias. We had to be guided once (didn’t ask, but we had missed a vital something that wasn’t obvious). I was super happy that I solved the final puzzle for the group. Our GM Elaina (?, sorry if I’m wrong!!) was very friendly and welcoming. Really had a great time.
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle60Out - MelroseEscape roomIRLMy second room! Really like this set up but there were a couple hiccups as one room was not reset and then the ending didn’t work right. But I had a lot of fun with my friends anyways
Jack The RipperMaze Rooms - Culver CityEscape roomIRLSome of the puzzles were too easy we felt, especially the third room. The jump scare though was super fun, and the revelation of the scary thing had us yelling. One of the locks in the first room definitely needs replacing. The atmosphere and look was really cool. The GM was really nice and friendly. We’d like to maybe come back and do the zombie room which is supposed to be harder.
The Warrior's WayRed Door Escape Room - ConcordEscape roomIRLDepending where you park, it might be quite a walk to get to the place so allow time to find parking AND to figure out how to get to the place. Luckily one person knew where it was so we arrived precisely at appointment time. We almost failed this and finished with 14 seconds to spare. The first room was a split room (we did two and two) and that took most of our time and clues. It was extremely hard! Once finally through there we were short on time, but the next two rooms were easier, and if we hadn’t spent so much time in the first room, we probably wouldn’t have been so stressed trying to finish under time. Our GM was a little slow at getting back to us for the clues; once we had to push the help button 3x before they answered. They didn’t talk but used a screen to text us which also used time. A speaker/walkie talkie may have helped with that. Some things didn’t quite work right. I did enjoy one of the puzzles as all four of us worked it out and contributed input instead of just like the two most vocal people.
War of Rogue Machines (W.O.R.M.)Breakout StudiosEscape roomIRLI think I like puzzles with more rooms? This one was a jail, and a side room. I really liked one of the puzzles. But I felt a little disappointed when the door opened and I was expecting to go into the next room but it was done.
Dracula60Out - MelroseEscape roomIRLReally atmospheric and cool! Love the room of skulls. Don’t remember our time, unfortunately.
Secrets In The AtticBeat the LockEscape roomIRLThis was fine, it was an attic so it wasn’t an exciting place to be solving. IIRC, we had to ask for help a couple times because we couldn’t figure out what the puzzle wanted from us.
