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Scarab

    Brian G (He/Him) | MA, USA, Earth, Milky Way

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    Monster Curse At The Video Store (Seasonal)

    Monster Curse At The Video Store (Seasonal)

    Curious Escape Rooms

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Like stepping back into the 90s, with a great level of 80s campy horror twists. Lots of great movie references and some nods to Halloween. Puzzles were interesting and varied. Looking forward to trying the other variations of the room.
    The Dollhouse

    The Dollhouse

    Curious Escape Rooms

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Fun and idea and theme. Good mix of puzzles. Some things are far harder to notice than others which kept us guessing. So many throw backs to my own childhood.
    The U-Boat

    The U-Boat

    Red Fox Escapes

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    The Hero's Phonebooth

    The Hero's Phonebooth

    Curious Escape Rooms

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Entertaining little side activity. A couple other quick puzzles would have been nice but definitely fun.
    The Traveler's Guide to Little Sodaburg

    The Traveler's Guide to Little Sodaburg

    Meridian Adventure Co. - Online

    • Escape room
    • Virtual
    Such a fun online experience. Communication skills definitely needed in your group. Large or multiple monitors recommended if you get confused switching between web browser pages/tabs. Needs a variety of skill sets to complete. Definitely recommend if you get the chance.
    The Depths

    The Depths

    The Escape Game - Dedham

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Fun, well themed room. Only thing it needed was something to write on (memory and relaying information between areas worked for us). The ending was definitely not what I expected and took some teamwork. It was a pleasant, albeit stressful surprise.
    Gold Rush

    Gold Rush

    The Escape Game - Dedham

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Well themed fun room. Our progress was in bursts followed by confusion and slow downs in an endless cycle. Realized my aim isn't as good as I thought it was. Flow of the room was nice, and we struck it rich in the end (sadly it isn't real gold and we couldn't keep it).
    The Red Wire

    The Red Wire

    PanIQ Room - Boston

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Fun room, well themed. Some puzzles were a little vague and definitely needed us to step back and look at things differently. One tedious challenge took several tries. Another didn't register right away and took some fiddling. Overall, I thought it was a fun room worth checking out.
    Atlantis Rising

    Atlantis Rising

    PanIQ Room - Boston

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    As usual with PanIQ rooms it looks fantastic. Puzzles can be a little vague, some feel designed for brute force solutions over providing the information needed to solve it otherwise. This room had no locks or keys, all things automatically triggered, but some didn't trigger the first time and need to be fiddled with. There is a musical clue, which while annoyingly repeating until you solve it isn't clear enough to hear. GM also comes in very quiet and hard to hear over background sounds. Similar with audio instructions can me hard to hear/understand. Puzzles are varied and interesting. Some have obviously been changed over time as things broke. Overall it is a fun game, but be prepared to ask for more hints than you would at other rooms in the area. Mostly because of your inability to hear a clue or something not activating the first time. GM was nice and seemed to fully understand the challenges.
    Boom Room

    Boom Room

    Room Escape Boston

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Fun game, though some puzzles are very vague, leading to more assumptions than I would like. There is also a puzzle at the end that requires outside knowledge which I am not a fan of and could easily be resolved. Multiple instances of darkness as a puzzle with limited light source that can be aimed but not moved (which means multiple instances of accidentally looking directly at the light). There is also a directional puzzle with figures that point in a direction that doesn't match the puzzle clues (figure direction needs to be ignored, again could easily be fixed). Some decoding would benefit strongly from having something to write on (white board is available after a certain point but not portable).
    Rise of the Fungi

    Rise of the Fungi

    Headlock Escape Rooms Online

    • Escape room
    • Virtual
    Such an amazing and fun experience. Part escape room, part RPG, part theatre, etc. Puzzles are entertaining and creative. The only negative I could think of is that I kept forgetting what was in our inventory (I should have written it down which I did later on in the game), but that was on me just trying not to interrupt the game for a reminder (which they are more than willing to show your inventory on request like in a video game). Would gladly do another one of these anytime.
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