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Storyteller's Secret

Storyteller's Secret

Boxaroo

  • Escape room
  • IRL
A charming experience that successfully builds on a sense of wonder and discovery. Design elements support the tone, overarching narrative world, and player journey through it. The playerโ€™s goals are clear, cohesive, and organized in a way that minimizes chaos and confusion and supports focus on the objects and player actions within the game. Everything was well-maintained so that wear and tear was not evident and mechanical elements worked and kept pace with us, allowing us to really feel and move through the space as I imagine the designers intended. There was one minor issue Iโ€™ll clarify in the rating breakdown. A note on expectations: when you hear or read of it as an immersive story, think more along the lines of an exploratory game where a story, in many parts, is more suggested than explicit. For those who have trouble keeping track of time or feel anxious about it, I recommend bringing a watch as I did not see a clock in the room and itโ€™s clear the design and intent of the game is towards more of a pace of motivated curiosity than frenzied urgency, so it would be more enjoyable to stress less about the time limit :)
Tiki Island

Tiki Island

Escape The Netherworld

  • Escape room
  • IRL

๐“†œ๐“‹˜๐“„ ๐“Š›๐“‡™๐“‹ธ๐“Œค๐“Œฅ ๐“Œฆ ๐“…๐“†ข ๐“†ฃ ๐“€‰๐“†ค ๐“†ฅ ๐“…‘๐“†˜ ๐“†™ ๐“…’๐“„™ ๐“„š ๐“„› ๐“…“๐“ƒบ ๐“ƒป ๐“…” ๐“…• ๐“ƒ• ๐“ƒ– ๐“ƒ— ๐“Žท ๐“„๐“Žธ๐“…– ๐“…ฝ ๐“…พ ๐“…ฟ๐“…— ๐“…˜ ๐“‡† ๐“‡‡๐“…™ ๐“…š ๐“ต ๐“ถ๐“‚ต ๐“‚ถ๐“ƒ๐“‹ฒ ๐“‹ณ๐“€ฌ ๐“…›๐“ƒ ๐“‚บ๐“…œ ๏ฟฝ๐“…๐“ƒ„ ๏ฟฝ๐“„๐“…ž๐“‚™ ๐“…Ÿ๐“‚ฟ ๐“†œ๐“‹˜๐“„ ๐“Š›๐“‡™๐“‹ธ๐“Œค๐“Œฅ ๐“Œฆ ๐“…๐“†ข ๐“†ฃ ๐“€‰๐“†ค ๐“†ฅ ๐“…‘๐“†˜ ๐“†™ ๐“…’๐“„™ ๐“„š ๐“„› ๐“…“๐“ƒบ ๐“ƒป ๐“…” ๐“…• ๐“ƒ• ๐“ƒ– ๐“ƒ— ๐“Žท ๐“„๐“Žธ๐“…– ๐“…ฝ ๐“…พ ๐“…ฟ๐“…— ๐“…˜ ๐“‡† ๐“‡‡๐“…™ ๐“…š ๐“ต ๐“ถ๐“‚ต ๐“‚ถ๐“ƒ๐“‹ฒ ๐“‹ณ๐“€ฌ ๐“…›๐“ƒ ๐“‚บ๐“…œ ๐“‚จ๐“…๐“ƒ„ ๐“„๐“…ž๐“‚™ ๐“…Ÿ๐“‚ฟ

Paint Bomb Mission

Paint Bomb Mission

Beat the Bomb - Atlanta

  • Escape room
  • IRL
  • Other
This is more accurately a โ€œchallenge roomโ€ (think Level99 or Boda Borg) than an escape room. The experience consists of 5 mini-games - there arenโ€™t really mysteries or puzzles to solve, rather you are given instructions and need to perform tasks quickly and efficiently. If this sounds like your cup of tea, then I would recommend it! Just donโ€™t go in expecting an โ€œescape roomโ€ experience. The maze was my favorite of mission 1, and probably the most fun Iโ€™ve had with a laser maze of any game. The staff are friendly (though unfortunately a bit less attentive my second time going which slowed a portion of the experience, but this may have been a one-off issue?) and perhaps most notably they have one of the best photo/video outcomes of any game Iโ€™ve played thus far - they are fun, high quality, and easy to share. These games are replayable, and Iโ€™m curious to see how BtB builds on that with their โ€œpro leagueโ€ offering. There is a bar and โ€œarcadeโ€ area where you can hang out after if youโ€™d like.
The Whispering Halls

The Whispering Halls - CLOSED

Enchambered Live Escape Room Adventure

  • Escape room
  • IRL
I highly recommend this room for its environmental design and layout. It is still one of the few โ€œmansionโ€ type rooms where I really felt a true sense of the setting described. We enjoyed the puzzles as well - unfortunately we got so wrapped up in them that we missed some obvious and necessary clues and bits (we were a pair of enthusiasts - Iโ€™d recommend at least one more person, and perhaps someone(s) with only a little or no experience so they see the things a seasoned player may overlook)! I recommend looking at some more recent reviews in regard to gameplay and puzzles as I played several years ago and we did not escape. I will say the owners were very kind and walked us through what we missed, so I canโ€™t speak much to experiencing the end through play but I will say I wish I could - it looked and sounded like a solid climax and conclusion to the experience.