Heist of the Gettysburg Address

I would not recommend this room. One of the mechanism had us pushing a power switch the under a desk that had a computer on it. There was nothing letting us know to push the button and it was a red power button. If it weren’t for a hint from the game master, I wouldn’t have dreamed of pushing it. There needed to be more story. All we got was “This is a heist, steal the Gettysburg Address. It’s in that case.” There was some audio that played during the room that was just not audible. I think it was supposed to be a security feed to amp up the the tension, but it was basically inaudible static. It wasn’t an issue with the speakers as we could hear the GM just fine. The final puzzle had no real direction to get to a solution. Because there was so little flow, the room just felt like a bunch of individual challenges. Of course, since none of the puzzle were difficult (at least that had a reasonable solution), if there was a flow, it would have been a 20 minute room.

I strongly dislike when rooms are dark for no reason. Locks need upgrading. Game master wasn’t paying attention. Type writer had no ink in it. Very frustrating room.

A Gamemaster makes or breaks the game. Ours was hard too get the attention of, we could hear him talking to coworkers or more clients, but he was not tracking us. When we could reach him we had to go over what we had and had not done to get a clue. The final lock did not work and he saw us put it in correctly and ultimately had to come in. Nice enough gent, but needed more people in the staff to give it the proper attention.

This game was fine. Some decent puzzles and good decor. The game master was much too quick to give nudges. I would’ve liked to actually try the room but the game master was too overbearing.

Did the Heist of Gettysburg Address room. 2 players, finished with 5 minutes to spare and used 2 hints. Would say it's an intermediate level room - could be really challenging for first time players or just two people who haven't done a bunch of rooms before. Don't be afriad to use the hints - we wouldn't have made it out with them. Have done several escape rooms before, and was pleased that a number of the puzzles here were different than I've seen in the past. The theme was integrated really well into the room throughout; one of the best themes I've seen (and hyper specific to Gettysburg too). Game Master was friendly and gave good hints when we needed them.