Chernobyl

My wife and I did not enjoy this room. Our GM was nice. However, it was difficult to hear the GM over the speaker and since there was only 1 GM, there were sometimes delays which was frustrating. This room was our least favorite of the 5 Nerd rooms we did (Chernobyl, Dracula, The Gallery, Prison Break and City with No Sun). Dracula, Prison Break and City with No Sun were our favorites. This one was particularly frustrating for us mostly because of our bad eyes and physically struggling with one of the first puzzles. I realize the theme was a Russian apartment which would, by design, be old and minimal. But, it felt like someone ran to the Goodwill and grabbed some old junk and threw it in a room. Not our favorite style of room. Some unique puzzles for sure but they were not our favorites. One puzzle required "rhythm" which we clearly lacked and another required squatting which we struggled with. However, I can see how others, maybe more nimble, with better eyes and more rhythm than us, would really enjoy this room.

We really enjoyed the novel puzzles. Helped that one of us had some experience with the Russian language, but that’s not necessary (we just didn’t need the clues to help with it).

Chernobyl was one of Nerd Escapes' better rooms. Set in the 1980's and taking place in an apartment in the Soviet Union, they did a great job of conveying that Cold War feeling. We were warned Soviet soldiers would be coming back for us in an hour & it felt like it! Like every one of Nerd Escapes' rooms, they aren't easy, so bring your thinking caps! A minimalist use of design sometimes prevented us from seeing the puzzles that were right in our face. This game is mostly linear and all in all, a solid experience. Come for Chernobyl & City of No Sun & time permitting, throw in The Return & Dracula.

The puzzles were thematic in the sense that the props matched the room design but did not feel well integrated into the story. The puzzles were quite linear which meant all players would often switch to an observing mode.

An amazing experience full of fun puzzles, would suggest.

Wow what a room! This room definitely needs at least two people to do. I’m on a work trip and did this room solo. By far one of the hardest rooms I’ve ever done. Started to panic towards the end, but got it done. Thought the room flowed super well from beginning to end.

Very linear. Only one puzzle to be working on at a time, which made our group of 6 too big. There was some translation of cyrillic and russian in order to solve the "puzzle", but sometimes that was just a bit tedious. There were unique parts of the room, but overall it was a bit flat.

Good room. Lots to do. Always had a handle on which puzzle we were on. Logical puzzles. All their rooms are high quality.