The Shed

This company is inflexible when it comes to starting on time which is not shared at the time of booking. The room makes some logical sense at the beginning and then your imagination needs to stretch to figure out the room. Loved the size of the rooms and the spooky elements.

Fun but definitely a little spooky. You’ll be doing a lot of puzzles in a darker room

I’ve enjoyed games at this venue in years past, but hadn’t been here since before the pandemic. Unfortunately the design and execution of this room is firmly stuck in the past. I would have given it an “okay, nothing special” in 2015, but in 2023 it’s a “don’t bother unless you are really desperate to play an escape room” kind of situation. The plot is minimal, the design is linear, most of the puzzles yield four-digit combinations or keys to padlocks, and the scenery is in somewhat shabby condition. The few non-lock (put the objects in the right place) puzzles are fiddly, requiring precise placement. It’s a decidedly non-horrifying horror theme. All in all, I didn’t *hate* it, but I can’t think of any reason to recommend it, either.

This wasn’t a favorite of mine. The initial room could use a little more of an immersive feel given that it is supposed to be dark and creepy. Feels more like a waiting room in a doctor’s office. The GM gave way too many clues that we didn’t ask for to ‘try to get us moving along’… yet we escaped with 13 minutes to spare and were 8 minutes late (thank you, Fogo de chao) so they started the clock. We finished the room in 37 minutes. I don’t think we needed any help. The second we stopped to think we got a voice above pushing us along. The doors to the next rooms were readily available to enter yet once we open it, we get a voice saying we aren’t ready to go in there yet. This room would have been a lot more fun if we had to actually think about the game and puzzles. We are not novices and didn’t ask for any clue but one. Which is not the clue we needed at the point we were at. I never leave negative reviews and I didn’t hate the room, just didn’t like the way the company plays the game, I guess.