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Down the darkest alley, in the most nefarious part of town, a wizard going by the name of Algernon has set up a shop selling gently used magical goods. Rumors have reached the Queen’s Guard of strange comings and goings at Algernon’s- particularly late at night. After a series of stake outs the time has come, you and the other Guard are prepared for a raid on the shop. Will you uncover this wizard’s secrets in time?
All ratings (73)
Very positive
Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive
91 escape rooms
6/10 Algernon’s Shop of Magical Goods just about scores high enough to get a thumbs up. This room was full of red herrings, which stumped us as we began creating our own puzzles with no outcome. We also felt that the flow from puzzle to puzzle was off at times and we had to make assumptions in order to complete a lock. A couple things didn’t work properly or took a while to trigger. The set design and overall ambiance of the room was really well done and was the best part of the whole experience. The ending was a bit far-fetched and felt out of place for us.
Hard
465 escape rooms
We really liked the set design in the first room. The game itself is decent. The end is a bit silly and out of place. But overall, we liked the game.
48 escape rooms
Great idea. Fun first room. Some red herrings. Anti-climatic. In fact, when I escaped I "fell" into the hallway and said "wait, I think I missed something". Guess what I missed was the resolution of the red herrings. Overall, ok room.
738 escape rooms
This room was good not great, and a bit on the short side. The ending was anti-climatic, but the puzzles were fun.
28 escape rooms
The room decor was really top-notch. (Actually the entire facility is amazing including hallways/lobbies, etc. I completely disagree with a review I read where they stated this room is the same puzzles over and over, that's just not accurate they used varying locks, puzzles, clue finding, etc. The game master here was also awesome, full personality waited for us to ask for assistance. If you have any in your group into D&D this room has several nods to that, which made my teen boys heart sing. The only thing I will say that could have been improved is that the room has an almost serial puzzling strategy which sometime results in some standing around for groups larger than 2-3.
This was particularly impressive as the GM for our session got stuck in traffic and didn't make it until our room was over, so the GM we had was running two rooms, but had he not had told us this, we would not have known as he was very attentive.
Yes
Hard
Mechanical
3
Spooky
Overall the room wasn't scary but there is a prop that might really freak out some younger ones.
12
No
No
Not at all
There are some stairs.
Yes
Behind the center
Easy
92 escape rooms
9.2/10 We did this room opening day so it had some hiccups. But overall it was an interesting game. Definitely great for DND fans and a really cool ending. Some of the puzzles were repetitive and there were a lot of red herrings whether intentional or not. Overall a good experience!
22 escape rooms
I almost left the rating blank, as it’s somewhere between like and dislike. While the room itself was gorgeously themed, the puzzles are just the same type of lock over and over. There were some unique puzzles that I enjoyed but otherwise very repetitive. I will say I was there right when it first opened so it does feel unfair to be too harsh.
29 escape rooms
Algernons was the perfect mix of all aspects. It had equal amounts of high tech and mechanical puzzles, great mix of spooky and funny (especially for a chicken like me), and was really cool! There was one part/prop that made it kinda scary, and I would not recommend this room for kids. This whole place is so thrilling and immersive! There was even a staff member that came out from a hidden door when we were checking in. Go check them out! Note: this is considered their spooky/scary place, Gnome & Raven is their tame facility.
Both high tech and manual aspects!
Very immersive room and facility
Yes
Cool theme and amazing ending
Good mix of spooky, magical, and humorous
Hard
Red herrings and some non linear aspects
Both
2
Spooky
Most of the room was not scary, but one section was a bit spooky
16
No
No
Not at all
No
But that was a part of the experience and it made it much more fun!
Easy
47 escape rooms
We enjoyed the room. Mostly physical locks but several interesting puzzles.
45 escape rooms
The game was challenging and fun. It was a little heavy on physical locks for my taste, but all in all we enjoyed it.
Yes
Very challenging but doable. So far nobody has escaped without at least one clue.
Expert
Mechanical
4
Spooky
No
No
Not at all
Stairs + a window must be crawled through
No
It’s located on the back side of the shopping plaza
Easy