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The artworld is in shock when news breaks that arguably the most famous painting in the world has been stolen, the Mona Lisa is missing. The Louvre in Paris that housed the world-famous art piece by Da Vinci, has offered a massive reward, of $50 million. As an underworld art dealer yourself, you hear on the grapevine that the flamboyant and extremely dangerous Russian billionaire and art gallery owner, Vladimir Stepanov, is responsible for the theft. Stepanov has a reputation as a ruthless and dangerous businessman - get caught, and there’s no telling what he will do. The risks are heavy, but so is the reward. Your team gathers together and forms a plan to infiltrate Stepanov’s private gallery where you are sure he’s stashed away the Mona Lisa. Through your contacts, in the underground art world, your group secures an invite to his gallery. You manage to sneak away from the guards and are able to hide out until the gallery closes. The guards make their rounds once every hour so you must hurry! One of the world’s greatest pieces of art lies in wait. Use your teamwork to uncover its location and make it out. But you mustn't get caught, if Stepanov’s guards discover you, it will surely be the end for your group. Work fast and remember, time is of the essence!
- 2-8
- 60 mins
- Not scary
Reviews
Kareen
3 escape rooms
𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿
TheTimeBandit
202 escape rooms
This is on par with Escapology games. Nothing crazy difficult about the room, but nothing crazy cool either. A couple things had broken, and rather than fix them, they put replacement puzzles in their place. This could just be one of the things the franchise does if it’s hard or costly to repair a broken puzzle. I don’t know. But it was a fun game overall.
vaxis2113
220 escape rooms
From an art heist theme perspective, this is likely on the lower end for the theme. From the puzzles being mainly on the printed artwork or laminated papers to the ambiguity of which input device to use to some vague cluing that provides more confusion than clear direction, there’s a lot that provided frustration. However, there was enough joy in the struggle and select props that lead to satisfying a-has! That said, do this room, but not as your first, and not with high expectations.
Gameplay
No puzzles were particularly novel, but the ambiguity of clues within the room and the multiple viable locks to input codes caused there to be challenge and confusion in the wrong places. Deciphering which 4-digit luck will take an answer shouldn’t be the puzzle. That said, there were some neat tactile moments from mazes to an agility test to some fun hooks. Overall, though, the puzzles are mostly solved by connecting two pieces of text together, rather than interacting with the environment in unique ways. Additionally, a couple puzzles are multi-layered, which can make an already ambiguous puzzle more difficult.
Atmosphere
It has the clean look of an art gallery, but enough props, puzzles, etc. look out-of-place or not art gallery caliber. There were a couple surprises that were either way on or way off theme, and these moments did spark joy.
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
It falls into a lot of the common tropes for the theme.
Story
While the setup video involved a crime lord stealing the Mona Lisa and us risking our lives to retrieve it, the set screamed basic art heist. It could have taken a unique turn, but instead, it was one long extended act as we just worked to open all locks/boxes/cabinets in the room.
Difficulty
Hard
Ideal number of players
4
Especially early, many puzzles are available to solve, and some can be time-consuming. However, you need to communicate well to notice connections.
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
13
Many puzzles require some heavy abstraction. While an occasional novel, tactile puzzle or interaction exists, there’s a lot of finding numbers for combo locks.
Was anything broken?
Yes
A couple laser pointers weren’t working, but the GM quickly paused our time and swapped them out. Also, one puzzle involving buttons required us to input the answer several times before registering it.
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
One person will have to crawl and be a little nimble.
Accessibility
Between a mandatory crawling task, some papers hidden higher up, a couple puzzles relying on color, and some intentionally hard-to-read text, people with mobility, vision, or color issues may struggle here.
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Medium
It’s a mall, but the mall was pretty busy, as it’s the holiday season.
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