Camp Ruby Lake: The Lady of the Lake

Amazing room and theme! It flowed really well. My wife and I were able to do it just us 2 but we feel it would have been better to have at least one more extra brain on this one. The owners are incredible and the staff is so friendly and helpful!

ALL TIME RECORDED! Such a fun room! It’s amazing what you can do with two “rooms” in one space. I preferred the complexity of the blood moon more since it’s a little harder. Either way really great puzzles and some unique ones that reminded me of things I had seen from geocaching. As usual, amazing set design. Really really well done room.

We had an amazing time! The storytelling was immersive and had that fun, campfire-style vibe that really pulled us into the experience. It made the whole escape feel more like an adventure than just solving puzzles.

This was a challenging but super fun escape room. It was great for our large group of 6 because there were enough challenges for us to work in smaller groups. The room was done very well and had a lot of interactive features that made it very fun!

A solid story driven tale. Fun mix of puzzles, though a bit confusing with how each story line has their own puzzle track. (Red herring/unused locks) Good clueing, though there was some 'which lock does this key go with', which I feel is a weakness each room at Deadline has. A big thank you to Sophie, our game master, and for opening on a Monday, our only free day in Reno!!

I enjoyed the story & room props. It was challenging & there were 8 of us.

Deadline has done it again! Such a fun and interactive room with an original and intriguing story. Scary, but not too scary! The set design is awesome with lots of original puzzles. Highly highly recommend.

The room is themed well and has a good atmosphere. However, the gameplay and story left a bit to be desired. We played lady of the lake and it is very story driven - and let's just say there were large leaps in the story that left it feeling unsatisfying. Many of the puzzles felt disjointed and this being a two-in-one room did not help as we spent a fair bit of time determining if a lock actually belonged to our game. Some of the high tech puzzles did not readily respond and there were already signs of damage to some items despite this being the newest room. On the plus side, there were some puzzles we haven't encountered in other rooms, so that was fun. The GM was also clearly attentive to our game and was pleasant during the visit. This game does not live up then the quality of the other rooms at this location.

Deadline does a solid job with all of their rooms. They now have two rooms that can be played two different ways (Noir and Camp Ruby) and I’m still not sure how I feel about it as you get the same set for two rooms and have to ignore a lot of things in the room. Both stories are very lock and key heavy and could use a bit more signposting. I feel that Witch Doctor and Freakshow are still the two best rooms here, but these are solid rooms and worth doing. The Lady of the Lake is a bit more story driven than Blood Moon and there were a couple of times where you could split up to work on multiple puzzles at once.

I was a little worried when some of the early reviews said this was lock heavy. That is true, but there are enough nice moments and an immersive environment to more than compensate. This room actually took us longer than the one which is supposedly more difficult, but it is the more interesting of the two stories, and I thought slightly more enjoyable as well. There was one puzzle where lighting or sound clues would have helped us understand that we were supposed to look up, or that we were utilizing a particular item in the way it was meant to be used. Lighting would have also helped cue a matching section near the end as well. All in all, a well done room that I would recommend others play, even if you are terror averse. There is only one small moment that *might* be considered a jump scare. Immersion—4.5 Puzzles—3.5 Story—4 My rankings for the games at Deadline (all are worth playing): 1. Freak Show 2. Witch Doctor 3. Camp Ruby Lake: Lady of the Lake 4. Camp Ruby Lake: Blood Moon 5. Dead Silence 6. Noir Episode 1 7. Noir Episode 2