Chronowhiskey: Pursuit of the Bartender

This room was just ok. Wouldn’t go out of my way to do it. It has a lot of potential but left us wanting more. The theme was cool and unique, and I really like the idea of a steampunk bartender. However, the ending and what our ultimate mission was was just confusing. The ending was also quite anti-climactic. We solved multiple puzzles by accident. There were so many unused props that I thought we would need to use, but ultimately never did- it’s a shame to have so much space used up by props that aren’t used. During our intro, the GM gave instructions about a specific puzzle, but we never ended up doing/needing it- not sure if we accidentally bypassed it or if it was no longer in the game play. A fun room worth doing for the theme but not necessarily the puzzles.

The worst game here, but with potential. While the set is beautiful and several of the puzzles are clever, the story was also not clear, the AI was buggy, ans the lack of signposting reslly harmed the flow. Also, in our debriefs across their games (both in Gville and Ocala), the GMs explainations to our questions were often "there used to be a puzzle there" - which makes me wonder what these games were intended to be...and why some of these confusing things are left in. Other notes: there were two or three times that we couldn't read words that were supposed to be legible and were critical to solving a puzzle. Highly recommend that they fix these and make it clear. It was a drain on what was otherwise a good game. Beautiful set! Jason was a great guy, especially great in Jacob's Nightmare!

The room is highly electronic, which is usually a nice experience. In our case, however, several of the major puzzles were broke, and even when we got the correct answers/flows/etc, a game master had to come in and override the puzzle because it didn't work. Between this and the fact there was a list of 10 spoilers/sticky points, it really broke immersion. I also feel like the story wasn't strong. Surprising since we've done their other rooms and had a great time.