Slowmentum: Escape Christmas

Escape Christmas is an original take on a Christmas-themed escape room, that mixes fun puzzle solving with moments of introspection. It tackles current issues such as commercialism and the rise of AI in a clever way, without feeling preachy. It was really refreshing to play a room that felt fun, but left us with an important life lesson about gratitude and slowing down in our lives. I certainly expect to see more rooms from Slowmentum in the future, and I hope that they continue with their unique brand of educational/topical rooms to help ignite discussion. While I've played a lot of rooms, Amy (who joined me) has only played two, so it was a bit of a push for the two of us to get through it. Overall we did really well, but I would say the sweet spot would probably be 3-4 players; a maximum of 6 can join in. We were a little apprehensive that we might be joined by strangers for our game, as we hadn't opted for the 'private' room booking. I'm sure this set-up works for some, but I do wonder if it put others off. I'd definitely like to see this approach refined next time. The puzzles were well constructed, the room design was fairly basic but effective and the GM was hilarious. We didn't quite escape in time (2 mins over), but had we been a team of 3 or 4 I'm certain we'd have been out a lot sooner. I look forward to seeing future rooms from Slowmentum!