Eureka!

I LOVE GOOOOOOOOOOOLD. Here I am, back in Ballarat with hate in my heart and treasure on my mind, I fear the long lost golden nugget never stood a chance. Shame. I found Escapade's newest venture, Eureka! to be a very quaint and charming game, with its narrative and content designed around a notorious piece of Ballarat's history; there was plenty to like! Although the puzzle flow didn't necessarily start too red-hot with a fair bit of reliance on simple hide and seek, the variety absolutely picked up in the back half which really improved the experience. From a storytelling perspective, I also really enjoyed being read a letter pre-game by our GM Ashley, as the manner in which it was written and delivered felt meaningful and gave my team and I a clear objective to follow, big tick. While I wouldn't say this is the strongest of the 3 rooms available here I think it still serves as a satisfactory family friendly play through with a lot going for it. Eureka? Nah, OUR-reka ❤️ 6.4/10 🔏🧩

Our game master was very nice. It's great that the theme of the room is Ballarat specific, and there are a couple of fun interactive moments in the back half of the experience. The main issue with the room is that there is a piece of equipment that is needed to solve the major puzzle of the first room that is busted. It just doesn't work properly. We worked out how to get the solution we needed to progress but due to the faulty equipment there was actually no way we could have solved the problem without outside assistance. At the time we did the room it hadn't been open for very long so hopefully they've resolved this issue since our visit.