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You are wandering around visiting a prairie dog colony in the northern reaches of the Black Hills around the wide open spaces of Alzada, Montana when your friend yells "ouch, this here dang prairie dog bit me!" Your friend looks immediately ill! What to do? Perhaps the ranchers in that house nearby can help, you go to the house and door is slightly ajar. You have to go in and see if you can get help for your friend....... but this doesn't look like any ordinary ranch house......
- 2-8
- 60 mins
- Medium
- Not scary
Reviews
tommyjohnbusch
26 escape rooms
It was a clever twist on a common escape room theme. The room had a lot of red herrings so it could be easy to waste time. Did some fun things with the props to solve puzzles that fit with the theme. The GMs come into the room to give you clues which dampens the immersive experience a little bit. Nothing extraordinary but still a good time.
Gameplay
The zombie theme twist with the prairie dogs was cute for the area.
Atmosphere
Some parts were very dark. Basic level of immersion, enough to be fun. Puzzles matched the theme.
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Story
Objective was a little unclear at first, didn’t set the story much at the beginning.
Difficulty
Medium
A lot of red herrings so it was easy to waste time.
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
14
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
Accessibility
Very dark and relied on color quite a bit. Not very accessible.
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Medium
SM25
47 escape rooms
My experience started good, but went downhill fast. We were traveling through SD with our dogs and staff let us bring them in the room since it was too hot to leave them in the car. That was very accommodating and impressive. Once in the room, the immersion / theme was good. For context, I've done 30 rooms and work as a gamemaster in another city, so I have a lot of grace for mistakes. My group of 4 were all experienced, so we were not just lost players. Negatives: there was no clue system (or it was not working). We had to leave the room and go to the front desk to ask for a clue. They came into the room to ask what we needed help with instead of knowing what we needed help with. Then the puzzles were not flowing, so we had to asked for multiple clues almost each step. Each time the gamemaster told us what to do or even opened the lock for us instead of giving a clue to get us on track. We had to ask what she was doing to open the lock to experience the game. This was aggrevating. There were a lot of locks in the room and many that were not used / total red herrings. One puzzle had the wrong lock, which caused us to skip steps, and they didn't tell us, so that caused confusion. After 1 hr we got so frustrated with not knowing what to do it just wasn't fun, so we just asked for her to walk us through the end. She was rude and condescending. This is the 2nd room I've done here with similar problems.
Gameplay
Confusing flow
Atmosphere
Creative elements,
Customer service
Horrible gm execution
Particularly interesting or different
No
Not anything new, but good theme.
Story
Elements were cool, plot good, execution of flow was not good.
Difficulty
Hard
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
6
Scary
Spooky
Minimum age
10
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
ExcellentDay
46 escape rooms
Many of the clues didn't flow to the next. You wouldn't know when or where to use a code. There were a lot of numbers and locks and some of them don't even open with no warning. Fun storyline, but my group was completely lost the whole time. *there are also fake but realistic heads in the room. Be cautious if you are sensitive to blood.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
The room was great at setting the scene with lab equipment and lighting. Some of the props were broken though.
Customer service
When we came in the building, the staff were very welcoming, but if we asked for a clue they asked where we were and told us what to do next instead of giving a clue. At the end, they seemed to get upset when I asked for clarification.
Difficulty
Hard
Game tech
Mechanical
Scary
Spooky
Minimum age
10
Was anything broken?
Yes
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
There were multiple rooms and you might have to step over something to get around. Some of the rooms are small with a lot of props too.
Accessibility
One of the rooms was very dark and the light was dim and broken. Some of the clues had to do with colors
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
pastormikewilson
100 escape rooms
Zombie Prairie Dogs was a good room. The theme was fun and funny. We had a large group, and there were plenty of tasks for the less experienced players. There were also difficult tasks for the more experienced players. We made it out with only a few seconds left on the clock, but I do have to point out that we spent 5 or more minutes confused and wasting our time because there was a puzzle that was set up incorrectly and eventually the game master had to come in and fix it so that we could complete the puzzle. There were a few red herrings (totally pointless puzzles) in this room that really frustrated me.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Live actors
No
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