O'Bannion's Safe

We had a great time!! Game just was fantastic!!

There were some fun and unique elements to this room. Most of the puzzles were not too difficult, flowed pretty well for us and fit the theme of the room. However, there is Lots of stuff to do so I was surprised that the two of us made it out but we did. Our energetic GM Joey helped out with hints and nudges as needed. He even came into the room to help us with a couple of things. One puzzle got stuck and we were struggling with another that was mostly user error.

I enjoyed the room, but did not enjoy the experience the gamemaster created. My team made it to the final area with 25 minutes left to escape, which the gamemaster afterwards told us was "perfect pacing", but then didn't manage to escape in time. I blame this mainly on the gamemaster, who easily could have keep us on pace with a bit of simple guidance. As a gamemaster myself, I want every team to walk out feeling accomplished, not like a failure, especially if we had "perfect pacing". Afterwards, he told us the room only had a 20% escape rate. I don't know if that is true or just something they tell people to try to make them feel better, but all it did was make me more upset. Now I'm left thinking that the room is way too difficult to actually complete in an hour and I feel a little cheated. I also didn't like the fact that so many of the clues had no indication of what they belonged too, making it difficult to progress when it's unclear if you even have all the materials or information you need. All in all, I though the puzzles and the theme were interesting and unique, but the execution wasn't enjoyable as a player. If I could have rated it on a scale, I would've given it 2.5/5 stars.

Fun room, with some good surprises, though it felt and looked worn down. There is one awesome and wonderful piece of tech that basically screamed Stewie from Family Guy. GM Joey was great and very enthusiastic and helpful is our escape. He also came in during a mechanical puzzle that we just couldn’t get. Puzzles and flow are solid. We finished as a team of 2, but it’s certainly gonna be hard for most groups. Escape rate is really low. We’re lucky we were… Safe.

Fantastic room! Really enjoyed playing it with co-workers!

Neat twist on gangster/mystery. Some common elements but also some unique elements in the puzzles and rooms.

Thoughtfully designed experience. We had a good time opening the safe and putting this gangster behind bars for good! Sean’s a great game master

We loved this room! We did Wong’s Chinese yesterday with friends, and this one today with just us. Joey is a great game master and we were fortunate to have him for both rooms. This room is a bit of a challenge for two people, mainly because of all the things you have to do, but still so much fun with just the two of us. I would recommend 3 or 4 people for it. There’s a nice surprise in the room as well.

I think the room improved quite a bit as you go through it, but initially, I was pretty disappointed because the props felt dated and the puzzles simplistic. The ending is much stronger than the beginning

Loved the game and they accommodated just two of us playing. I would put this game in our top ten games we have played.