Blackbeard's Revenge - A Pirates Curse

I was excited to do this room. I had made arrangements to do this with two friends who also loved escape rooms. We found out when we arrived that we were going to be doing the room with three other strangers. Usually, I wouldn't have minded this but it was three kids who were obviously under the age of 10 with no parent or adult in sight. Their website says that children must be at least 12. Babysitting on top of escaping. Hip hip hooray. The setting and props were amazing (as always) but that is where my praise for this room ends. The puzzles were lackluster and many of the puzzles were picked up from puzzles in their other rooms. There was also a time suck logic puzzle that pulled me from a good portion of the first section of the room. Also, the room is way too noisy. Ambient sound effects mixed with the laser golf or whatever it was next to us made my head pound and kept me from focusing on the room. I cannot recommend this room for enthusiasts but there is a great visual wow factor that would make it fun for newbies or families with younger children.

A nice non scary escape room from here! There are better ones to choose from (probably my least favorite out of the bunch here) but it’s still leagues above many other escape rooms. Note that they have an atmospheric effect that is currently not working and would have been really fun to see at the climax of this room.

Really cool set, I always love when rooms go the extra mile with the immersive details. I chose it because I saw the TERPECCA nom so I went into it with expectations that may have been a little high. The puzzles themselves were fine, it’s definitely an easier room for a reason. I am always disappointed when word locks are easily guessed words because one member of my group guessed it so we opened it before we even got to the puzzle it gave us the code.The only clue we actually needed was because we needed to reuse items for another puzzle so we learned our lesson when it happened again. A solid experience overall, maybe just had too high of expectations.

This game was fun. I enjoyed it. It was not scary but it was very dark and we were only given one flashlight to use. The first puzzle was disappointing in the fact that our GM had to explain why the puzzle worked in the way it did in order for us to complete it (more like explaining the pictures because they were very similar), but other than that, it was fun! The floor in the last room was a surprise and not something I have seen before.

Great room with good puzzles and amazing immersive props. Unfortunately this was the same room I played in Washington DC with a national chain which I didn’t know about prior due to lack of pictures or images of the room.

Every year we get a chance to play one or two games at the Darkness as we pass though St. Louis. The game had a fun theme and the set design was a decent pirate themed experience. Similar to other games at the darkness there was a mix of generation one puzzles and some tech thoughout the game.

Fun room, all the rooms here are great.

Arrrsome room! Loved the atmosphere and set features! Props were especially good as to be expected from a haunt place. Puzzles were mostly good, particularly an interesting one towards the end. The flow was intuitive even though we missed some things that we needed guidance on. Other rooms at this location are great as well and worth making a voyage to!

This game was good, the puzzles were enjoyable but nothing out of the ordinary. Didn’t like how one puzzle required the use of something we had already used, this was the only thing we needed a clue on. Also this company does restrict clues, just fyi for any beginner teams or teams that prefer free use of clues. The room looked great and was well themed.