The Tree House Raid at Fort Knocks

Best treehouse themed room I’ve played so far. Small set details really made it stand out. The puzzles were fun and made sense in the context. It’s essentially only a single room experience but they are able to pack a lot into the space and even had a cool puzzle trope that I have seen before, but for new players would be mind blowing the first time. The only thing I wish it had was a ladder to climb into the treehouse or something of that nature, but it’s not possible due to safety and space limitations. Totally doable with 2 enthusiasts but like all of their rooms, it’s a little on the expensive side unless you have more people.

Rating: 4/5 - Small, low tech room but so charming and nostalgic with fun puzzles Pros: ➕Set was cute and packed with lots of fun little details, decorated floor to ceiling ➕Puzzles were varied and enjoyable. Many satisfying solves and they mostly fit the theming ➕Great flow with some non-linearity so you can split up ➕Good balance of difficulty, not too hard or easy. ➕Lots of nostalgia ➕Some hidden surprises ➕The hint system was amusing ➕Our GM (Brandon) was awesome and great to chat with after the game Room for improvement: ➖It's essentially a single room game, I prefer when you are able to progress to new areas ➖It's very padlock heavy and the lock mapping wasn't the best, there was only a small amount of tech Great game for 2 players, I wouldn't want more. One person may need to crawl. My ranking of the rooms here starting with my favorite: 1. Bonus Fun Time Gameshow 2. Ghost in the Graveyard 3. Tree House Raid 4. The Timekeeper's Trapped

Amazing room. Lots of fun, good puzzles with good connections to the theme.

1st time visiting Escape Factor and it was a good one. We read several reviews and friends told us about Tree House, so there were very high expectations going in. First impression of the room was a great set design with great details everywhere. It was almost sensory overload with how much was in this small space, but the quality and designs were solid. However, this room has a significant amount of locks and that killed a lot of my initial excitement. There were so many locks that once you solve a puzzle, we had a difficult time figuring out which lock the code went to, and our group became frustrated early on. Once we became frustrated with all the locks, it hurt our flow. Luckily, our GM (Jay) was amazing! She obviously could sense our frustration, as she gave us a lot of nudges throughout the game to make things funny and to keep us on track, even though we never actually asked for a hint. I greatly appreciated her interaction as it got our group back on track to having fun and forgetting about our frustration with all the locks. Although this room did not live up to the high expectations, we still enjoyed our experience and will be coming back to experience their other rooms.

A puzzle bonanza! Lots and lots of puzzles for your solving, lighter on story. May need a larger group if you’re less experienced. Solid!

Really fantastic, immersive, whimsical, and challenging! Bravo!

This escape room has an adorable set. Although we didn’t use any clues, if we did need one, the clue giving system was cute and nostalgic. There were a variety of different puzzles and it was easy to split up and conquer them all. A few puzzles I have never seen done before. That always adds to the wow factor. I would recommend this room to anyone!

5/5