The Mysterious Benedict Society is a free avatar-led escape game to promote the Disney+ show of the same name. It was created by The Escape Game in Nashville, TN.
Format
Style of Play:
Online native experience (can NOT be played IRL)
Avatar controlled by the players
Web-based inventory system
Required Equipment: computer with internet connection
Recommended Team Size: 2-4
Play Time: 45 minutes
Price: This was a free event, promoting an upcoming Disney+ series.
Booking: book online for a specific time slot
Description
This was a typical livestreamed escape room, played via Zoom with the gamemaster as the avatar. It included a separate custom inventory interface that kept track of locks in a separate list, and played game-related videos.
Adaptation of an in-person game (can be played IRL)
Avatar controlled by the players
Web-based inventory system
Required Equipment: computer with internet connection
Recommended Team Size: 3-5
There’s no minimum player count, but you must purchase a minimum of 4 spots to reserve a game Monday – Friday and a minimum of 5 spots to reserve a game on Saturday and Sunday.
Play Time: 60 minutes
Price: $35 per person
Booking: book online for a specific time slot
Description
In celebration of the Rugrats 30th Anniversary, The Escape Game partnered with Nickelodeon to create this game, which can be played in person and as a remote adventure. This is a review of the remote adventure.
We played on a livestream through Zoom. We had a custom inventory page where we could keep track of found objects and which locks we still needed to open. The Escape Game also provided us background pictures to spice up our Zoom!
We were in the Rugrats house and backyard for the game, playing puzzles with the babysitter as the avatar (non-speaking), with a gamemaster added in Zoom only.
Angelica had tricked all the babies by hiding their favorite toys. Unfortunately, she’d also misplaced her own beloved doll Cynthia. We had to step in and save the playtime before Grandpa Lou woke up from his nap.
Accessibility Consideration: at least one player will need child-like agility
Emergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock
Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints
Before I dive into our own review of Rugrats: Search for the Losted Toys, our old friend Chuckie Finster, has a few thoughts that he’d like to share on this game:
The Escape Game got so much right with Rugrats: Search for the Losted Toys. It was a fantastic representation of Rugrats and managed to appeal to the serious fan, casual fan, and unaware people in our group. We all got different things out of it and enjoyed the experience.
Additionally, this was an impressively effective reskinning of a beloved game. Having already played Playground, I was worried that the game would feel too familiar. While the physical footprint was identical, and some of the biggest moments from Playground remained more or less intact, it felt like a unique experience. This is partly because the biggest moments fit well into a Rugrats game, and partly because these big moments were fun enough to feel great on a second pass.
Rugrats: Search for the Losted Toys was an energizing game. We drove 2 hours to play it and were happy to have done so. I don’t think that I’d recommend getting on an airplane just to play it, but if you’re near or already going to Las Vegas or the Philadelphia area, this is a must-play.
Who is this for?
Adventure seekers
Puzzle lovers
Scenery snobs
Rugrats fans
Any experience level
Players who don’t need to be a part of every puzzle
Children at heart
Why play?
Nostalgia
Child-like gleeful moment
Fun puzzles
Story
Angelica had hidden all of the kids’ favorite toys, but in the process she’d lost her own beloved Cynthia doll. Now Angelica, Tommy and the gang need some help from us, the grownup babies. If we fail, the toys could be losted forever.
49ers Unlocked is a point-and-click adventure game created by The Escape Game in collaboration with the San Francisco 49ers.
Format
Style of Play: point-and-click adventure game
Required Equipment: computer with internet connection, mobile device
Recommended Team Size: 1-4
Play Time: No time limit, and progress saves, so you can log out and resume later. Our reviewers took about 20-40 minutes.
Price: $10 per team
Booking: purchase and play at your leisure
Description
49ers Unlocked was a point-and-click escape game set in the San Francisco 49ers Stadium. The team’s Lombardi trophies had gone missing and Jerry Rice needed us to find them.
This is a web-based game, with video instructions and a graduated hint system. Everything you need to know to solve the puzzles can be found within the game, but outside knowledge of the 49ers will help you solve more quickly.
The Truth Seekers Remote Adventure is a real-life escape room livestreamed and played through an avatar, presented by Amazon Prime Video, powered by The Escape Game.
Format
Style of Play: real-life escape room livestreamed and played through an avatar
Required Equipment: computer with internet connection
Recommended Team Size: 2-4
Play Time: 45 minutes
Price: free
Booking: book online for a specific time slot, only through November 18
Description
After an introduction from a gamemaster, you are turned over to a “technician” who is just a pair of hands. Beyond that, it is you and your new hands in an escape room. The inventory includes 360 views of the room, as well as close up images of everything that you ask the avatar to scan.
