Motivation.
Let’s Book an Escape Room [Meme]
YouEscape – Demo [Reaction]
It’s like Facetime but with puzzles.
Location: the Internet
Date Played: April 14, 2019
Team size: 1-4; we recommend 2-3
Duration: 30 minutes
Price: $0 per player
Ticketing: Public or Private
REA Reaction
YouEscape created a free demo to help entice more puzzlers to play their Google Hangouts-based escape games.
It was quick, but emblematic of what YouEscape was all about. If you’re curious about YouEscape, read a review of one of their full games, Elements.
YouEscape has waded into some interesting waters where they’re creating unusual puzzle games designed for play in-browser.
This style of game is best for people who would love to play escape rooms together, but cannot because they live too far away from one another.
I’d like to see YouEscape continue to push the boundaries of what they’re producing, as I think that there is a lot of untapped potential in this format.
If clever puzzles made from unusual inputs are one of the bigger draws of escape rooms for you, then you should give YouEscape’s Demo a try. It might not be a mind-blowing experience, but I really get a kick out of playing an escape room with friends in London from the comfort of my dining room and pajamas.
Who is this for?
- Puzzle lovers
- Geographically dispersed friends
- Players with at least some experience
- Players who don’t need to be a part of every puzzle
Why play?
- You can puzzle with friends from afar
- It’s affordable
- YouEscape does some clever stuff
Tips For Visiting
- You will need a computer than can comfortably handle at least 6 browser tabs and a video chat without freaking out, a stable Internet connection, a microphone, and a notepad (physical or virtual, but we found physical to work best).
- We recommend that each player use their own computer, from their own space, and communicate through Google Hangouts. This allows each player to move between the tabs/ windows as they’d like.
Contact YouEscape to book your session, and tell them that the Room Escape Artist sent you.
Skurrilum – Ghost Hunter Ernie Hudson and the Wailing Woman [Review]
Haunted
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Date Played: May 11, 2019
Team size: 4-8; we recommend 2-3
Duration: 60 minutes
Price: from €120 per group for teams of 4 to €176 per group from teams of 8
Ticketing: Private
Emergency Exit Rating: [A] Push To Exit
Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints
REA Reaction
We did it. We went to Hamburg to play the number one escape room in the world as voted by TERPECA 2018: Ghost Hunter Ernie Hudson and the Wailing Woman. In doing so, we completed all of the top 10 games on the TERPECA 2018 list.
We did our best to control our hype and go in with the right mindset to maximize our enjoyment of the game. It was a fantastic escape room filled with many dramatic and unusual moments… but it fell short of our expectations.
Wailing Woman was showing too much wear. It seemed like there may have been some missing puzzles and story beats. We struggled with lighting issues. One moment should have been amazing, but collapsed under the weight of a translation error that sent us wildly off course.
The TERPECA 2018 voters played Wailing Woman in German, with a gamemaster essentially subtitling it. This has me wondering if the game felt fundamentally different under those circumstances. Additionally, I truly think that Wailing Woman suffered from the hype because part of the experience then became trying to understand why so many incredibly experienced players, designers, and owners were so wowed by this game.
The bottom line is that Wailing Woman was an incredible escape room… but it was made and maintained by humans. I highly recommend playing it, but go in expecting to play a great and inventive escape room, not “the world’s greatest escape room.”
Who is this for?
- Adventure seekers
- Story seekers
- Puzzle lovers
- Scenery snobs
- Players with at least some experience
Why play?
- Many unusual and fantastical moments
- Story-driven gameplay
Story
Ghost hunting celebrity Ernie Hudson was too busy to take on the case of the Wailing Woman so he’d sent us, his students, to investigate the case.
Were there real ghosts or were the disturbances caused by something more pedestrian? It was up to us to discern the truth.
Setting
Wailing Woman opened in a dark room, with a voice-over sequence setting the stage and establishing the story.
Once the lights turned up, Skurrilum sent us into Ernie’s mobile home to gather what we needed to begin investigating the reported paranormal disturbance.
Gameplay
Skurrilum’s Ghost Hunter Ernie Hudson and the Wailing Woman was a narrative-driven escape room with a moderate level of difficulty.
Core gameplay revolved around searching, observing, making connections, and puzzling.
Analysis
➕ Skurrilum told the story of our escape room through voice-over narration. As we played, we listened to a narrator explain our progress. This was an unusual and captivating storytelling style. Ernie was funny and engaging.
➕ Skurrilum built interesting sets for Wailing Woman. They were diverse, well designed, and well constructed.
➖ While the sets looked good, key props were showing too much wear.
➖ We encountered some frustrating puzzle design. In some cases we struggled to read in low light. In other instances, we struggled to internalize the story while solving the puzzle. More often then not, the puzzle content didn’t support the team size.
➕ In Wailing Woman, we conversed with the spirits, as any aspiring ghost hunters would. This lead to a fiery dialog.
➖ While we loved the effect of communicating with a ghost, in practice this didn’t work quite as well as it should have. We think that we ran into a minor English/ German mistranslation that had reverberating effects.
➕ There’s this nifty trick that we’ve only seen a few times in our escape room travels… and Skurrilum swapped it in. It’s always cool when this happens and it worked well with the story of this game.
➖ Despite the ghostly interactions, we felt more connected to Ernie Hudson than to the mission. We didn’t feel invested in the characters we were trying to help. We wished Ernie Hudson had made an audio appearance at the end because he was the most compelling character.
➖ The final act fell flat for us. Some of this was the translation error, but it also felt like something may have been missing. The conclusion felt abrupt.
➕ The ghosts were the stars of this escape room. They delivered the most impressive and entertaining moments in the experience.
Tips For Visiting
- Minimum age is 14 years old
- You must be able to climb up and down a few stairs.
Book your hour with Skurrilum’s Ghost Hunter Ernie Hudson and the Wailing Woman, and tell them that the Room Escape Artist sent you.
Disclosure: Skurrilum provided media discounted tickets for this game.
Ravensburger – Vampire’s Castle Escape Puzzle [Review]
That last bite sucks…
Location: at home
Team size: We recommend 1-4
Duration: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Price: $25
Publisher: Ravensburger
REA Reaction
We really wanted to love this puzzle. From a jigsaw puzzle standpoint, this was comfortably our favorite of the 4 Ravensburger Escape Puzzles.
Unfortunately, once we’d assembled the jigsaw puzzle, the “escape room” puzzles were a mess. There were multiple broken or ambiguous puzzles. While it all came together well enough in the end, the mistakes were too numerous and inexcusable for us to recommend this product.
Pretty much all of the issues could be fixed in a future printing, if Ravensburger gets around to it. I hope that they do.
In the mean time, I’d recommend passing on this one unless you’re keen on doing the jigsaw or you’ve played Space Observatory, Witch’s Kitchen, and Submarine and want to complete the set.
Series Overview
This review only covers details specific to this individual Ravensburger Escape Puzzle.
For a detailed explanation of the concept, mechanics, and a general analysis of the entire product line, check out our Ravensburger Escape Puzzle Overview.
Story
While vacationing in Romania, we’d decided to take a hike. Along the way we’d found an old castle; we couldn’t turn down the adventure. As we entered the castle, the door had locked behind us. We slowly realized that we weren’t alone. What could we do to survive?
Analysis
➕ From a purely jigsaw puzzle standpoint, Vampire’s Castle was our favorite of Ravensburger’s Escape Puzzles. The image was vibrant, with a lot of color and texture variation. The design kept our momentum going from start to finish.
➕ The puzzle was filled with all sorts of cute oddities and amusing details.
➖ Too many of the puzzles within the puzzle were problematic. A third of the puzzles worked well. A third of the puzzles were too ambiguous for my liking… and a third of them were a total mess.
➖ There was a counting puzzle that was far too fuzzy.
➖ The puzzles that didn’t work properly were baffling, I’m really confused as to how they went to print.
➕ The final puzzle was satisfying.
BUY IT NOW
Buy your copy of Ravensburger’s Vampire’s Castle Escape Puzzles, and tell them that the Room Escape Artist sent you.
Disclosure: Ravensburger provided a sample for review.
(If you purchase via our Amazon links, you will help support Room Escape Artist as we will receive a very small percentage of the sale. We appreciate the support.)
Big Break Hamburg – Insomnia [Review]
High stakes therapy
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Date Played: May 10, 2019
Team size: 2-6; we recommend 3-5
Duration: 60 minutes
Price: from 75 € per Group for teams of 2 to 144 € per Group for teams of 6
Ticketing: Private
Emergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock
Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints
REA Reaction
Big Break Hamburg had us drift off into a dream world for Insomnia. Conceptually dreams are one of our favorite escape room settings because they allow the designers to justify a lot more than a setting in normal reality… and Big Break Hamburg took advantage of this freedom.
Insomnia had a number of otherworldly sights and moments that really stuck with us.
While there were a few interactions that could have used a little more grounding or better cluing, this was a great game. If you’re in Hamburg, you should confront Insomnia.
Who is this for?
- Adventure seekers
- Puzzle lovers
- Dreamers
- Players with at least some experience
Why play?
- A fantastic concept
- Some great moments
Story
I’d been suffering from insomnia and it was becoming maddening. One sleepless night, I had found an article about an experimental cure for insomnia.
The strange treatment required gathering my friends and having their consciousness enter my dreams so that we could conquer my inner demons.
This procedure came with a catch… if the group successfully defeated my inner demons, I would be cured. If we failed… all of our minds would be lost in my dream.
Setting
Insomnia was set inside of an eerie (not scary) dream world. Centered around a strange tree growing in a bedroom, the dream justified the presence of just about any imaginable object and Big Break Hamburg took advantage of the opportunity.
Gameplay
Big Break Hamburg’s Insomnia was a standard escape room with a moderate level of difficulty.
Core gameplay revolved around searching, observing, making connections, and puzzling.
Analysis
➕ We entered Insomnia just as one usually enters a dream world. This was an amusing and enjoyable opening.
➕ The dream world scenario afforded Big Break Hamburg the luxury of randomness. It can be challenging to pull together unconnected objects into a cohesive puzzle experience. For the most part, they pulled it off. Because of it, we got the opportunity to engage with a shocking prop or two.
➖ Since anything was possible in a dream, we couldn’t necessarily intuit cause and effect. Sound or light clues would help players follow the dream world connections.
➖ Big Break Hamburg introduced a concept that flipped our assumptions. It was nifty, but not entirely consistent, which became confusing.
➖ A few of the puzzles didn’t flow quite smoothly enough, including some momentum-killing search puzzles. A bit of additional gating could add more energy to the escape.
➕ Insomnia included some of our all-time favorite light switches. Through these, the game blossomed and then hit full swing.
➕ Big Break Hamburg hid Easter eggs in the escape room. Ask about these at the end of your playthrough!
➕ There were a number of memorable moments that really stuck with us. This game was weird in a great way.
Tips For Visiting
- At least one person needs to crawl.
Book your hour with Big Break Hamburg’s Insomnia, and tell them that the Room Escape Artist sent you.
Disclosure: Big Break Hamburg comped our tickets for this game.
Hidden in Hamburg – Neptune’s Curse [Review]
God of the Sea
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Date Played: May 11, 2019
Team size: up to 7; we recommend 4-6
Duration: 60 minutes
Price: 30€ per player (minimum ticket purchase of 5)
Ticketing: Public Private
Emergency Exit Rating: [A] Push To Exit
Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints
REA Reaction
Neptune’s Curse was the kind of escape room that really highlights what’s fantastic about this whole form of entertainment.
Hidden in Hamburg packed great, tangible puzzles into an incredible, authentic space. Built inside of a ship, this game had a setting that couldn’t be duplicated. It was really cool.
If you’re anywhere near Hamburg and value puzzle quality just as much as the adventure and setting, Neptune’s Curse is a must-play.
Who is this for?
- Adventure seekers
- Puzzle lovers
- Scenery snobs
- Players with at least some experience
- Players who don’t need to be a part of every puzzle
Why play?
- Incredible use of space
- An authentic set
- Fantastic puzzle play
Story
We boarded the Rickmer Rickmers, a retired ship-turned-museum. As we toured the vessel, we entered the captain’s quarters. There, the angry voice of Neptune, god of the sea, demanded that we return his trident, stolen by the long-dead captain of the ship… or suffer the wrath of a god.
Setting
Hidden in Hamburg was built within the Rickmer Rickmers, an actual ship docked in the Elbe River. Once aboard, we made our way to the actual crew’s quarters. That’s where our adventure began.
The set of Neptune’s Curse was as authentic as it could get. Initially, it seemed quite bland. We were within a fairly cramped ship’s quarters. As the game progressed, however, we began to see how Hidden in Hamburg used the idiosyncrasies of the old ship to present a one-of-a-kind experience.
Gameplay
Hidden in Hamburg’s Neptune’s Curse was a standard escape room with a high level of difficulty.
Core gameplay revolved around observing, making connections, and puzzling.
Analysis
➕ Neptune’s Curse was set aboard the ship Rickmer Rickmers. The ship was a phenomenal escape room setting. The gameplay made use of the space. It was a fun place to move through, and move we did. This added to our sense of adventure in Neptune’s Curse.
➕ Hidden in Hamburg fit a lot of puzzle content into these ship compartments. The puzzles flowed well, making use of the space and often requiring teamwork.
➖/➕ We encountered one instance where Neptune’s Curse lacked necessary gating. We spent too long reaching for one puzzle before it became available. (We loved this puzzle once we were able to properly access it.)
➕ Neptune’s Curse ramped up the difficulty slowly. The first scene was relatively tame, in both setting and puzzles, giving players a change to find their sea legs before diving into the deep end. The puzzles became substantially more challenging – and the gamespace more challenging to navigate – in subsequent scenes, before tapering off to allow a high-momentum, triumphant conclusion.
➖ With the setting aboard the Rickmer Rickmers, there was opportunity for additional world-building. With a few more details in staging, setup, and storytelling, we would have felt more a part of the world of Neptune’s Curse.
➖ The story lacked an emotional connection. We didn’t feel invested in the characters or their plight.
❓ While the puzzles in Neptune’s Curse were thematic, they didn’t impact the story. Rather than a narrative-driven experience, Hidden in Hamburg built puzzle-driven, adventure-forward gameplay into this vessel.
➕ Neptune’s Curse delivered many theatrical moments. Hidden in Hamburg directed our attention before triggering reveals. While the direction was heavy-handed at times, it enabled everyone to experience the these cinematic, memorable moments together.
Tips For Visiting
- Players must be able to maneuver through tight spaces, down stairs, and over uneven surfaces. This room might not be right for players with balance issues, vertigo, or claustrophobia.
- Minimum age to play is 12, anyone under 15 must be accompanied by an adult.
- This game is located on board a ship called Rickmer Rickmers. Note that their other games are located on board a different ship called Cap San Diego.
Book your hour with Hidden in Hamburg’s Neptune’s Curse, and tell them that the Room Escape Artist sent you.
4 Easy Ways to Make Bad Counting Puzzles in an Escape Room [Design Tips]
Let’s revisit counting puzzles. It’s been a few years and we have better thoughts on the subject.
There’s nothing wrong with a counting puzzle from time to time. There are, however, a couple of ways to do them very poorly.
Before we explore these terrible approaches to puzzle design, let’s define the concept.
What is a Counting Puzzle?
A counting puzzle is one where you have to count different objects in a room or in an image. The numbers you count translate into a code.
For example, you have:
- a 3-digit lock
- a clue that reads, “🎸💡🚪”
- and the following image
You can surmise that the solution is, 4 – 1 – 1.
So, what are some ways to take this kind of puzzle and really screw it up? Let’s explore.
1. Large Numbers
Making people count large numbers of items is boring.
The larger the count becomes, the more error-prone a team will become.
Also, this is lame. Don’t be lame.
2. SUBSTANTIAL AMBIGUITY
A personal pet peeve is when I am unsure of how to count the items in your counting puzzle. I love details and I’m pretty analytical. If a counting puzzle becomes fuzzy, I become agitated.
For example, you have:
- a 3-digit lock
- a clue that reads, “🚲💡window” (I’m 💔 that there isn’t a “window” emoji, but 🐻 with me)
- and the following image
With this image, things are no longer clean cut.
- There is 1 bicycle. Easy. Cool.
- Lights are a little more fuzzy.
- “There are clearly 2 on either side of the door… but it looks like there might be a third centered above the door.”
- “Does the clue mean that the light must be on or am I supposed to count everything that is a light?”
- The windows… of the windows… ugh…
- “Well, there are 3 glass windows, but there are 6 panes of glass inside of them.”
- “Then there’s the reflection in those windows that looks like more windows. Am I supposed to count them? Probably not… but I can’t be sure.”
- “And then there are those blacked out windows down below. Do they count? Is a window only a window when you can see through it?”
So now we have a solution that is, 1 – 2/3? – I’m going to spin the final disk because this puzzle sucks.
This may seem like an extreme example, but I’ve absolutely seen counting puzzles exactly like this. This is obnoxious.
3. Zeros
Including a zero, or the count of an item that isn’t present at all, is mean and unnecessary.
You can’t prove the absence of a thing. Creating a puzzle that encourages a team to run around looking for things that aren’t actually in the room is the antithesis of fun.
This is even more obnoxious if you’re using a lock like this that doesn’t actually have a “0” on any of the disks. For some reason the designers in China saw fit to simply place a dot where the zero ought to be.
Closing Thoughts
While a counting puzzle isn’t an innovative or incredible thing, every now and then it can serve as a competent way to provide gating.
It ain’t amazing, but it’s the kind of task that can involve multiple people and pull a puzzle together into something that can easily translate into a lock combination.
If you design it well, and don’t overuse the concept, it’s just fine.
Strange Bird Immersive Returns
Strange Bird Immersive is back!
If you’re unfamiliar, here’s our review of their first game, The Man From Beyond.
They’ve been off on a journey moving venues and the maneuvering through the machinery of city bureaucracy. We’re glad that they’ve returned in time for some of our New Orleans tour attendees to add onto their experience.
Tour
Speaking of which… we’ve gone from sold out to having to help some ticket holders pass their tickets onto someone else due to family crises. If you’re interested in attending our tour, shoot us a message. There are two tickets available!
We’d love to play some amazing games with you.
The Great Escape – The Courtroom [Review]
Law & Order: Backsolve Violations Unit
Location: Zwolle, The Netherlands
Date Played: May 9, 2019
Team size: 3- 6 per group (2 groups can play at once); we recommend 4-5
Duration: 75 minutes
Price: €150 per group per group
Ticketing: Private
Emergency Exit Rating: [A] Push To Exit
Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints
REA Reaction
The Great Escape did something unique and special in The Courtroom: they made a prison escape game feel both narrative-driven and justified.
We weren’t focused just on escaping custody, but also on ensuring that we could escape justice. We encountered characters throughout our journey. These twists added a depth to The Courtroom that no other “prison escape” has even come close to approaching in our escape room experience to date.
The Great Escape’s physical courtroom looked great. I spent a couple of years working in a court. This one was compelling.
If you’re visiting The Netherlands for escape rooms, check out The Great Escape’s The Courtroom in addition to The Experiment. The Great Escape has a style entirely their own.
Who is this for?
- Players who enjoy interacting with actors
- Adventure seekers
- Story seekers
- Scenery snobs
- Players with at least some experience
- Players who don’t need to be a part of every puzzle
Why play?
- The introductory sequence
- The actors
- A sense of adventure and stakes
Story
We had been arrested, interrogated, and brought before a judge in a Dutch court.
Our lawyer had assured us that the judge was corrupt and that he had everything under control… until a new judge was assigned. It was time to switch to Plan B: escape custody.
Setting
As we journeyed through the criminal justice system, we passed through many sets. Having worked in the United States’ courts for a couple years, I say that it felt fairly realistic.
While every room of this experience looked good, the courtroom itself was the aesthetic highlight of the game.
Additionally, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention how integral the actors were to the experience. They were well costumed and played strong, assertive authoritarians. They were in control.
Gameplay
The Great Escape’s The Courtroom combined immersive theater with standard escape room gameplay. It had a moderate level of difficulty.
Additionally, The Courtroom could be played simultaneously by two competing teams in a race against both time and one another.
Core gameplay revolved around searching, making connections, puzzling, and interacting with characters.
Analysis
➕ The actors delivered a powerful, intimidating, and clever introduction.
➕ The Courtroom set, in particular, looked fantastic. The final set was also exciting with added effects that built the intensity of the escape.
➖ Although we loved the set of the final scene, the puzzles didn’t quite make sense in the space. Many times they almost made sense in the experience, but seemed just a little removed from the reality that was conveyed.
➖ One of the earlier scenes of our escape fell flat. This segment had an implied order that we only learned after we solved it out of order. We were hampered by lack of flashlights.
➕ We especially enjoyed one early puzzle that shed light on our escape route. A later puzzle gave us another perspective from a higher vantage point. These were fun solves.
➕ We’ve escaped a lot of prisons. This was something different. It was refreshing to see the courtroom instead of the cells. The Great Escape used an introduction and narrative to justify what otherwise felt like a prison escape.
Tips For Visiting
- There is a parking lot, but it’s hard to find.
- Minimum age is 14
- At least 1 person will have to climb.
- Pay with a Dutch credit card or cash (exact change only).
- There are actors in this experience. Review our tips for escape rooms with actors.
Book your hour with The Great Escape’s The Courtroom, and tell them that the Room Escape Artist sent you.
Disclosure: The Great Escape provided media discounted tickets for this game.
Escape Room Nederland – The Dome [Review]
I no longer know what’s real.
Location: Bunschoten-Spakenburg, The Netherlands
Date Played: May 9, 2019
Team size: 4-6; we recommend 4
Duration: 60 minutes
Price: € 144 per team Mon-Thur, € 165 per team Fri-Sun
Ticketing: Private
Emergency Exit Rating: [A] Push To Exit
Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints
REA Reaction
The Dome was something special. It was an escape room designed to feel like a hallucination… and through the magic of design and technology, it achieved it.
We loved the gameplay, the puzzles, and all of the magical things that happened along the way.
The Dome wasn’t perfect. The story was really interesting, but I’d be lying if I said that we completely grasped what was going on while we were playing. Also, one of the coolest bits of tech didn’t push the right buttons for us.
Flaws are fine. They’re humanizing.
The Dome was the kind of escape room that’s worth traveling for. If you’re near Amsterdam it’s certainly worth the trek out of the city. This game was in rare company.
Who is this for?
- Adventure seekers
- Story seekers
- Puzzle lovers
- Scenery snobs
- Technophiles
- Sci-fi fans
- Players with at least some experience
Why play?
- It feels like a hallucination; it’s unreal
- Engaging puzzles and challenges
- Magnificent set design
- Some of the most impressive escape room tech we’ve ever seen
Story
We’d entered a futuristic facility that had been conducting a study using hallucinogens. We were unsure of what to expect, but we’d been told that a previous test subject named Hector Franssen had escaped the facility… and that we would likely lose our grip on reality while in the experiment.
Setting
We entered into a blue, glowing sci-fi set. It was a sleek series of corridors and challenge chambers. It was gorgeous. We quickly got lost in the experience.
I’m at a loss for a way to convey where the game took us without damaging the experience. The level of detail never wavered. We were fully and completely in the world of The Dome.
The first full minute of this trailer was shot in-game:
Gameplay
Escape Room Nederland’s The Dome was a standard escape room with a moderate level of difficulty.
Core gameplay revolved around observing, making connections, puzzling, and adventuring.
Analysis
➕ The Dome was all about discovery. At any given point we had no idea what might come next. This created a magical sense of adventure.
➕ The gamespace opened up… and continued to do so. It was huge, detailed, and amazing.
➕ The gameplay had a smooth difficulty curve. It ramped up slowly, teaching us how to interact with the environment. It then became increasingly more challenging through a diverse array of puzzles. The difficulty dropped off in the end, however, pushing our momentum forward to the conclusion.
➕ As we played through The Dome, we completed a series of tests. As the game revved up and morphed, it stopped feeling like a series of tests and more like a string of hallucinations. We were completely lost in the game world.
➖ Playing The Dome, we couldn’t quite follow the story. Escape Room Nederland explained it clearly after the fact, and looking back it made sense, as much sense as hallucinations do, but as we escaped The Dome we wished for just a bit more clarity on what had just taken place, narratively.
➕ Many of the interactions in The Dome were enormous. Everything in this game had layers.
➕ The puzzles in The Dome varied enormously, requiring largely different skill sets to complete. Our favorite puzzle shed light on the kind of design that made this experience beautiful.
➖ One amazingly cool segment overstayed its welcome. This was admittedly one of the coolest innovations in The Dome and my inner 5-year-old loved that it existed. From a gameplay standpoint, however, we found it more frustrating than energizing.
➕ The Dome creatively played with the concept of success and failure.
➕ The Dome excelled at transitions. These were some of the most dramatic and captivating moments of the experience.
➕ There was a ton of technology within The Dome, but it never felt like tech… it felt like magic.
Tips For Visiting
- They have games in the lobby.
- Leave time after your game to watch the highlight reel.
- Minimum age is 18.
- There is a parking lot.
- You need to be able to walk up stairs and climb a little bit to play this game.
Book your hour with Escape Room Nederland’s The Dome, and tell them that the Room Escape Artist sent you.
Disclosure: Escape Room Nederland comped our tickets for this game.