The Campground13th Hour Escape Room - WhartonEscape roomIRLThe room is fantastic. However. I have to share the following feedback - 1) the snow needs to go. Everyone was coughing after it was released and it just doesn't feel safe for the lungs. 2) this room is PACKED with puzzles. You won't stop solving. I find this to be typical of this company, having done Wizard and Gate with them previously. I personally think there are way too many puzzles for the time limit. If you get stuck for even a moment, you are instantly behind. 3) 13th hour occasionally adds extra minutes to your alloted time. One time looked at the clock and there were 3 minutes left; the next time I looked, there were 5. In our case, we needed the extra 5 or 10 minutes they added to solve the room, but for people who go into this competitively, this was the 2nd time the company added minutes without notice. I think this goes back to my second point, where there are just SO many puzzles to solve. We went into this room with 7 people and got out with "11 seconds" left. Truly down to the wire. That being said, the puzzles are clever, rewarding, and fun. There is great variety and we split up into groups or individually to solve. Loved how non-linear it was because of this. It's an amazing room, but truly, your mind will not have a moments break for the 90 minutes (or however long they decide to give you).
Stash HouseStash HouseEscape roomIRLWhat an incredible room! We did it with 8 people total. Perfect size to split off in groups of 2 (or go solo) to solve the puzzles. No clues and we escaped with 20min to spare. The GM Pham was amazing and even gave us a great recommendation on where to go for a drink & escape room debrief after (Chi Chi LA). Stash House is definitely a top room in LA. Gather your friends for a fun and memorable experience! Also, really felt immersed in the whole story. The creators did a great job with the storytelling.
InksidiousEscape Room 66 - Los AngelesEscape roomIRLSuch a cleverly designed room! And Tuesday was a fantastic game master. This is our first room with the company and can't wait to do the rest
AtlantisEscape Room LAEscape roomIRLWe did this as a public room -- 4 from our group and 4 from another group. This was my first room where two staff members are with you the whole experience, taking notes on what you solve. I'm not sure how much that added, but they were really friendly and helpful when we needed a nudge. The sets and puzzles were fun and we naturally would divide our group in 2 to tackle rooms and come back after solving. The puzzles were enjoyable!
Ghost HuntersMaze Rooms - Robertson BlvdEscape roomIRLVery glitchy room. Had to contact GM for 3 separate puzzles which we had solved, but were not activating. Best part was the GM, who was incredibly fun and the perfect host.
The Dragon's LairMaze Rooms - Culver CityEscape roomIRLThis is one of the first rooms the company created, and many items in the room were very worn / breaking off. Many puzzles we "solved" has no reaction, and we were only told in the room that you have to hold items down for X seconds, or move things after a sequence (with no visual indication that a sequence was complete). We would have liked this room better if it receives some TLC and mechanism updates.
