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    Cabin of the Cackling Man

    Cabin of the Cackling Man

    POP-UP Escape Rooms

    • Escape room
    • Pop up
    Rating: 2/5 I have mixed feelings about this room. For a pop-up, they actually made a decent effort to include interesting tech and make things as immersive as possible considering the space. The mood was appropriately creepy. The design had a lot of potential and if I played it when it was brand new and had a better GM, I could see myself liking this room. It was a mix of padlocks and tech. The following issues are why I disliked the room: -One major item in the room was broken. The GM told us it was broken but did not tell us what was wrong with it, they just warned us to not mess with it too much which made it too hard to solve since we didn't want to break it even further. -Puzzles didn't flow well, too non-linear which can get chaotic for a public room with up to 10 people. Lack of gating resulted in too many things being available before we could use them. -Props were too fragile (lots of tape, cardstock, velcro) and many were falling apart already. This was on the first day of a 4 day convention, so it's way too early for things to be breaking. Everything felt a bit too home-made and not professionally built. -Some puzzles were too easily bypassed, so we were left with items that we were trying to find a use for but no longer needed. -GM seemed less than enthusiastic and spent a lot of time looking at their phone and not noticing what we were doing, many of the hints were way too vague and unhelpful or were for things we already solved. -We were given a dry erase marker, but no whiteboard to write on, the GM couldn't find it. -I played at Gen Con and the 10 person public limit is too high. We played as a group of 6 and it was already feeling cramped.
    Warlocked: Escape the Lich's Lair [Season 2024]

    Warlocked: Escape the Lich's Lair [Season 2024]

    Eclipse Escapes at Gen Con

    • Escape room
    • Pop up
    Rating: 2.5/5 For a pop-up, this is decent but there is very little immersion since it's a temporary space set up in a hotel. It's mostly a bunch of lockboxes and decorations placed on tables. There was only 1 tech interaction and unfortunately it wasn't working properly. Puzzles were OK, though the ending was fun. The GM was helpful and made the experience better. I played as a group of 4 and there still wasn't enough for everyone to be busy the whole time so playing with the 8 max would be way too many people. Considering the cost is $30 for such a low tech room, the value is not great, especially since the time limit is only 42 min. If you are at Gen Con, I would rate Pop-Up Escape Room's games slightly higher than this. They have slightly better immersion, more tech, more interesting puzzles, and the cost is cheaper. But neither company is great. If CU Adventures brings another escape room to Gen Con in the future, I'd highly recommend them, they are on another level.
    Secret Aboard Starship Astraeus

    Secret Aboard Starship Astraeus

    POP-UP Escape Rooms

    • Escape room
    • Pop up
    Rating: 2.5/5 I played this room at a gaming convention (Gen Con). I appreciate the effort to make this room high tech but the execution could be better. The experience was a bit rough, the game master was in the play area with us and was setting up for future interactions or fixing issues while we're playing which is awkward. The immersion is low since this is a pop-up set up in a temporary space, most of the puzzles and props were just placed on top of tables. However, I did like some of the puzzles and was glad that there were little to no keys or locks. There was a lot of tech used throughout the game which is cool, but it definitely felt like a lot of the props and tech were created by someone just tinkering around in their basement, it didn't feel very high quality or professional and some of it wasn't working correctly and needed GM intervention. Also, due to the nature of playing it at a convention, I ended up playing with 9 other people so it was way too crowded and not enough for everyone to do, I wish they limited it to 6-8.