Dragon AlleyKeystone Escape GamesEscape roomIRLStill remains to this day my favorite room of all time. The theme, set design, puzzles, mechanics, atmosphere, and clue giving mechanic. Just...perfect. Every puzzle was unique and tied into the theme in some way. The room has multiple "holy $#@!" moments and is a blast from beginning to end. The game masters here are some of the best too. Super nice and funny and giving hints at just the right time. Any new rooms at this location will be an instant play for me.
FreakshowDeadline Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLGorgeous room that can accommodate a lot of players. I don't think I'd do it with more than six though - some people might not have enough to do. The puzzles were all interesting and very tied to the theme. Note that there is a Challenge Mode for this room that adds a few puzzles, but even including that I would say this is a middle difficulty room. Super well designed and flowed well, so I highly recommend.
Blackbeard's TreasurePuzzle Room RenoEscape roomIRLThe best themed room at this location in my opinion. They went a as step above their other offerings with the set design and mechanics. I thought the puzzles were clever and unique, and really helped us get immersed in the setting. A little on the small side but I completed it with 2 so that wasn't a problem. I did this room a while ago and have since done rooms that definitely would make this one feel a little dated, but it's a really solid room nonetheless.
Mystic ChamberConundrum Escape Rooms - LakewoodEscape roomIRLSolid room with good usage of light for both puzzles and ambience. For whatever reason my group struggled a lot and needed multiple clues, even though I would say the room is moderate difficulty. Just wasn't our night 😞 It's a relatively small room so I recommend not doing it with more than 4 people. Overall a good choice of you're looking for a magic/mystical themed room.
Virginia City HauntKey and Code Escape Rooms - SparksEscape roomIRLMultiple broken room elements that the game masters told us "try again" because it failed to trigger the first time. Other parts were so worn or marked up that it made it harder to solve. Pretty meh theme, wouldn't really recommend.
Haunted Escape RoomVirginia City Escape RoomEscape roomIRLTheme and ambiance: 5/5. Nails the creepy old 19th century building because, well, it's in a creepy old 19th century building. The background audio and creaking wood floors all added to the experience. But... Puzzles: 1/5. This room badly needs a puzzle update. None of the clues or puzzles were very original or interesting, and were really just a mishmash of overused room concepts like blacklights (used a LOT), weird symbols that correspond to letters, and playing card math. Many of the clues were overly ambiguous and required a pretty big mental leap to get there. Some clues were reused, but the ones chosen were random and not at all indicated how we were supposed to put them together. All of the props are worn down, and either currently broken or clearly fixed multiple times. Also, many of the puzzle triggers could trigger multiple times, leading to the same sound and light sequence firing off over and over as we moved things on old puzzles. All that turned what could have been one of my favorite rooms into a frustrating hour where we didn't escape. I suppose it would be good as a first room, but even moderately experienced escapees will likely find the room lacking.
Below GroundPuzzle Room RenoEscape roomIRLNot a very fun or exciting theme, and the puzzles were not terribly connected to the room theme or story. It was a just a mine shaft where we opened some locks. Very difficult room because of some multi-part puzzles but not really worth it for me. I've heard they revamped the room but I'm not too eager to go back to it.
