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Mogollon Monster: Scouting for Arizona's Bigfoot

Mogollon Monster: Scouting for Arizona's Bigfoot

The Nemesis Club

  • Escape room
  • IRL

𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿

The Crypt

The Crypt

Escape Hour Austin

  • Escape room
  • IRL
10/10 The Crypt blew me away. It is without a doubt the best room I have done (38 rooms). Scouring Reddit for "Best Escape Rooms in 'X City' " when visiting new places is my golden ticket to the best spots. Lately it has become overwhelming to try and do the research myself, as there are SO MANY places popping up with varying levels of effort, ingenuity, and well-crafted rooms. The Crypt was highly recommended and Escape Hour Austin equally so. I'm not usually one for creepy themes, but my partner has always mentioned how doing a few creepy ones every once in a while would be fun (she is a horror movie fan, I am absolutely not). This one seemed interesting enough as a theme that I figured it may be more Indiana Jones than just straight creepy. Happily, I was right, though it had some very "unsettling" moments for sure. To start, there was a LOT to do in this room. When we finished at 1:09:22 I figured we had failed, but in fact this room has a 1:10:00 time limit. Puzzles had a HUGE variety, some physical (crawling, climbing) some interface interaction, some unique puzzles and "hidden-in-plain-sight" puzzles/answers that were hidden well enough that it took us a bit to figure out, a compliment to the theming here. This room is HARD both in time management and in puzzle difficulty in places, you'll really be stretched thin at 2 people. Only 1 puzzle really gave us a hard time in terms of not adequately hinting at/explaining necessarily the pieces required out of a collection of options, given we were struggling we were given a hint/nudge here, and without it I'm sure we would have kept spinning our wheels. The puzzle itself was fine, but think it could have been more clear in the wording. Speaking of the hint system, this was definitely one of the best implementations. I won't spoil what it entails, but it is certainly worth doing this room just for the unique experience it gave us in this aspect, let alone the rest of the amazing experience. We did the room with 2 people, however it would certainly help to have at least 1-2 more. 6 or more I think would feel crowded, there are a lot of small spaces and the there is a general sense of linearity here. Most if not all puzzles felt very well themed and cohesive, only one really comes to mind that may not have been, but can be waved away relatively easily. Highly highly recommend you do this room, I'll be thinking about it for a long time!
Hidden Needle Tattoo Parlor

Hidden Needle Tattoo Parlor

The Exit Games - Princess St.

  • Escape room
  • IRL
9.5/10 Holy moly, what a room. It's so hard to recommend a room at The Exit Games that isn't Front Street Bank Heist, but this one is RIGHT there. Both are some of the best experiences I have had at a room. The theming is fantastic, the unique puzzles, the new takes on old puzzles... it all works just SO WELL. All we could do after, and each time we do a new room, is talk about how good this room is. Seriously, make it your next stop.
The Isle of Wonder

The Isle of Wonder

The Greatest Escape

  • Escape room
  • IRL
Really cute albeit pretty simple, well-themed room here. Some interesting puzzles and high-interactivity with atypical puzzles as well. Lot of picture deciphering and logic puzzles as well. Most everything themed really well, with "trials" allowing for the puzzle solving to fit in with the narrative and environment. Everything flows quite well, there wasn't any moment where I wasn't sure what to do next, and I really enjoyed all of the non-typical puzzles. Could maybe have used another couple puzzles, the last room was a bit underwhelming.
White Rabbit Society

White Rabbit Society

The Exit Games - Front St.

  • Escape room
  • IRL
8/10 Another great room from TEG, albeit decidedly in 3rd place of the ones I've done there. I felt some of the clues and puzzles were just a bit too obvious within the room, or a bit tedious to complete. The theming overall was fantastic and the story worked well for the theme and there were several unique puzzles I hadn't seen before and really enjoyed. Overall you cannot go wrong with any room at this location, so definitely pick the theme you like the best!
Montauk Project

Montauk Project

MyssTic Rooms

  • Escape room
  • IRL
10/10 I feel a little silly for not knowing what the 'Montauk Project' is/was, all I know was that Reddit said it was a must-go Escape Room while in Brooklyn, so we went! Boy was I in for a surprise. This room was themed so fantastically, every single room including the starting "outdoor" area was just phenomenal. All the puzzles were themed and nothing felt out of place or obvious particularly. It was a little creepy and spooky, but it absolutely floored us with its ingenuity. None of the puzzles felt unfair, and when they seemed difficult it was because we overlooked something on the way. If you are anywhere near this room on a trip or otherwise, make a stop. You will not regret it!
Gold Rush

Gold Rush

The Escape Game - Austin

  • Escape room
  • IRL
7/10 Gold Rush is the 5th room I've done at The Escape Game company, and unfortunately falls within my bottom half of rooms there. The theming was great I will say however, which really increased my enjoyment. The plot itself was rather weak and strange, but it's an escape room, I don't need a Hollywood script necessarily. Overall the room is still good, don't get my wrong, The Escape Game company generally does a good job of rooms even if they aren't the "best" they are certainly a good quality and good experience to bring along those that may not be hardcore "Escapers". Puzzles in this room were pretty hit and miss for me, lots of incredibly straight-forward solutions and answers that jumped out at you without respecting the puzzle solving fun of pondering a solution for a while. One puzzle was brute-forced as there seemed to be no indication besides trying several sequences of numbers, though maybe I missed this. There was two rather unique puzzles that were quite enjoyable, but hard to describe them really as puzzles as I say that. They were cool "mechanisms" for lack of a spoiler-y description and made the room enjoyable to that end. Overall, like the two recent experiences I had at TEG, the rooms were just over too quick. There seems to be a lack of substance among some of the rooms, and I find it hard to believe it is just because we were a group of 4. Both this and Timeliner I found myself thinking that the puzzles and rooms would continue, just to look at the paused time on the screen, have our GM walk in, and realize we still had nearly half our time left and had used 0 hints. I still rate this above average because it is a GOOD room, it just may be more geared to the younger crowd or those more inexperienced with escape rooms in general, or just for 2 people.
Prison Break

Prison Break

The Escape Game - Pigeon Forge

  • Escape room
  • IRL
9/10 Prison Break was my first experience with The Escape Game, and I loved the unique aspect of starting off in two separate teams. We had a large group, 7 people, so had a good split in each room off the start. The theming here was fantastic; the two cells were unique and well-done with joint puzzles that required a great deal of communication, which is a really great aspect to go all-in on. I almost wish this portion of the room lasted longer, as the remainder of the room was not as well thought out in my opinion. The theming stayed great, the hallway into the Warden's room and the room itself was designed really well, but the puzzles at that point seemed to lose quality and ingenuity. There was a lot to do, which helped with such a large group, and it remains in the top half of the rooms I have done at The Escape Game so far.
Timeliner: Train Through Time

Timeliner: Train Through Time

The Escape Game - Austin

  • Escape room
  • IRL

𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿

The Depths

The Depths

The Escape Game - Columbus

  • Escape room
  • IRL
7/10 This was a fun room in some aspects, but a frustrating room in others. Overall I would say the puzzles were fine and a good mix, while other times they were frustratingly unclear or complex. There was definitely some satisfying "aha!" moments, and the final culmination puzzle was a lot of fun to figure out and scramble to complete. It ranks 4th in my The Escape Game list below Heist, Prison Break, and Mission Mars. Compared to those I believe the puzzles and theming were on par. This one definitely struggles from some unclear solutions for two puzzles that require you to orient things in the right way to glean a combination for a lock. This can be incredibly frustrating as there isn't a way to indicate what you have done is either right or wrong until you attempt to place it into the lock, and frankly there really should be as you can spin your wheels for a long time trying things forwards, backwards, in a different order, etc. My main complaint is that he puzzle itself should indicate to you through some method that things are correct, and certainly shouldn't do the same kind of puzzle twice in the same vain. Overall I liked this one, we did it just after the tragic Titanic Submarine explosion which added a bit more tension to the experience!
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