Once Upon A Time

We had a great time in this room. GM was friendly and welcoming. We had a slow start to the room but then it was smooth sailing. I realized when we left that I have no idea how we were supposed to keep track of elapsed time--maybe we were supposed to ask? It would be helpful if they had a countdown clock. Everything worked like it was supposed to and the story was cute.

You can tell the owners put a lot of attention to it but it’s getting a little worn. Two puzzles didn’t work and we somehow guessed them. We went with our kids and they liked it. Overall I give it 3/5.

This was a really nice room! The owners clearly put a lot of love into what they do. No idea why it was 90 minutes, we set the new record somehow and weren’t even trying! We had a great time though. Kiera is great! Oh! Don’t forget to rub the glitter unicorn for luck!

Incredible room! The design and build was awesome! It is obvious the owners take great pride in the room. Our group has done many rooms around the country and this one certainly ranks among the top.

This was a very nice "homegrown" room. The owners clearly take pride in their work. We enjoyed playing this game, but we did find some frustration with some things in the room. Some of the puzzles, when solved, were unclear as to if they had been solved or not. We also found it frustrating that clues were given via text messaging. This caused a delay in game play for us.

I liked this room; I like long rooms. One of the room transitions was something I’d never seen before and I loved it! The method of clue giving was overwhelming at first but once you get the hang of it it makes things go pretty quickly. There was only one clue that was not intuitive to me and one mechanical issue that took a lot of time to fumble with. We needed a few hints but overall a fun room.

Some good puzzles and nice design. I would play as a smaller group as a larger group would have a lot of people standing around. Most experienced players should not have any issue finishing well under 90 min.

Good set design, some fun puzzles. The game suffers from a flow issue, and a “here’s a clue for every puzzle you’ll see for the rest of the room right away” issue. The room also had no ambience, soundtrack or background noise of any kind, which was an issue they were dealing with. Enthusiasts will likely kill it (our group of 3, 2 enthusiasts and a friend that’s played around 6 games) got out with 35+ minutes to spare. The room was quite linear in spite of the aforementioned information overload.