The Library

The room was linear so you would have to finish a puzzle in order to move to the next. I liked that it was obvious which puzzle we needed to work on and which puzzle to move to next. The method of switching between puzzles was very repetive, not challenging, and kind of boring. The website advertized that the average escape time was 50 minutes, but the room itself had a 70 minute time limit. What was irritating and spoiled my entire experience was that each individual puzzle was timed. This means that if you quickly move through puzzles you don't get any extra time to spend on any individual puzzle. One of the puzzles required some addition and as we were adding numbers, we made a mistake and noticed immediately that we needed to add again, but the puzzle ended and the game moved us onto the puzzle. We just needed another moment. This ruined my whole experience and I was not interested in playing anymore.

It’s a cute little room that’s great for small groups. It’s completely linear, as in one puzzle at a time. The difficulty ranges from super easy to very confusing. It’s a difficulty curve that makes sense. However, the drawback is each puzzle is timed, and you only have a few minutes to solve each one, regardless of how much time you have left. I wish it was a little more like a traditional escape room and you could have more time if you finish previous puzzles early. Some instructions and logic aren’t all sound, which seems perfect for the “illogical society.” The scholarly magical vibe was great.

Excellent magical/academic vibes and set design. Fun system overall. Linear progression with individually timed puzzles. Doable with 2 people.

Great little room!! Novel gameplay featuring a linear series of small puzzles. A surprisingly wide range of puzzle types, and each one was uniquely satisfying. Definitely a bit lower in difficulty than I personally prefer, but I still had a fun time. Decor was also very well done.

This wasn’t a typical escape room! It was more like a timed series of puzzles. Each puzzle is timed individually and once your time is up you have to move on to the next one! I really enjoyed the setting and decorations! Our game master was awesome at explaining everything and giving us a chance at going back and solving the puzzles that we didn’t get during game play!