The Explorer's Diary (Mission)

High quality game, but the GM gives way too many hints and one lock required a LOT of force to open (we got stuck for a while there)

Absolutely loved this room! We had such a fun time as a team of experienced escape room enjoyers. Very clever puzzles, good flow, excellent themeing and nice finishing touches. Everything worked really well, and our host/actor was brilliant. Don't be put off by there being an actor, it added to the experience and wasn't too distracting. Can't wait to come back and do the other rooms :)

The actors added a immersive element, however it made it feel very rehearsed and the interaction less spontaneous. They also are clearly actors before games masters which meant the speed clues were given (especially when they can't be requested) was far too quick. A lot of the room was less puzzles more finding and placing things, however it was well paced and the set was fantastic.

Great room, poor venue setup and owner / management responses. Staff were great.

The hosts are always brilliant, the sets are great, the puzzles are really decent and there's always wow moments with Hounds, really enjoyed this room.

Really enjoyable room with a lot of different elements, and parts to it. Some of the puzzles are very traditional but others were quite unique and things we’d not seen before which is always fun! It wasn’t the most challenging room we’ve done but it had a lot of things to get through so kept us nice and busy! The host was great and threw you into the story too!

This was great fun, as long as you can cope with an actor involvement experience who is extremely enthusiastic but we enjoyed. Really well built set, fantastic immersion, it just didn’t quite have the Wow in the puzzles for a love heart in our opinion, but can get why people would. Definitely needs to be tried if you’re anywhere near

BRILLIANT hosting - great experience to have the host so involved in the room to push the story along, it really worked. Great flow to the room and lots to do so each member of the team was occupied.

As far as adventure/discovery rooms go this is one of the best. The hosts really bring things to life and some interactive elements will have you cackling. A great mix of puzzles and set design to get both your mind and body working. As always with Hounds, flawless tech, design and staff!

What's to say, Hounds is awesome. Explorers diary was the last of the 3 hounds rooms we played that day. And I really enjoyed it. Set was good, 1 little jump scare and since it happened to me, the rest of the team thought it was funny. Overall good. Didn't leave enough time to enjoy the bar area after, but I'd recommend leaving some time for that too , plenty moonshine cocktails available!!