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You are a team of paranormal investigators and have been given permission to enter Poe’s old chambers to search for a fabled ‘Lost Manuscript’! What secrets do these chambers hold?
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110 escape rooms
I had a bad experience due to unintentional sequence breaking. We triggered the solution to a major puzzle by accident, then the rest of the room made no sense after this. I’m sure the room would’ve been good without this sequence break, but my play through was pretty much ruined by it. 2/5
50 escape rooms
The game starts of separated into two different rooms, and our team was split into two in each. The overall room is not inherently creepy in nature, but IS obviously based on Edgar Allen Poe, so if you are not a fun of the strange and unusual, you may not enjoy this room. There is an audio pattern that must be solved in one of the rooms of this game, and if you are not musically coordinated it may be difficult to do so.
Spooky
88 escape rooms
Great room with great staff! Starting position matters for this one, we started in the wrong rooms and it was a tough recovery. Super fun though and lots of unique elements.
Yes
Medium
High tech
Not scary
No
No
Somewhat
Crouching and standing level eyeline needed
Yes
Easy
Street parking and walk
86 escape rooms
A fun game with a split start (not a spoiler they tell you on the outset). Communication is key here. Good job!
Easy
A good mix of both
4
Spooky
10
No
No
Not at all
One player is required to duck
Yes
Limited
408 escape rooms
While their other site is no longer available, glad to see this one is going strong. The quality of the rooms at this location are much better. This was a great room. Only in the escape room industry would you find a common theme of Edgar Allan Poe, which does come up every now and then. That said, this company/room is a standout, even in that very specific genre. Beautiful set design with multiple rooms. Themed puzzles among Poe’s different works and a nice flow. Definitely not an easy room and lots to take in/do, so would recommend at least four people.
Amazing set!
Yes
Medium
High tech
A mix of both
4
Not scary
15
No
Somewhat
Yes
Medium
70 escape rooms
Fairly easy room with a fun theme. Fun to do with less-experienced escapers. The ending was a bit frustrating, but overall a decent game!!
Yes
Easy
Mechanical
2
Spooky
12
No
No
Somewhat
Required some crouching.
Yes
S
53 escape rooms
My spouse and I had a great time playing this room as a duo. We escaped with about 15 minutes left. We enjoy the extra challenge of starting in separate rooms -- it'll definitely get you working together and communicating! The atmosphere was good and we especially liked how well the puzzles tied in with the theme. The rooms have some mildly spooky decor, but most of the spookiness is confined to one part so only one person needs to be marginally brave. This is definitely not what I'd consider a scary or horror room. We especially enjoyed how the puzzles tied in with the theme. While no familiarity with Poe's work is required, fans will appreciate all the nods and references. Our gms, Vanessa and Eli, were both super friendly, helpful, and enthusiastic. Thanks guys!
We really enjoyed how the puzzles tied in to the theme.
Hard
There was a mix of mechanical locks and high tech elements.
3
I think 2-3 players is the sweet spot for most rooms, including this one. There's plenty of physical space for 4-5 though, and the parallel puzzling means different people can be working on different things.
Spooky
13
No
No
Not at all
Not physically active, but someone needs to be able to get down on the ground for one part.
There is an audio puzzle.
Yes
Limited
Street parking can be a challenge since this location is on a busy street in old town Alexandria with lots of restaurants and shops.
53 escape rooms
This was a creative room that made nice use of a relatively small space, and each and every puzzle was very enjoyable. We played as a team of two and got out in only 37 minutes because I solved a puzzle before I was "supposed" to be able to, which I take to mean that the design of the room could be improved. The GM was kind enough to let us go back and solve the skipped puzzles since we had so much time left, but it only took us three minutes to solve those puzzles as well. Additionally, there were a couple of moments in the room where the tech didn't work as well as it was supposed to, which wasn't too frustrating but it could use some polishing. Theme-wise, I don't think the paranormal aspect of the theme shines through, but the Edgar Allen Poe aspect of the theme certainly does, and is much stronger than another Poe-themed room I did in January. Overall, it was an enjoyable room and we would definitely do another room at this location.
GM was very kind and respectful of our request surrounding hints! The staff were also very kind to hold my water bottle for me when I realized I left it in the room and wouldn't be able to pick it up until the next day.
Some puzzles may be challenging to folks with dyslexia, one puzzle requires hearing, another requires the ability to differentiate colors, and some require the ability to crouch and/or crawl
Medium
The location doesn't have dedicated parking, but there are lots of public parking lots around the area. We went on a Sunday which meant it cost only 45 cents to park for 2hrs.
K
263 escape rooms
Eli and Donovan were amazing!! Someone had written some of the codes down so we didn’t get to do part of the escape room because we already had the code but didn’t realize it. So the Escape Room gave us a percentage off another escape room that we did. They were amazing. Thank you!
t
53 escape rooms
Wasn’t particularly large or challenging for what it claims. I’d recommend it if you ran it with maybe 4 people, but the pricing here makes that too expensive. We had 10 people crammed in there with too few puzzles and not enough space
