Gumshoe

Gumshoe

Mostly positive (18 ratings)

  • Escape room
  • IRL

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Three days before turning 65, famous author Stephen Spade threw a birthday party at his home, Spade Manor. The festivities were well underway when tragedy struck! He was found lifeless in his study, no culprit or weapon in sight.. It is up to you to break into Spade Manor and uncover the evidence to decide WHO killed Steve and HOW! You have one hour until the house is demolished. Will you uncover the truth or will it be swept away forever?!

  • 2-8
  • 60 mins
  • Medium
  • Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (18)

Mostly positive

Gameplay
Positive

Reviews

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prisonerofashkaban

33 escape rooms

This is a classic style escape room with combination locks, but it’s done really well. The puzzles were fun and the staff were great and were quick to help when one of the elements in the room experienced a technical glitch.

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Gameplay

From the top they told us the story was linear, and the clues flowed nicely into each other. No frustrating red herrings.

Atmosphere

Classic set design with a few twists to keep it interesting.

Customer service

Our gm was enthusiastic and jumped in when one interactive element wasn’t working so we didn’t lose time. The person at the front desk was welcoming and cool too.

Particularly interesting or different

No

It was a classic premise but done really well.

Story

The plot was a classic whodunnit but I like that

Difficulty

Medium

There were two of us and we’ve done a lot of escape rooms, and aside from one puzzle that had us hung up, we got through the rest with just the right amount of effort.

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

3

We did great with two, but three is probably ideal. Since the puzzles are linear, any more players might just get in the way.

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

14

Not designed for kids but a smart teenager could do it.

Was anything broken?

Yes

There was one interactive element that was on the fritz but I’m sure it was fixed after we finished the room.

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

It is a vision-heavy room. Users need to discern colour for one puzzle, there is reading of small fonts for another. Hearing is required for three puzzles. There are no steps and you don’t move around very much so if someone were using a mobility aide they would be able to do it.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Jan 9, 2024 | Experienced Jan 6, 2024
@Alex2000
Alex2000

271 escape rooms

A solid room, I liked this a lot better than their other 2 player minimum room. Very linear so I wouldn’t bring a massive group, but all the puzzles felt satisfying and were varied that it kept it very interesting. Set design was great as always from this group. Does include colours and audio puzzles

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Gameplay

Good flow. Solid linear set of puzzles. Varied in type

Atmosphere

Set design is above average here. This is a new game so everything looked fresh and not worn down yet

Customer service

Very friendly people! Love to chat about all their work

Particularly interesting or different

No

Still a great/solid room

Story

Everything connected to the story, progress moved forward well.

Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

2

Linear puzzles, so if you have more than 2 there might not be much to do for whoever doesn’t have the puzzle/clues in their hands

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

Some colour and lighting based puzzles

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Oct 17, 2023 | Experienced Oct 14, 2023

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