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The Study

Very positive (66 ratings)

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  • IRL

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Permanently Closed - You are the study of the book collector, do you have what it takes to stop him from taking over the world in an hour? Stop him from retrieving his powers!

  • 1-8
  • 60 mins
  • Not scary

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Ratings

All ratings (66)

Very positive

Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive

Reviews

@nawiescape
nawiescape

177 escape rooms

Pretty good escape room! Some of the tech was a little off and I guess we opened up one of the puzzles really early on when we were supposed to do it later? Not sure how that happened. Our GM was great and it is definitely a cute spin on a usually typical escape room theme.

Aug 3, 2024
@AdorableRocket
AdorableRocket

1 escape room

A worn and glitchy room, that gave us only a tease of what could have been a charming and thematic experience. We still had a fun time, but I'm not sure I can recommend it unless they do some significant refurbishment. The experience started off on the wrong foot by having the second room accidentally unlock on us immediately after starting. The GM quickly returned and relocked it, but we'd already seen the second room. This type of glitch happened again in the second room where a puzzle was unlocked when we entered the room, but without any indication that we'd done so. This led to frustration mid game where we got a solution that we could tell we'd put incorrectly (due to a green light on the keypad), but with no effect in the room (because of course we'd already unlocked that part). Finally, one of key items in the game was damaged and then repaired so flimsily (like it was literally about to fall back apart) that nobody wanted to mess with it very much. Unfortunately to solve the next puzzle we not only needed to use the prop, but also do so with enough force to overcome some magnets (I'm pretty sure we would have broken it if we did it without help from the GM) These glitches (and the general wear and tear on the room) are a real shame, because the puzzles and setting would work as a pretty good intro escape room.

Gameplay

About one third to a half of the puzzles were lock/combinations, but most of them required some gen 2 interaction puzzle to be solved to get the combinations so they felt pretty good. It helped that the setting justified most of the locks thematically. It's hard to judge the flow because we had the glitches, but I'm going to guess it's mostly linear, so probably ideal with 3-4 players. We squeezed in 7 with several newbies/tweens and it was a bit crowded at times.

Atmosphere

The original design I think would have looked pretty good. But the later spaces are a little sparse and over all it's very worn. I'm rating it thumbs up mostly for the original intention, and the feel of the main space which landed the vibe of a 'study in an old mansion'. Some of the props that were not part of the puzzles could be interacted with, removed from their positions and easily dismantled into components, while others were secured into place, so there were a *lot* of red herring elements.

Customer service

The GM was 100% middle of the road. Nothing bad, but nothing particularly outstanding or welcoming. They were paying attention enough to give us clues when we got stuck on the some room's glitches. They were patient with the teens questions. Yet everything had that 'let me go through the script' vibe.

Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Easy

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

10

Was anything broken?

Yes

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Accessibility

Some players will need to be able to go up and down 3 sets of steps several times.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

May 12, 2024 | Experienced May 4, 2024
@Fuzzychan
Fuzzychan

96 escape rooms

This was a very good room that easily exceeded my expectations. It had a little wear and tear but the GM told us they were actually replacing the room with a new one next year. We will definitely be back to try whatever room replaces this!

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Live actors

No

Dec 24, 2023
@JC627
JC627

17 escape rooms

The study was an absolutely beautiful room with interesting puzzles. The location was very nice and had free on-street 2hr parking. Shawn, the gm, was an absolute blast and super cool to talk too. 100% will come back again.

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Gameplay

The puzzles were very cool and many I hadn’t seen before or seen very few of

Atmosphere

One of the best looking rooms I’ve ever seen

Customer service

Shawn was super cool and very fun and helpful

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Easy

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Mar 11, 2023 | Experienced Mar 11, 2023
@Britt25
Britt25

288 escape rooms

Excellent. Immersive design, large space, good mix of of gen 1 and gen 2 puzzles.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Minimum age

10

A group of all kids might get bored with the theme, but it would be great for a kid tagging along with a group of adults.

Jun 26, 2022 | Experienced Jun 25, 2022

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EscapeRoomMaster

97 escape rooms

This was a really fun game. This company is excellent and we played both the study and Sasquatch. We actually like The Study better. I thought the puzzles were clever and many of the reveals were excellent.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Jun 7, 2022

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Editorial

  • Cleverly sidestepped stereotypical thematic puzzles while introducing unique tech interactions...

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