Mysteries of the Menagerie

Such clever puzzles, challenging but not impossible. The care and effort the owners have put into the construction is fantastic. There were 4 of us and we had a blast.

Absolutely loved this room! Super fun story and puzzles. I would highly recommend to anyone who enjoys escape rooms and friendly hosts 😁

Hoodwinked’s Mysteries of the Menagerie is a real gem! The owners are experienced enthusiasts who’ve brought a variety of design and construction talents to their sophomore escape room, and it shows. The puzzles here are a real standout, with a real depth of content featuring unique multilayered solves and excellent signposting. The set here is delightful, too - the handmade wall treatment is especially memorable, the artwork feels bespoke and customized for the gameplay, and all of the props are well built and maintained. You’ll feel like you’ve stepped into another world when you walk through the door to start the game. I think the choice of a circus theme was ideal to get the most out of their square footage in a neat vintage school building repurposed as a multi-tenant community center. If you’re an enthusiast in New England, you owe it to yourself to take a field trip - the TERPECA nomination is well deserved and puzzle fiends will find this game particularly satisfying. Well done and I can’t wait to see what the team builds next!

This room was incredibly immersive!! It felt like you were really in a circus. We felt like the flow of the room was perfect, and we never felt like we were frustratedly stuck. Every prop was so cool and very well thought out, more so than most rooms my group does. Out of all the rooms we’ve done, this one was definitely our new favorite place to go!! We are enthusiasts when it comes to doing escape rooms, and I cannot recommend this place enough to other enthusiasts. You can definitely tell that this game was made by people who also love to play escape rooms. We will be returning to every new game they release!

Just completed this room today and it was a blast from start to finish. To start the owners who run it were great and funny. Then when the room started the decor puts you in the circus and everything you did in the room felt like an accomplishment. Also every puzzle made sense which is not something every escape room can say. Most just throw in puzzle for a puzzle sake but this was all methodically looked at and it showed for the level of the puzzles and flow of the room. A big step up for Hoodwinked! And a great room for everyone to play.

This room is fantastic! If you're an enthusiast, then you need to find a reason to go to Mexico, ME. It's off the beaten path, but find a reason. This is a room created by a couple of enthusiasts for enthusiasts, so the difficulty is perfect, the puzzles are very clever, and the set is all hand-made. Can't wait to play their next room!