Battleship - The Pirate Edition

100% agree with another reviewer that this latest version of one of our favorite puzzle-grind rooms is definitely worth doing even if you’ve done previous versions at Not Another Escape Room (still the best version) and Deceptive Games because No 1 Escapes has changed out/added more puzzles. But we also don’t like how much time is allocated to the two rounds of battleship in between the puzzle solving. It feels like we have much less time in this version to solve puzzles in the main room, which is the whole appeal of a puzzle-grind room. We appreciated that our GM gave us 5 extra minutes of puzzle time bc we rushed through the battleship portion to get it over with, but overall we still got less than 60 minutes of our paid play time which is frustrating for a puzzle-grind room. Nevertheless, I’m giving it a ❤️ because I appreciate that No 1 Escapes has preserved this gem of a room, and puzzle-grind rooms are relatively hard to find. And I do appreciate the new puzzles to refresh the room. This game is also replayable bc you won’t get through all the puzzles in one run, and inevitably your teammates will solve puzzles you never get to see. And we appreciate that they’re offering a good discount to re-do the room. But it sucks that only about 30 mins are allocated to the main puzzle solving, which makes it less appealing to return.

The best room for those who love and care about solving puzzles. It’s a PUZZLE HEAVEN! We played both Not Another Escape Room and Deceptive Games’ versions before and it’s definitely worth playing again since No.1 Escape added even more puzzles. However, you only get 2 rounds of 15 minute puzzle solving time instead of 3. (We were able to get more puzzle time by speeding through the first room, so that’s what I recommend for replay groups.) The OG is still the best in my heart, but I’m glad they were able to preserve such an epic game!

Not really an escape room but was still fun.