Grithin Gifford

Griffin Gifford by Coven Escape Rooms was the 3rd game of Day 5 and the 14th room of our Athens Escape Tour 2026, played with the same team of five. This was also the 4th and final puzzle-focused room of our tour, and it was truly a delight. The experience is beautifully crafted from beginning to end, combining strong cinematic moments, a captivating story, and challenging puzzles. The lighting, sound design, and music are superb and help elevate the atmosphere throughout the game. The puzzles were quite demanding, with several of them having multiple layers of depth, which is what made the experience feel particularly unique and rewarding. By this point in the tour we were quite tired, which made the puzzles feel even tougher than usual, but it was still a very enjoyable challenge for the whole team. Overall, the game maintains a very high level of quality throughout, making it one of the standout puzzle experiences of the trip. I will most likely play it again on a future Athens tour focused on puzzle games, especially since my wife didn’t join us for this one and I would love for her to experience it as well. A must play for all players, though some escape room experience will help in fully appreciating the more complex puzzles.

This room gets described as atmospheric, and that is a very good description: from the moment you enter, you get swept into the little town of Grithin Gifford. The set is very beautiful, and the music helps with the tension. There is an actor in this room, and while his role is to help you and to tell the story, the latter didn't really come over since his English accent wasn't very good. It was relatively easy to understand him when he was giving hints, but during cinematics, with the music blaring at top volume, it wasn't. This led to us not fully understanding the story, and felt quite awkward during the final dialogue with him. The riddles are in general fitting with the story. However, as with a lot of rooms in Athens, some riddles have an extra layer on top which makes it unnecessarily hard and less logical. This kind of riddles is limited here, but there are a few. All in all a nice room to play, but take the time to ask for clarification after your game if you didn't get everything. This will allow you to fully appreciate the experience.