Fall Harvest

I’ve done all of the rooms here and this was definitely their best. Best set design, best props, best puzzles. It was fun and flowed great. However, the music was insanely loud and not in a good way. It made teamwork communication almost impossible at times. The live actor could have been really cool if the employee was into it, but it definitely wasn’t necessary and awkward at times.

I’m giving it a thumbs up because the set design was very grand and well done, and the puzzles were layered, but overall this was a thumbs down experience for me. There was no story line or guidance with the puzzles (lacked in flow big time) the GM was not super helpful (running several rooms) and the “actor” wasn’t an actor, it was just the GM that you engage with in person a few times and adds nothing to the story. The puzzles were very intricate (which I’m a fan of) but felt confusing at times. The ending was very anticlimactic for 13th which left the experience even more disappointing. I wanted to love this room after playing campground, but that didn’t end up being the case.

Absolutely incredible room. 13th Hour knocks it out of the park YET AGAIN! Always fantastic rooms. The set for this room was phenomenal. Great storyline as well. This room was 2 hours, and you NEEDED those 2 hours. This room is quite intense, so bring your best puzzlers with you! Go play this room!

Terpeca-level goodness if I've ever seen it. Brilliant set design, fun puzzles (...after puzzle, after puzzle...), some unique actor interactions, and a few wow moments. Though it's missing a key element I can't say without spoiling the game, and not all of the puzzles make sense (I can forgive a few over the course of 120 minutes...), this is a MUST PLAY in the U.S. and easily the best game north of the Carolinas and south of Boston.

Easily my favorite and the most refined experience at 13th Hour, out of this, Campground and Oz. Fall Harvest grew in both scale and size from their previous builds but also shows restraint in its difficulty level in a way that Campground would have benefited from without sacrificing puzzle complexity. An excellent use of a very large space that keeps you traversing back and forth for the entirety of the game in a very satisfying way and “a-ha” moments that manifest from both solves and story progression in equal measure. Fall Harvest is a wonderful build with a sophistication and fairness in puzzle design with a satisfying sense of progression throughout its two hour run time. A puzzle could have used some signposting to connect two disparate pieces that did lead to a satisfying solve and we ran into a completely un-clued search fail that our game host quickly intervened and assisted with. Overall, the puzzling relied heavily on verbal communication across a large space and all of the solutions felt logical and earned. This game would play well with two enthusiasts who have played together frequently but can easily accommodate six players of any experience level. I liked Oz, I loved Campground, and I adore Fall Harvest. One of my favorite games on the east coast of the USA and worth a trip out of the city the next time you’re in New York. Watching 13th Hour continue to level up and find a polish and balance to their games over the last few years makes me beyond excited to see what they do next.

Stylistically similar to 13th hour’s other rooms. Lots of content/puzzles; pretty difficult. Fun actor interactions!

What a game! Fall Harvest has taken the cake for my top room at 13th Hour, and is one of the best games I’ve played so far. The set is expansive and detailed, the puzzles are interesting and engaging, and the special effects and transitions left my group speechless. The story was well-designed and we were continuously learning more and more about the festival and the farm’s activities. There was never a dull moment. The game is not perfect, however, and we had some audio issues (great music choices, btw) as well as a fluke with an unlocked door (which was handled perfectly by the staff and turned into a humorous moment that ended up being a highlight of the game for me). 13th Hour has solidified themselves as a destination with this game, improving on top of their original Hayden family games as well as their Wizard of Oz and Campground rooms. The venue is 100% worth a trip, and I can safely say Fall Harvest is one of the top rooms in the NY/NJ area.

I cannot praise this place enough, every escape room they have is always of the highest quality. Somehow Fall Harvest even tops that. Easily the best escape room I’ve ever done in my life.

13th continues to make large and impressive sets and escape rooms while still maintaining immersive environments with good puzzles. The main difficulty of this room comes from the size. If you aren’t good with notes then you will be running all around a lot more.

A lot of unique puzzles and mechanics that definitely make the room stand out as one of kind. I’m not sure where I’d rank it in the grand scheme of 13th hour rooms. Me personally I think a 90 minute room is my max I can handle, but overall a must experience escape room if you love 13th hour