The Black Queen

Linear in design and fairly easy but has some unique puzzles that were amazing

Really enjoyable room! Some super clever clues and puzzles, but also some pretty straight forward ones. I do think that game flow could be improved as it was easy to get muddled by the lack of direction. The set was also pretty basic in the first room but was definitely stepped up in the second. Definitely some tricky puzzles, especially one in particular. Ultimately lots of fun!

We really enjoyed this room! Definitely more old school (especially compared to their newer rooms at their other location) but every puzzle was very satisfying to solve. Lots of mechanical puzzles with some unique stuff we haven’t seen before! To their credit, gameplay flowed really well - we actually had one lock that was already popped open but it didn’t feel like it ruined the flow of the game, it was easy enough to work our way back into it without the GMs having to reset everything. The backstory itself was meh but we didn’t feel like that made a huge difference - you’re escaping a castle before an evil queen eats ya, what more could you want? This is rated a 4/5 on their website in terms of difficulty but I think (if you’re not a beginner) this would be more of a medium.

I played with just me and my partner and we had a great time! Well, I had a great time because he saw a puzzle and just went WELP, WE'RE NEVER GETTING OUT but I did it! The staff was also very nice to us, but when we went, there was construction happening around the place so the location was difficult to find.

This was a fun room with a few different type of puzzles

Really cool room with some hard puzzles!! Had to really think outside the box for this one!

This room was cool, a unique theme although the story wasn’t well integrated throughout the room. Mainly mechanical puzzles with a few high tech sprinkled it, but overall a good variety. The room is starting to look and feel a little bit dated but still aesthetically looks fairly decent (and isn’t covered in do not touch stickers). Would be a hard room for beginners probably a medium/ hard for the enthusiasts. A nice experience and we’d love to see what else adventure rooms has to offer on our next visit to Melbourne! Solid 7/10

Completed The Black Queen with 2 people. It had a creepy atmosphere but no jump scares or horror elements. This was a harder room with a lot of keys and locks. It had some interesting puzzles and even one that was “across” rooms, which we ended up needing a clue about. We ran out of time but were offered 5 extra mins to complete the room as we were really close to finishing. I would recommend trying this room with 4 people as there were a lot of puzzles to solve in the time given.

A traditional style escape room with lots of locks and keys to work through The Black Queen was probably my favourite of the 3 at the Lt Collins venue. It had a nice flow with some cool puzzles I hadn’t seen before. The theming was cool decoratively but the puzzles themselves could’ve tied in a bit more as the two felt fairly disjointed. The story wasn’t super forefront which is forgivable due to the now aging style of escape room this falls into. Could do with a facelift both aesthetically and in regards to story but overall still a very fun experience.

Really enjoyed this one. Lots of puzzles I had never seen before and fantastic theming.