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You’re an apprentice for Carter the Great, the best magician this town has ever seen. Unfortunately for him, he’s been sharing the theater with his biggest rival, The Great Danton. Danton said he will be unveiling his newest trick at tomorrow's performance. If his trick truly is amazing, it’ll surely put your show out of business. You must sneak into the theater at night and figure out the source of Danton’s new power otherwise Carter will surely be finished!
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Overwhelmingly positive
Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive
1 escape room
So this room was really well done! Really like all of it and don’t have any complaints about the room itself. Just have an option on hints. I wish you guys had a couple stages of hints. Hope this makes sense but for example the first hint should be more vague and give a idea of maybe where to look. Then if they still do t understand maybe add more to it. I don’t like the hints that tell you exactly what you need to do, which is what happened to us twice in this room because we needed to hints. last thing I want to say is that I wish these rooms weren’t so pricy! They have gone up so much! It’s a very pricy date for the two us and unfortunately we won’t be doing one again for awhile because of that.
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Medium
Mechanical
4
Not scary
Thank you for the feedback! We agree that clues should be slowly fed and not just solved the puzzles. This is a training issue on our end and I appreciate you bringing it up. For costs, we have scaled pricing so we can offer all private games. Smaller groups will cost more but it allows us to offer those experiences without having to play with strangers or buying all the room tickets. I appreciate your feedback and thank you for sharing!
Nov 11, 2024
130 escape rooms
This room is solid and starts off with a cool, friendly beginning. The set is strong along with some good puzzles. A few were tricky with only 2 players, having a few more eyes would have helped. If you like the theme, give it a go!
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Medium
Mechanical
Some moments of tech mixed in
4
Not scary
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Not at all
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Easy
We're happy you enjoy Magician's Workshop. This room probably works best with at least four players since there are parts where more eyes would be helpful. Thank you for playing!
Oct 24, 2024
178 escape rooms
I would highly recommend this escape room. Very fun to do the puzzles and the GM and owner are very inviting and friendly. You will have an amazing time.
Absolutely one of my favorite escape rooms to play!! Really creative puzzles that accompany the theme.
Very immersive and creative atmosphere
The GM was friendly. We got to meet the owner and he was very friendly and knowledgeable.
Not scary
Thank you for the kind words, we're happy to hear you enjoyed Magician's Workshop!
Sep 5, 2024
184 escape rooms
I loved this room! The room flow was perfect and the puzzles all worked well together and fit the theme. I have done a few magic rooms and this one really felt MAGICAL! The puzzles were not overly complicated with a good mix of tech and locks. We only got hung up once because we were not looking close enough. Great Room!
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Medium
High tech
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Not scary
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Not at all
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Easy
Thank you so much. We tried to add as many "magic" elements as we could without creating red herrings. We would have had even more tricks if it wasn't misleading to the players lol. We are happy you had a great time!
Aug 10, 2024
38 escape rooms
Excellently designed, built, and maintained escape room. We loved the game and all puzzles were completely on course.
Thank you for all the kind words. We're happy to hear you enjoyed Magician's Workshop :D We hope you will join us again soon for another game!
May 30, 2024
47 escape rooms
This room felt like we were actually magic 🪄 Puzzles were perfectly on-theme and use of tech really supported the feeling of being in a magical space. We couldn't stop praising the many stellar (and sometimes subtle) design choices on the drive back. Puzzle quality was also astounding, puzzles were varied in style and difficulty, creating a game where everyone could play to their strengths. We have nothing but praise for this room, and are excited to try the other rooms at this location!
GM was great! Very respectful of our request for no hints other than ones we explicitly ask for
Players will need to differentiate colors for multiple puzzles, there's also one puzzle where hearing is helpful but not necessary. There was also an air purifier in the room, increasing accessibility for immunocompromised players.
Easy
Large parking lot
Thank you for your kind words. When we were designing this game we wanted to create illusions where you as an apprentice may be able to do the magic but unsure how it works. It was a fun room to design and build, we are very happy to hear you enjoyed it! We look forward to hosting you again soon for another adventure!
May 13, 2024
49 escape rooms
Played a few games there and this one was my favorite. Lots of fun puzzles and I thought they flowed well.
Not scary
Thank you for the kind words. We love this room and are happy to hear you enjoyed it as well. Thank you for joining us to play (and review) multiple games!
Apr 8, 2024
22 escape rooms
Really good room. I thought the puzzles were fun and the atmosphere excellent. The flow of this one was really good.
Thank you for the kind words. We're happy to hear Magician's connected with you. We love the theme and couldn't help throwing in little bits and pieces all over.
Apr 8, 2024
69 escape rooms
This room was fun! The theme was great and there were a few puzzles that really made us think and a couple that of things that we hadn’t seen before.
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Awesome! We love to hear you had fun and enjoyed the puzzles of Magician's Workshop. We hope you will join us again soon!
Apr 8, 2024
30 escape rooms
TLDR: great room with amazing gameplay and a good atmosphere along with having my favorite clue of any escape room of all time. After doing six rooms by Raven Chase, it’s clear that you can never go wrong with any room they create. Gameplay: the gameplay was awesome. There was a lot of fun, diverse clues. Some mechanical, and some with tech. And after doing 20+ escape rooms, this room (the first room specifically) easily has my favorite clue of all time of any escape room I’ve done. The finale was also very fun to watch. A lot of ooos and aahs from our group overall. Gameplay wise, this is in my opinion the best room here at the Herndon location (writing this review without have doing the new room cryptic grove) Atmosphere: I was also surprised about how well the atmosphere was. Well, nothing stood out compared to some other amazing atmosphere rooms I’ve done, I was surprised that they were able to make a pretty good atmosphere with such a basic theme, especially after seeing other places flop on themes that should be very easy to building a room around.
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Medium
We are so happy to hear you enjoyed it! We felt that a room about stage magic should have fun unexcepted moments. We wanted to make little tips of the hat to the era when you know it's not real magic, but you're not exactly sure how it's done. We're happy you enjoyed the journey through Magician's Workshop! Thank you for your fantastic review and for making us a part of your escape room journey! We appreciate your kind words and are excited for you to experience Cryptic Grove!
Feb 20, 2024
“Overall, a well-clued experience that balances traditional gameplay with exciting magical moments.“
“This game will make you feel like a real magician solving magical puzzles to claim that final reward“
“The ERH team did a phenomenal job with the scene setup and immersion. “