Professor Puzzle | Escape from Grand Hotel | Puzzle | Ages 12+ | 2+ Players

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It’s the big re-opening of the Grand Hotel but nothing is quite what it seems in this immersive escape room game! Editor-In-Chief at Room Escape Artist: Whether she is editing REA’s content, leading the Hivemind, or wrangling the logistics for RECON or the Escape, Immerse, Explore Tours, Lisa is the reason that everything runs like clockwork. To win the game, you must answer all the puzzles within the envelopes, escape the hotel and work out what is happening behind its closed doors. but this should by no means put escape room fans off going because it has so many elements of the theatre and story element that we love in escape rooms. The clues were tenuous and the solutions unconvincing, and the climax as we opened the final envelope and read out the very long-winded, predictable prose was embarrassingly and frustratingly disappointing.

I was difficult for 2 to share solving the puzzles in the different rooms and I cannot see how 8 people could be involved. If we solved a puzzle, it would resolve to a clue to the next location within the hotel for us to visit. When the Blossoms’ glamorous, rich and influential guests arrive for the grand reopening, they’re ready for a night to remember – but little do they suspect it will be for all the wrong reasons!Fantastic fun for puzzle solvers, lovers of board games, whodunnits and murder mystery events, it’s a great gift for anyone who loves entertaining and wants their dinner parties to be nights to remember. If you're not keen on interaction and on throwing yourself into a role, then this might not be your cup of tea but if you are game for speaking to characters and immersing yourself in this platypus-obsessed world, then you are on to a winner. Another very different at home proposition, Escape from the Grand Hotel, is a table top, envelope-based escape experience. You must work your way around the hotel, carrying out each of the puzzles contained within the envelope.

The effects and tech was outstanding but the host did seem eager to give hints, several times before we asked. Brought this for a party I am hosting over Christmas and gave this a trial run with a group of friends over the weekend - great fun solving all the puzzles and racing against the clock. So much reading and easy puzzles at the start, it would have been difficult to keep 8 players entertained. Some were very tricky and even with the hidden clue within the envelope, still didn't quite appreciate how the answer was achieved. During the evening, they must travel through the hotel solving the series of mysterious puzzles that release them from each room.Other times we uncovered a more cryptic clue like the color of one of the doors or some other descriptor. When their glamorous, rich and influential guests arrive for the grand re-opening, they’re ready for a night to remember – but as it turns out, it’s memorable for all the wrong reasons! The decor really is superb and the actors go out of their way to make the whole experience feel genuine.