Clue HQ Manchester: Cell Block C

By | March 20, 2019
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by Clue HQ Manchester (website)

4 Sheffield Street, M1 2ND

Manchester

2-6 players

60 minutes

closed
You’ve been framed for a crime you didn’t commit, and you’re about to be sentenced to a lifetime in prison. You know that notorious criminal Danny Badd is responsible but with only 60 minutes before you face the jury, you don’t have the resources to prove your innocence. Can you escape the top security CELL BLOCK C and buy yourself some time or will you be locked away forever?
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Rated between 2 and 3.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 30 users
combined with 3 pro reviews

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Scotus0 expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 9 Oct 2020 Team size: 5 Time taken: 35:64 Outcome: Successful escape!

(Closed now- just adding to my list of played rooms)

Adam S experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 18 Jan 2017 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
CGee713 rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 16 Oct 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: N/A Outcome: Successful escape!
funnygreat hostingfamily friendlyquite easy

A fun family friendly room. Some great separation puzzles and brilliant hosting. Some puzzles are a bit too easy for a pro team but it's a great first room for a family of players.

Cat.P rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: Feb 2017 Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
SupertrampEcho experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
🔐SpontaneousIllusion expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
immersive
Webbcam rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 6 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingbroken tech
Stevie Davies expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 4 Time taken: 29mins 48 seca Outcome: Successful escape!
family friendly
piratechaek experienced rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 25 Jun 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed 🙁
illogicaloverpricedplainquite difficult

It’s a very plain, beat up room. Honestly it’s just a bit dull. 

No stand out puzzles (and very slow computer based ones!). All in all, lacking in imagination and care. 

StaceyF expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: Sept 2020 Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed 🙁
poor hostingquite difficult
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As one of Clue HQ's older games, Cell Block C is available at over half a dozen locations around the country, and I had not rushed to try it on the assumption that its age meant it would be one of the company's less interesting offerings. But it neatly filled a gap in our day's schedule of escape rooms, and I was pleased to discover it actually stood up well to most of Clue HQ's newer escape rooms.

Imprisoned for a crime you didn't commit due to the machinations of Clue HQ's usual bad guy antag...

reviewed in Birmingham
We haven't done many but this was the best ClueHQ room we've done so far. Good room design and only one annoying puzzle, not a bad way to spend an hour
reviewed in Somerton
The mix of tech, mechanical challenges and maths-type puzzles is maybe a better fit for a younger generation, and the room would be easier with 3 players on-point
reviewed in Harrogate

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