Clue HQ Brentwood: Detonation

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Kelvedon Hall Ln, Kelvedon Hatch, CM14 5TL

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

closed

You and the rest of your detective team have been on the case of Danny Badd. Badd has been wanted for 7 years and is a known criminal all over Europe. He’s wanted by many different countries for various crimes. After 1 year of gathering information, 24 hour surveillance, and even capturing Badd’s brother, you’ve finally got the best lead that any intelligence unit has ever received with regards to his location. You’re going in, but not without a plan. Badd is notorious for blowing up anyone who attempts to track him down. Watch your step.

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AJ’s expert rated this:

Played: 26 Jan 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 47:32 Outcome: Successful escape!

illogicalbroken techoverpricedquite easy

Booked to play dungeon of doom and GM basically told us it would be too hard for the 2 of us to play and hadn’t been reset so just put us in detonation instead! Parts of the game were broken and wasn’t much fun to play! Disappointing visit

Jose Adrian experienced rated this:

Played: Team size: 2 Time taken: Outcome: Successful escape!

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reviewed in Swindon

jess0292 rated this:

Played: 1 May 2026 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

cleverexcitingquite difficult

On the surface, this room looks very bare with lots of padlocks and codes, but the variety of clues around the room were clever and the ending was exciting! There were a couple of tasks that were hard to grasp without clear explanation, but our games host was brilliant and guided us to a successful escape (perhaps with a slight time bumper!)

reviewed in Swindon

LR expert rated this:

Team size: 4

The best of the ClueHQ games in Swindon. A fun twist ending

reviewed in Swindon

NerdsEsacpe rated this:

Played: 8 Mar 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 50:39 Outcome: Successful escape!

great hostingillogicalquite difficult

Theming was okay. Lots of padlocks and key code locks (which we prefer and enjoy), alongside puzzles. One of the puzzle boxes needed intervention by our great game master due an issue. The room didn’t quite flow as nicely as other ones. Overall, it was an okay room and we will be returning to attempt the other rooms

reviewed in Swindon

puzzlepalooza experienced rated this:

A game that belongs in 2016 and should really be replaced.

reviewed in Swindon

TheCLAMS expert rated this:

Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

It was okay - one of the locks hadn't been reset and so the game host had to come in mid way through which really broke the immersion of being locked in.

reviewed in Manchester

arandzom experienced rated this:

Played: 17 Dec 2016 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

reviewed in Wirral

MerseyMarauders expert rated this:

great hostingquite easy

reviewed in Swindon

David Dorward rated this:

Played: 22 Oct 2021 Outcome: Failed 🙁

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Outside the room So, we'd just come out of Bunker 38 with plenty of time to spare and were chomping at the bit to try Clue HQ Brentwood‘s other room. First though, they had to reset them, so the nine of us were sat in the waiting area without much to do (we couldn't even talk about
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7.5 / 10

We were soon on our way and as with all Clue HQ games, there was a variety of mental, physical and observational puzzles and plenty to keep us all busy. There were some things that we had not seen before and a couple of custom made objects which were a nice touch.

Not the most elegant of rooms you'll play, but looks OK, some good puzzles, but also some bits which were easily overlooked, the first half of the room definitely looked more impressive than the second half, user error with a pretty ancient tv/dvd player meant that one code couldn't be learned in the desired way. A quirky game that felt a bit dated now and could do with a revamp.

Many of Clue HQ's games share a recurring villain by the name of Danny Badd, and Detonation's premise is straightforward: you're trapped in a building that this scoundrel has rigged to blow up. Fortunately, he's a villain with a sense of sportsmanship, and has given you an hour to get out before the bomb goes off.

If the modern setting makes Detonation sound more dull than some of Clue HQ's other games, that's misleading: smoke and flashing lights amp up the drama, and of course there's little ...

reviewed in Wirral

A room that won’t blow you away (no pun intended) and is very padlock heavy, but if your observational skills are on point then you’ll likely have a good time.

reviewed in Somerton