Clue Cracker

We had the pleasure of GM Georgia for this who was fantastic!  The game itself is amazingly well themed and built to a very high level.  All the elements fit the story very well.

It did seem quite small though and I think 3 people would be the ideal.  We did it as a 4 and I feel I missed out on a lot of the puzzles the others did whilst I was doing other things.  I definitely would not recommend it for more than 4 people.

This is a magnificently decorated room - it’s very impressive and immersive because of that. The puzzles for the most part are pretty good as well, although there is one where you technically don’t need to follow the outlined steps, and another that’s quite confusing in terms of how you are supposed to complete it. 

The story is good enough, there’s some really well performed videos that play - I was pleased to see these were not AI! 

For all the great theming however, it felt like there wasn’t a lot of character or humour. It’s clearly trying to be Jurassic Park and hits on similar beats but it doesn’t really play homage or inject much humour into proceedings like Survival does at Hysteria for example. The space is also very small. They’ve done well with using it all but it feels cramped. It’s missing a climax as well and also some dinos - there’s one point where I was convinced that one would appear and it just doesn’t. A missed opportunity there. 

Overall really well themed with good puzzles, but a fair few niggles that means it falls short of greatness for me.