by Clue HQ Birmingham (website)
Arches 20 & 21, Lionel Street, B3 1AG
2-6 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
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based on ratings from 70 users
combined with 3 pro reviews
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A fun game. Nice logical progression and not too many padlocks. Mix of solutions. Relied on the screen a little too much in some ways I feel but we had fun
A really magical room, we loved this. It took us a hint to get started but then we were off and running and ate the puzzles up. The "big room" section was beautiful and clever and it was lovely to have a bit of a "girl power" room, too.
The first puzzle is very badly lit (and a bit worn, which didn't help) and some of the items could do with a fresh layer of sharpie but it didn't impede us too much. I can see why this is a popular game (and we had booked to do it a wee while ago but it was broken so I am glad to finally have played it).
Great hosting from Kasey, too. Clue HQ is a great venue.
We didn't escape, it was confusing at points. We didn't escape, but the premise was there. Love the theme and the twists and turns. Millie was awesome. Wish we had more time to get there. Struggled with one particular rope not behaving
This was a good high tech room that we gelled well with. High quality effects with lots to do.
This game used a lot of tech and only 2 padlocks. Usually I'd like that but in this game it didn't seem to gel with us. A lot of times we did something and a sound would play but we were unsure what happened, leading to a bit of frustration early on.
The room itself had great set design, with multiple different spaces to explore and nice use of projectors etc. Visually stunning, except they hadn't hidden any wires which is always a disappointment to me because it looks slightly lazy (they were also all within reach so I worry what kids would do if they just yanked them)
Sound effects in the 'main' room were really loud and at times slightly overwhelming when trying to think and figure out answers. The 'pond' wasn't reset sadly so we didn't really have to go inside it to find anything as they were just placed on top. Our host wasn't very enthusiastic and sort of just shoved us in the game.
Overall it was a good room, just didn't gel with us!
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