by Red Fox Escapes (website)
614 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
4-10 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
Have you ever wanted to star in your own action movie? Gather your motley crew of thieves and come to The Heist to attempt to pull off the most audacious theft the world has ever seen!
A private art gallery in Back Bay has become home to the world’s largest diamond, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Assembled in your secret hideout you have the blueprints, the inside knowledge of the gallery’s security detail, and all the tools you’ll need to execute your master plan. Now you just need to break into the gallery and get your hands on the diamond without getting caught!
You have only one chance, and one hour, to get it right. Today you determine your destiny: a lifetime of untold riches, or a decade behind bars?
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You (and your gang) assemble to steal a diamond, sat within a local art gallery. This is an incredibly well themed game in terms of flow - you really move from hideout to feeling that you are genuinely breaking in, stopping the alarm etc. Lots of puzzles in the main body of the game based around the art works which are well thought out and original.
The venue offers mostly private games but some public room options - we opted to play in a public booking as this game is recommended 4 people plus. They will allow you to play as fewer if you pay for 4 spots - however, there is a lot to do with reasonable difficulty, and actually I think we had a better experience despite playing with a group of strangers.
This game is brilliant. Wonderful set design, an unexpected wow moment, some very cool puzzles as you move through the sub.
Played as a public room with 7 people and would have preferred a slightly smaller group as ended up missing out on a couple of puzzles - but agree 4+ is preferable for this room in terms of getting it finished.
Really fun room. Starts with you looking to earn some Girl Scout badges in an automotive shop but you discover a shadow Girl Scout society while you do, undertaking some nefarious behaviour (second half they class as horror, no live actors and would describe as mildly creepy only). Plenty of puzzles with some unusual and quite cool props.
Red Fox describe themselves as using adaptive difficulty for their rooms so a good place as an enthusiast to play, and we really enjoyed all 3 of their games and would recommend.