Paradox Parlours Guildford

Played before I was a host here

Played before I was a host here

Super fun room to play with friends or family.

Played before I was a host here

Fantastic room and so well thought out. Venus is hilarious and the room is extremely immersive. You think there's not much to do, but boy was I wrong

Great room, great hosting AS ALWAYS at PP in Guildford 

This room feels quite old, which does link into the theme however with a refresh it could be a much much better game! 

Another great room from Paradox, with probably some of my all-time favourite puzzles as well.  Considering the GM didn't have much to do as we raced through the room 🙂 , was wonderfully hosted as well.

Pretty good room. Nice funny touches throughout

This room really benefited from our incredible GM (Kieran), and the incredibly sassy AI assistant. The puzzles were good, and logical, the only thing that let this room down was the theming, but the puzzles and the GM 100% made up for that!

Our ratings:

Theming: 6.5/10
Puzzles: 8/10
GM: 10/10
Value: 8/10
Fun: 10/10

Overall: 85%

Loved this room - lots of unique puzzles I hadn't seen before and a fun theme. Felt a bit useless as we were receiving so many clues but at the end it was revealed we had 11 minutes left... would have preferred the clues to come when we really needed them. Overall though really fun!

Had heard good things about Paradox and the storyline of this game sounded very different to most common games you are likely to encounter. This was our first visit to Paradox Palours, we played as it was my birthday and I would definitely return to try the other games based on this experience. The puzzles were cleverly linked into the story and were mostly technical based but the interactivity of the AI in there definitely adds a new dimension to the game. Playing as a team of 3 was probably just about right as there wasn't a huge amount of puzzles, but some just took a little more figuring out. The space isn't that large but likewise is fitting with the theme and didn't hinder the game (with a small team). I really enjoyed my visit and would like to thank our games master too, who made us feel welcome both before the game and after.

This is apparently the oldest room at Paradox Parlours, and I was nervous we were going to walk into a padlock salesman's showroom, but no, despite this being their first room, it has been well maintained, the scenario matches the surroundings and theres a good amount of automation and technology in there. A good storyline, and one particularly interesting puzzle that feels like it just keeps on going right til the end (but in a good way) 

I was intrigued about this room, and it turned out to be nothing like I imagined. Theres some very creative fun puzzles, some stuff ive not seen before, and some nice technology. 

Our first room at paradox parlours. I had heard about the high tech nature of this, so was looking forward to it. Others have said its small, but I don't think that feels obvious when you are playing. Its not cramped, and certainly dos not feel small.

Unfortunately for us, one of the main technological elements crashed half way through, it did not impact the game play but we did miss out on some of the interaction. The team at Paradox parlours could not have been more apologetic and they refunded 100 percent to us before the game was even over. Can't complain, still had a great time. 

Great to see a unique theme with so many puzzles that fit within the style. There was a real mix of observation / logic / physical in this game and it meant that we all left with smiles on our face. Probably my favourite of the 3 at this venue

Definitely the most traditional of the games at this venue but the puzzles still felt original and were in-fitting with the theme. I particularly enjoyed one logic puzzle near to the end that gave such a satisfying ahhh moment. I felt that there was one part of this game that could’ve been tricky to do if you’re less mobile or have shorter arms but otherwise it was good fun!

I think this room is one that is either made or broken by the Gm that you have and the way that they play the Venus character. There were some brilliantly subtle jokes and ‘up yours’ moments from the AI throughout that had me giggling. The puzzles were varied and usually multi step which was nice! For an old game they’ve packed some interesting puzzles into a tiny space. 

Edit: This game was played after I became a GM at PP Woking, but before I GMd at Guildford. Take what you will from that 🙂 

What a brilliant concept. Venus sure is a rather unique.... intelligence. Great fun, great hosting. For a reasonably small space the team have delivered a very good room!

Very observation-based puzzles, not much for logic. Fun enough game, though.

Played this with some first-timers. Good room, plenty to do. Puzzles were a little easy, but enjoyed the room all the same. Story was good and room construction good.

Not an escape room, but a puzzle hunt across Guildford using a browser based site.

Teams are presented with a selection of challenges which have different points values, so you can decide whether you want an easy win (probably search based) or something a bit more cryptic. After you solve one puzzle correctly, it's onto the next selection of puzzles to try and get the most points in the time limit. 

The random selection of puzzles means that you don't end up tripping over other teams and following them around which was a nice feature. There's also a skip feature for if you get totally stuck.

Ensure you have at least one well charged phone in the group, or bring a battery pack. Wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather! 

This was great fun and we'd definitely go back and try it again as we apparently only covered a small percentage of the overall puzzles!

Really fun room and felt different to others, while the puzzles are logical, it didn’t feel like a repeat of other escape rooms. Recommend doing as a 2 - we worked together the whole time and didn’t miss anything the other did. Fantastic hosting by Annika.

I enjoyed this room enormously.  An original theme which makes a nice change and some excellent puzzles.

Another very enjoyable room from Paradox Parlours.  Quite a traditional theme but done very well.

We enjoyed this room a lot.  Some fun puzzles and cool tech.

Great, clever room with lots of surprises and a great variety of puzzles.

Quite a nice little game.  Suffered from being done the day after Marvo Induction, so seemed pale in comparison.  Puzzles were nice, although some were a little repetitive (solve this puzzle five times; solve this puzzle eight times; solve this puzzle and wait for 25 seconds).  Nice audio track played throughout helped keep the gameplay immersive

Really fun game, hard work to complete as a 2, but not unachievable, just need to make sure the logical part of your brain is on top form, some of the puzzles take a bit of working out. As others have said, interacting with the AI makes for a unique and very different experience!

Really well designed game, and despite our unexpectedly quick time (Venus took us a lot longer earlier that same day), we didn't feel we hadn't had value for money, great fun and very satisfying game to play. Puzzles tie in well to the theme and the narrative flows well through the game.