Games in Horsham by Major Mind Games
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A very spooky room with some difficult puzzles, making sure you remember elements of the room from when you first entered.
Very doable as a team of 2. Plenty of puzzles to do and some very creative bits in there. Story was interesting and kept you thinking. Our GM was fantastic
Definitely recommending this room, very original and a unique room. Host was fantastic and the room really fit the theme with challenges that immerse you into the experience.
Interesting room, found the game a bit disjointed and very anti climactic, worth giving a go and make sure to tell the host to ony give clues when asked. Found our host would rather then let us struggle, jump in with the answer as opposed to a clue
This room is notably on the easier end of the spectrum and felt quite linear throughout our run which is not necessarily an issue but with a larger team it certainly does mean there are times where a player or two have little to do.
A lot of puzzles make good use of things one might find in a child’s bedroom, although a fruit bowl maybe isn’t one of them.
There are no outright “scary” things in the room but true arachnophobes may want to avoid being the first to open anything…
As others have mentioned the decoration is a bit lacking, and a few props do seem a little cheap. Some nice wallpaper would go a long way to making the room feel more immersive. A good variety of different types of puzzles, I like riddles personally but I’m not a huge fan of them as puzzles in their own right as they can be difficult to clue without giving away the answer and can hamstring certain players for many reasons: dyslexia, English not their first language etc.
The ending of having to guess who the murderer is is a fun idea but could do with some more concrete clueing to help players feel more confident in their guess, and 3 attempts seems a bit generous personally.
As a new venue the staff seemed to take advice well and listened to suggestions given, particularly one where something needs to be in a certain order but is easily moved and then there is no way to know how it was before.
Overall, I did enjoy this room but it could do with simple improvements that would go a long way
Our ticket price must have covered the cost of the set dressing and decoration with change left over for a coffee. An immersive game? I don't think so.
The cost was pretty much the same as other venue's in the area, so on this basis, the games at this venue are overpriced for what you get compared to the other venue's. Knottoosh Abbey is described as "lavish" on their website. It is actually anything but - Lino on the floor, an office ceiling and a few sticks of furniture. We did not ever feel we had entered another world in a lavish abbey. This was not an immersive, theatrical game, this has to be the cheapest, quickest game put together we've ever played. The price needs to be lowered to reflect this, otherwise, the other venue's should be charging a higher price. We had looked forward to this but sady, were hugley disappointed, not only with how it looks but puzzles that were bits of paper sending round in circles just waiting to be destroyed by players not as considerate as us. We entered another room to find a large safe, but it was not even part of the game and a screen about 5' high that did not even attempt to cover up an area behind that was undecorated and again, not part of the game. What's that all about! No surprises, no tech, no climax, no nothing. Just the owner at the end who opens the door once you've knocked on it with your knuckles (no lavish door knocker by the way) Knot Too Shabby??? Cheap and nasty we'd say.
This is the 2nd room we tried here and its ok but very punchy on price for what you get. We preferred it to Espionage but its still a bit behind the times in terms of set build, etc.
The guys running it are very friendly and enthusiatic so it seems harsh to give a low score but I just think the price does'nt compare to other rooms around for far more immersive rooms with massive varieties of clues/puzzles, sets, etc.