Cryptology Nottingham: Cypherdyne v1.5

107 Upper Parliament Street

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

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You and your team have been selected to take part in a legendary Cypherdyne interview. A challenging and disarming hour long test that is rumoured to not just separate the wheat from the chaff but discard the chaff entirely.

Unsure what to expect, the promise of a great job in this dire economy is enough for you to face whatever challenge the CEO has set for you, your career may be about to explode with opportunity!

The bright lights are clinical, the desk pristine, but something is odd… this isn’t just an office.

Can you become part of Cypherdyne’s elite security team? Or will you bomb and be swept aside just before the next candidates arrive?

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Kates experienced rated this:

Team size: 2 Time taken: 50:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

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It's definitely showing its age with respect to the current offerings in Nottingham, but the puzzles are solid, everything works as intended, it's good fun, and it's definitely worth a play before it closes. We enjoyed the tongue in cheek IT humour peppered throughout.

roberts0502 expert rated this:

Played: 15 Apr 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 59:10 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Elderly Escape Artist experienced rated this:

Played: 17 Jul 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 53 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!

cleverstory-drivenquite difficult

This room is certainly worth a play before it closes mid way through August.

It is a large space and has some very clever elements especially for the technical minded - Mr EEA thoroughly enjoyed it. Lateral thinking is definitely required but failed attempts only wasted time and didn't result in frustration, the solution when found only left us with a 'DOH!' feeling.

Liked the feeling of pressure at the end with a genuine sense of urgency created.

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Played: 10 Feb 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Played: 24 Jul 2021 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

Team Jophie experienced rated this:

Played: 5 Nov 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 50:56 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:

Played: 9 Sep 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

great hosting

A solid offering with some decent puzzles. It's looking a little tired now and doesn't quite have the razzmatazz of their more recent games but everything made sense.

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I believe the ‘v1.5’ in the name is because Cypherdyne underwent a significant revision a few years back, revamping many elements though not quite to the extent of making it a wholly new game. Even so, it’s one of Cryptology‘s older and more traditional rooms. The setting is a job interview with the titular corporation - which turns out to involve plenty of puzzle solving with some unusually lethal stakes.

Being a modern day office setting, for the most part the decor is fairly plain. However, ...

Cypherdyne v1.5 may be Cryptology’s first game, but it’s also is an excellent example of everything an escape room should be: clever, exciting, and most importantly - fun. It’s perfect for new players and enjoyable for enthusiasts. With this as their first game, it’s no surprise that Cryptology has become a venue everyone seems to be talking about.

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Cypherdyne’s interview felt like what those ‘think outside the box’ questions Oxbridge candidates get challenged with in their interview processes… there was no obvious interview task, that was for us as the candidates to figure out as part of the process. We had to crack security codes, find hidden doorways and mess with the computer hardwiring to stand a chance of being hired by Cypherdyne.Thankfully we had our heads screwed on and managed this all!

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We braved an interview at Cypherdyne on our most recent to Cryptology Nottingham which could have been potentially explosive! Find out what we thought of this big tech office escape room!

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