by Exciting Escapes Portsmouth (website)
48 London Road, PO2 0LN
3-6 players
60 minutes
2 copies
The year is 1928 and as the roaring twenties draw to a close criminality is rife in Portsmouth. Illicit gambling and 3 dead agents lead to a perfectly innocent looking Grocers store. What secrets can it possibly be hiding? (Note – this is our more difficult room)
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Lauren Haylock-Shanes rated this:
Played: 10 Oct 2020 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Played: February 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 48m 51s Outcome: Successful escape!
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Played: 2/9/18 Team size: 5 Time taken: 59 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!
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Played: 30 Dec 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 47.39 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Played: 16 May 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 54:06 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Played: 19 Nov 2023 Team size: 3 Time taken: 49 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Good fun room. There was one puzzle in the room which we were able to solve out of order, which caused a bit of confusion later on, but otherwise very clever.
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With three successful games under their belt at their Southampton branch, Exciting Escapes have expanded to a second branch in Basingstoke, with one copy of their original game plus two new ones. Dark Deeds is the first of those new games and has a 1920s theme, set in a grocery store that might be a front for illicit gambling and stolen goods.
An old-fashioned British grocery store is perhaps not the most glamorous setting for a game, gambling or no gambling. But the decor is solid and the them...
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