Escape Kent Canterbury: The Asylum

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape Kent Canterbury (website)

Unit 1, Simmonds Rd, CT1 3RA

Canterbury

2-9 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

2 copies

Trapped inside The Asylum with nothing but your own troubled thoughts it is down to you to control your mind, unveil hidden compartments and solve the interactive puzzles that stand in your way of freedom….

Formally known as Vice Versa, this can be played as a single room against the clock or a double room against your competitors.

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based on ratings from 15 users
combined with 7 pro reviews

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StaceyF expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 30 Oct 2021 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
kman expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 02 Jul 2022 Team size: 4 Time taken: 42m08s Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-tech

I can see why it was called the Asylum and how it links to an escape game, and the way that the room was presented was clever.

I do like the way that when you enter the room, you have to find the puzzles as not many rooms do that. 

The theme, though, to me, didn't fit that at all. The poster even shows a chair, someone in a jacket, and an eerie light, but the room is nothing like that.

And what I find quite disappointing is that the GM literally tells us the whole objective, what to do, and what we will see in the room - when you go in, it looks like 'this' and that we need to obain 'this' to do 'this' so you can escape.. It would have been better that we find that out in the game, maybe a message was left behind, so that it gives us the element of surprise and discovery. 

Unless I missed this, there's no character or story to tell, just you have to escape an asylum. It would have been more epic to put some of us in (loose) straitjacket for example, padlocked so that we need to get out of, just something(!) to make it worth calling it an asylum and make it more fun. Otherwise, I feel as though it should just be a futuristic space ship theme instead. Given the tech it would have made a bit more sense.

In the end, we finished the room feeling a bit disappointed that there was more that this room could offer.

🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
hi-techclever

This was my favourite of all the Escape Kent games as it is a minimal information room. First you need to find the puzzles before you can solve them! The puzzles are clever and tricky in places, but all are logical and there is signposting for them all... if you can find it.
I loved this room as I got to think "sideways" a lot in there and it was a great challenge, but I'm sure this will be labelled as a marmite room (you'll either love it or hate it). 

🔐James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 29/11/2021 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techcleverquite difficult
Great start to a game where you walk into a completely blank room (although the trailer they have running in their reception area does give away a slight spoiler).   A mostly logical series of puzzles, some of them quite tricky and hard to try and solve, probably the best room at this venue.
Shane Craig Gausden experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techoriginalclever
Matt C experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 27/10/2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:43 Outcome: Successful escape!
Anouska123 rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Zoë Dudeney rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

I've done this room twice and liked it. I do prefer the rooms with a theme but still enjoyed this room. 

buzzywuzzy experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 22 Nov 2022 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalquite difficult

Fantastic concept, however quite run down some broken items  which needed GM to enter the room and address. Requires very sharp vision even when well lit and some knowledge of maths and languages where help is not offered in the room

Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
clever
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We HAVE to talk about the theming. What a strange and surreal concept. There was no decoration, no objects, no props, just 5 bewildered people and 4 white walls. However, it soon turned out that this room had SO much to offer. We are going to have to be vague to prevent any spoilers, but there was absolutely loads to do in here. We discovered puzzles after puzzles, all different kinds, and had our work cut out trying to finish them all.

Can you bring colour back to this room?

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