Clue HQ Birmingham: Captain Riddle’s Forgotten Fortune

Arches 20 & 21, Lionel Street, B3 1AG

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Captain Riddle was one notorious pirate. Famous for pillaging from land and sea and holding his bounty within a hidden cove. The story has become legend over the years and no one is sure if the treasure even exists anymore. You and your scallywag crew have commandeered his old ship and are now sailing in search for the gold. Paranoid that others would attempt to follow in his footsteps, he locked everything up, and is said to have not written down the route to the loot. Riddle’s ship is protected, so you won’t have long after you set sail until the company come after you.

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Outcome: Successful escape!

The game took place mainly in one room, but when out of this room there was a long corridor that answered some more puzzles in the main room, it did not smell great.
At the end of the corridor is a lit room where it was clear you were meant to be able to see into it. but the game ended abruptly with a "WELL DONE" (or words to that effect) and this room is no longer part of the game. But, it's on full display?!

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☕Joe Brown expert rated this:

Played: 9 Oct 2024

Solid theme, smaller room suited to small groups. Some good story line elements but quite basic puzzles, maybe too much reliance on mental maths!

fraggle42 experienced rated this:

Played: 20 Apr 2024 Team size: 6 Outcome: Successful escape!

immersivefamily friendly

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Played: 11 May 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 37:42 Outcome: Successful escape!

immersivestory-driven

For a 5 year old room, this was stil l a very good room. Lot's to do and some nice surprises.

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Played: Aug 17 Outcome: Successful escape!

funnycleverquite difficult

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Played: 1 Aug 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 56 Outcome: Successful escape!

beautifulstory-drivenepic

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Played: 8 Jul 2023

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Whispers on the grapevine (okay, mainly Facebook) suggested that with Captain Riddle, Clue HQ had upped their game and built something quite special, so it was a priority for our visit to Birmingham. Actually, it'd probably have been a priority anyhow - pirate themed games tend to be fun.

First impressions on entering the room were contradictory: the decor was lovely, but I was surprised by what a small space it was. Fortunately that's misleading, with the game turning out to be expansive enoug...

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A fun room with lots of clever puzzles and excellent signposting throughout. And even better – we set a record for the room!

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