Bewilder Box: Judgement D.A.V.E.

by Bewilder Box (website)

1 Holland Road, BN3 1JF

Brighton

2-7 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

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combined with 7 pro reviews

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ah90 rated this:

Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

funnyimmersivegreat hosting

Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:

Played: 18 Aug 2024 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

originalfunnygreat hosting

A combination of great hosting, some quality puns, some original puzzles and a focus on communication and teamwork make this a quality escape room that we would certainly recommend. There is one particular moment that stands out as being absolutely lovely and certainly a first for us!

Super hosting in particular from Dr Chisel Tenderloin, who really upped the enjoyment factor. 

d.green26 expert rated this:

Played: 5 May 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 50 Outcome: Successful escape!

immersivestory-drivengreat hosting

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hi-techfunnygreat hosting

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Team size: 2

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☕Joe Brown expert rated this:

Played: 25 Feb 2024 Team size: 4

High tech and visceral, loved the range of puzzles and the scifi set, felt like a step up in quality from their first room - potentially refurbished since they've moved locations?

MaliceInWonderland rated this:

Played: 7 Jul 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

poor hosting

I just didn't gel with the game and felt the gm was a little rude. Got quite frustrated while playing and just didn't enjoy it. Sorry. 

Webbcam rated this:

Team size: 6 Outcome: Successful escape!

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MightyMidds experienced rated this:

Played: 23 Aug 2023 Team size: 4 Time taken: 40mins Outcome: Successful escape!

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There must be a great deal of pressure in coming up with a sequel to a game as well-known as the first Bewilder Box room, finding ways to live up to expectations and to do something new without losing what made the original work so well. Judgement D.A.V.E. hits it out of the park.

The storyline brings you back to the same fictional institute - although note that the real-world location is a different pub, this time out in Hove some distance from Brighton centre. Having proved yourselves in the ...

A thoroughly enjoyable experience with humour, strong characters, fun sci-fi decoration and good puzzles. A room that manages to appeal to enthusiasts with stronger-than-average puzzles and first-timers with calm-inducing humour, plus a cluing system that feel like it's just part of the experience.

The rooms at The Bewilder Box are more than just escape rooms, they are experiences where everything works together to immerse you in their world. Each time you think you know what to expect they do something different, wonderful, and unexpected.

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I really enjoyed Judgement DAVE, it’s a room with buckets of charm, an excellent set, and some of my favourite puzzles I’ve played in a long time. I’d love to extend a big round of applause to the designers and to our host, the fantastic Doctor Archie Bald.

8.1 / 10

We head to an escape room above The Brunswick pub in Brighton to stop a rogue artificial intelligence from escaping.

Despite being about computers and AI the game was very tactile. Something we, as a team, love. The finale was very tense, with a twist we had not seen in an escape room before.

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