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

By | March 20, 2019

by Bewilder Box (website)

1 Holland Road, BN3 1JF

Brighton

2-7 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

The Masternet 9000 (a rogue artificial intelligence) has staged a mutiny of the Bewilder Box Initiative. As per Dr Wilder’s orders, you and your team must journey deep into it’s cognitive training facility solving puzzles and utilising advanced field equipment to stop him before he escapes. Are you ready to use your mind and save humankind? Is your grey matter up to the task? Is The Masternet good, or is he bad? You have 60 minutes to find out… good luck.
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Overall rating

Rated between 4 and 4.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 32 users
combined with 7 pro reviews

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Player reviews

Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
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:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 5 May 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 50 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivengreat hosting
Kates experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
hi-techfunnygreat hosting
🤘The Pick of Destiny expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 2
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Anonymous rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Joe Brown expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
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:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
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:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 6 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalfunnyimmersive
MightyMidds experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 23 Aug 2023 Team size: 4 Time taken: 40mins Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulhi-techstory-driven
Jess_keds expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
originalclever
EmmaSmiley rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 18 Feb 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 55 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulhi-tech

This escape room should not be missed. Loads of intresting and non standard puzzles. Some which really needed team work to complete. Loved the ending with the suprise. 

AubreyB expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 6 Outcome: Successful escape!
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 11 Feb 2023 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivestory-drivenquite easy

Host was sometimes too eager to give clues.

jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
🏆Annagramma expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 26 Nov 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 33.29 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivegreat hosting
Adam Bravery expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 21 Oct 2022 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techfunnyimmersive

Had a lot of fun in here. GM Barry was great and really enjoyed the puzzles and flow of the game. No padlocks in sight, so fairly inventive and unique puzzles. Set was really good and liked the clue system and decision aspect at the end of the game

Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
matt_keds expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 13 Aug 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 50 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalstory-drivengreat hosting
Wesley Mead expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 18 Mar 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 52m
hi-techfunny
abunai expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5

Not much of a pub guy, so odd to find myself in one, but you soon forget that as soon as the game start. Lots of cool moments and tech.

ratsontour expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 29 Sep 2019 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
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StaceyF expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 12 Sep 2021 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techgreat hosting
furiouslycurious experienced rated this:

Quite a small game. Host made up for game being a bit bland. Odd setting in a pub.

🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Mike S expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Chelsea O experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: May 20th 2019 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
🌵Juliette B expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 20/12/2019 Team size: 2 Time taken: 55:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

Had a great GM (Doctor Boffin), beautiful set dressing, great puzzles. Bar one minor issue with something not working quite as it should, we had a lovely time - plenty to do in the time frame, and some very geeky enjoyable moments included. Plus you can take your pint in with you! Do this one after their other game otherwise the time frame won't make sense (you could still play, but it would be a shame to miss out on this aspect). 

Ben Bailey experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 19/11/19 Team size: 2 Time taken: 48:38 Outcome: Successful escape!

Fantastic Room with a Fantastic Host! D.A.V.E was a real treat throughout and i'll miss little Norman. Beautifully designed with a good distribution between logical and physical puzzles.

Anonymous rated this:
Played: 22.4.19 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

Hubster's 100th room!

Spanishfleas expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!

The staff behind Bewilder Box are the best I've come across. The enthusiasm and character development is brilliant, and very immersive. 

Angela Styles rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5

Reviews by escape room review sites

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.

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.

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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