The Codex: Prohibition

By | March 20, 2019

by The Codex (website)

Bucharest

2-6 players

60 minutes

Go back in time to “The Roaring 20’s”, across the ocean, in the capital city of the Mafia and infiltrate Al Capone’s gang.
To succeed, you must look like them, speak like them, act like them. Accomplish your mission and you’ll make it out alive. Fail and you’ll face some… permanent consequences.
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ChrisR rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 24 Sep 2021 Team size: 3 Time taken: 48 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Had a blast! We played the non-actor version (they told us the live performance is not available anymore) but the game was really fun.

Loved the fact that the puzzles were not only integrated in the story, but they were actually steps in the story themselves. Each puzzle had us doing something that brought us closer to our final goal (to steal the gangsters money and booze) and everything made a lot of sense in a prohibition bar from the 20s. Fun, clever, well designed and great atmosphere. The game master was very nice and added to the 'true feeling' of the game. 

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An important warning here: there are two versions of this game, with and without a live actor. We played the version with the actor, which is only available on Tuesdays and Thursdays; book any other day of the week and you'll get the version without. Personally I would recommend going for the version with the actor if at all possible, though I guess if immersive theatre isn't your thing and playing a role makes you uncomfortable that might be reason to go on a different day.

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The room is not very big but it is very well divided (we think a team of 3 is the best option). You will find suitable decor elements from the past that also act as puzzles. It was a pretty new theme and the design manages to match that. We would have liked some more detail though as it felt a little plain.

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