Clue Cracker: Jail Break

By | March 20, 2019

by Clue Cracker

Margate

60 minutes

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Overall rating

Rated 3.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 24 users
combined with 4 pro reviews

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Nichola Morrison experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
d.green26 expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 25 Feb 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 55 Outcome: Successful escape!
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FranklyOscar experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Ben Bailey experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 8/7/2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 55:26 Outcome: Successful escape!
Shane Craig Gausden experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
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🌡Juliette B expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 14 Nov 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Thoroughly enjoyed this game. Plenty of puzzles, cohesive story and found it very immersive. Excellent GM. Shame the clue system is not a little more customisable - would prefer a two way system so as to avoid getting an answer when you want more of a nudge - but also see that the way it has been set up helps to keep the immersion. Good fun. 

Ronnie Meade experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 15 Aug 2020 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersive

By no means is the lower rating given mean that this is not a worthy escape room, it just doesn't compete with the likes of Diamond Dogs and the jewel in the crown that is Temple Quest! A well thought out room with good puzzles and themeing. 

πŸ”James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 28/11/2021 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
Some games you just 'click' with and some you don't, I didn't with this and Prison Breaks is usually one of my go to themes.  Puzzles are on point well and the room theming is quite good.  I'm not sure why I couldn't get on with it when I enjoyed their other games.
🦑cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5

Nicely themed jail break, with a good range of puzzles and good hosting. Its an oldie but its still a fun room. 

Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 2 Nov 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 54:11 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Back in 2016, before there were any permanent escape room venues in Margate, Clue Cracker ran a six week pop up game there named Jailbreak. Three years on, the same company are back with a revamped version of that game, now at a permanent location in Tunbridge Wells, attached to a pub. (I’m always surprised more escape venues don’t do this, since the first thing many teams want to do after playing a game is sit down and discuss it over a meal and a drink.)

Clue Cracker’s 2016 pop up gathered ve...

We don’t normally detour to venues with just one room, but as we’d heard good things about Jail Break at Clue Cracker we decided to make an exception and swing by Tunbridge Wells - it was worth it.
This is a room not to be missed. With the combination of superb attention to detail, a massive array of puzzles, the intensity of the game play and the passion from the team, the team at Clue Cracker have hit the jackpot with this game!

Impressive work from a company opening their first permanent room. Worth a trip if you are in the area (and if you are not in the area as well to be honest)

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