Lord Barrington Smyth is being blackmailed, we've identified the culprit as dodgy Birmingham private investigator Doug Spade. We need a crack team to enter Spade's office in the heart of the Jewellery Quarter, locate the evidence he is using to blackmail Lord Barrington, and escape before Spade returns... Are you up for the challenge?
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Played: 17 Jun 2023Time taken: 00:45:18Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingfamily friendly
This was the first game at this venue and it does show to a degree. That's not to take anything away from the puzzles of the game! Normally I hate map puzzles but this was a clever idea and I think worked well. Theming is good and the puzzles, whilst old in concept can still trip you up and send you down the wrong path if yo are not paying attention. Recommend you play this first as a warmup game!
Played: 20 Feb 2022Team size: 2Time taken: 46:45Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneygreat hosting
Brilliant room with lovely hosts!
Standard office set up, with a second room to be unlocked.
Lots of items to find and use and not always immediately obvious what you need something for! We had cracked one clue, but then we came to need it we forgot that we'd come across it as there's lots of bits and bobs to figure out and use.
The clue system of the screen is very handy - I sometimes find walkie talkies etc difficult to hear or understand so to have the clues on screen was very handy (although the only clues we used were because we just hadn't searched thoroughly enough!)
None of the puzzles were too tricky but would still maybe be a little too much for a complete newbie.
