Clue HQ Birmingham: Core

By | July 29, 2019
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by Clue HQ Birmingham (website)

Arches 20 & 21, Lionel Street, B3 1AG

Birmingham

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

closed
3 copies
Atomax, the largest nuclear power plant in the world, is fully automated and operates under the watchful eye of the popular government program “A.I.9”. Upon being announced, the tabloids heralded the plant as ‘a mistake’ claiming it to be ‘the next Chernobyl’. Twelve minutes ago, the nuclear cores temperature spiked and is now well on it’s way to initiating a full meltdown. You’re our last hope. Can you cool off the CORE?
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ashpf experienced rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Failed 🙁
abooth expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
MerseyMarauders expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingfamily friendly
essentialatom experienced rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 20 Aug 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 50 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
broken tech

We suffered tech problems with this game in addition to a long wait for it to start, and we weren't crazy about the game design either. A shame because the other games at ClueHQ Birmingham have been great. But these things happen and we were offered a free game to make up for it. 

Wesley Mead expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 22 Aug 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 49m30s Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techgreat hosting
Adam S experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 28 Feb 2020 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
very easy
Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Siân O'Brien experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 12/10/2019 Team size: 4 Time taken: 60:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

We escaped... Debatably. We were there to test the game, so having worked out all the puzzles and through some technical issues, we were apparently the first team to complete this room. Based on our feedback to them I can only assume they made radical changes, as I've since seen a lot of photos on Clue HQ's Facebook page of people escaping this room. When we did it, this was hands down the hardest room we had ever done. We're not terribly experienced - I've done about 10 - but this was definitely the toughest. 

A couple of potential spoilers, so you might not want to read further, but some people might be intrigued to know; there are no padlocks in this room! I think that's pretty cool. 

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