Exciting Escapes Croydon: A Hidden Past

By | October 30, 2019
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by Exciting Escapes Croydon (website)

Grants Entertainment Centre, 12 Middle Street, CR0 1RE

Croydon

3-7 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

closing soon
2 copies
The year is 1957, the Cold War is compromising domestic and international relations and dark secrets are surfacing from even the most innocuous places. British Intelligence have captured a spy from his flat in Croydon – whilst they interrogate, you must investigate.
Everyone has skeletons in their closet but some are bigger than others. Can you uncover his secret before enemy agents arrive to clean up the mess – you included!
This is a great introductory experience if you haven’t played an Escape Room before.
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based on ratings from 11 users
combined with 2 pro reviews

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SupertrampEcho experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 21 Oct 2024 Outcome: Successful escape!
🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Alwaysablast experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 19 Nov 2023 Team size: 3 Time taken: 44m Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivegreat hosting

Absolutely fantastic room, flowed really well, clever theme with some challenging puzzles but nothing illogical. Really enjoyed.

JoeRaymond experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
🔐James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 27 Aug 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 00:58:23 Outcome: Successful escape!
quite difficult

I would say this is the hardest game at this venue with some tricky puzzles, I think we had the most clues of any game we played here.  Mostly we had search fails as they are some tricky search puzzles to find the items you need to progress.  Once again, theming and scenography were on point and the puzzles were mostly relatively straight forward in execution.

Wesley Mead expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 5 Mar 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 56m Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulgreat hosting
TeamHawley experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersive
ratsontour expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 13 Nov 2021 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
Emma Macedo experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 5th April 2018 Team size: 2 Time taken: 55:16
story-driven
MightyMidds experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Despite a welcoming host and a good video briefing, I started this game expecting it to be average at best. First impressions didn't help much: it's set in a flat that looks not just authentically old-fashioned but downright dowdy. And I looked around and thought, okay, here are some basic hidden number puzzles, and there some puzzles that might as well be in a puzzle magazine, slapped on the wall without connection to theme or story. I went from that negative initial impression to pretty much c...

reviewed in Southampton
A gentle room which would be perfect for beginners and still plenty of fun for enthusiasts. Solid, logical puzzles and a little bit of story but the real strong point was the immersion - with a house that felt genuine and background music that washed over you throughout the game.
reviewed in Southampton
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