Exciting Escapes Croydon: Dark Deeds And Groceries

By | October 30, 2019

by Exciting Escapes Croydon (website)

Grants Entertainment Centre, 12 Middle Street, CR0 1RE

Croydon

60 minutes

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2For1 experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 3 Nov 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 54:19 Outcome: Successful escape!
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DoctorPB experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Lauren Haylock-Shanes rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 10 Oct 2020 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulgreat hostingquite difficult
🦑cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: August 2023
Stevie Davies expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: February 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 48m 51s Outcome: Successful escape!
illogical
Alwaysablast rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 19 Nov 2023 Team size: 3 Time taken: 49 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalgreat hosting

Good fun room. There was one puzzle in the room which we were able to solve out of order, which caused a bit of confusion later on, but otherwise very clever.

JoeRaymond experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
πŸ”James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 27 Aug 2023 Team size: 00:55:34 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingquite difficult

They say this is their most difficult room, I would say its not (but only by a slim margin) but there is a lot to do and some tricky searching to complete.

nearlyflippin experienced rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 31 Jul 2022 Team size: 6 Time taken: 46:51 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogical
Wesley Mead expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 5 Mar 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 47m Outcome: Successful escape!
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With three successful games under their belt at their Southampton branch, Exciting Escapes have expanded to a second branch in Basingstoke, with one copy of their original game plus two new ones. Dark Deeds is the first of those new games and has a 1920s theme, set in a grocery store that might be a front for illicit gambling and stolen goods.

An old-fashioned British grocery store is perhaps not the most glamorous setting for a game, gambling or no gambling. But the decor is solid and the them...

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