Sherlocked: The Architect

This room was so fun. Quite a big space but apparently the smallest of their rooms, plenty to do but in a satisfyingly linear way. Some surprises. Overall so fun! 

Quite a historical building, but the game didn't quite live up to the promise. Badly designed and worn sound puzzles and one puzzle where you couldn't solve something if you moved a thing that was natural to move. We had to take a hint on that one. We got lucky on the puzzle that required outside knowledge of smells. 

We did not have a good time, but can see how others could if they clicked more with the puzzles and did not move what should not be moved. The room was absolutely beautiful and felt very historical, because of the building it was in. Also the location was convenient near the Amsterdam Centraal.  We also played their other room The Vault and while that was a bit worn, it was a nice and beautiful room.

The more puzzle heavy of the two experiences from Sherlocked. All extremely well crafted and had some great moments even for such an old game. Great ending too!

The space here is really large and unique but feels somewhat empty and under-utilised. Some puzzles were really clever, but a lot revolved around following instructions and searching for things. Basically spent a lot of the game feeling somewhat lost and like I wasn't doing much. There was a nice finale to the game and section that involved some good communication, although when we exited the game and had to wait a while before the GM arrived. The GM herself was lovely and very chatty. It's a good game with a lovely set, but you'd probably enjoy it more with fewer players as there didn't feel like there were many puzzles