It’s a Bank Holiday weekend in Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Two days ago, there was an attempted Robbery on Wells & Sons Jewellers by a local gang named ‘The Diamond Dogs’, led by Terry ‘The T-Bone’ Steak. The deadly gang were planning to lift the famous and rare Montogomery Diamond.
Unfortunately, the thieves got spooked halfway through the heist by a keen and suspicious security guard, so they fled the scene with the intention to return before the Bank Holiday weekend is over.
However, some of the gang have got cold feet, so now Terry has called you with a deal you can’t refuse: Get him the Royal Diamond and you can loot for yourselves whatever you can get your hands on!
Do you have the ingenuity to execute this meticulously designed heist, cracking the security system, breaking through the vault, avoiding capture by the police, and escaping with the famous Montogomery Diamond? Choose your gang wisely - one wrong move and the plan is foiled!
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Played: 15 Aug 2020Team size: 2Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersiveintense
Impressive start to immerse you straight in to the story and characters of diamond thieves. The room flows well with the story and has an intense ending where you have the opportunity to empty out every safe... Extremely fun room
Great adventure to play as there is a lot to do, loved the start of the game - its a great way to get the adrenaline flowing and hype you up for the heist.
The narrative progresses well, but there are areas which are quite small, which made searching and moving a little problematical, we had lots of "can I just get through there" and "can I squeeze past" moments. But this didn't distract us from the mission too much and we loved the fast-paced finale which gives a most satisfying conclusion to the adventure.
Robberies is one of great themes of Escape Rooms, a great start turns into a tricky series of puzzles that tests a lot of different skills (particularly search and observation), there is an element of point scoring that other rooms have implemented but its more of an afterthought,a great finale rounds out the experience.
Played: 15 Jan 2022Team size: 4Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivestory-driven
In 50 games this one has shot up into the top 3. We loved the theming and everything about the game. Great puzzles, totally on theme and the finishing touches here are amazing.
Played: 12 May 2021Team size: 2Outcome: Successful escape!
funnystory-drivengreat hosting
Diamond Dogs is great! The start of the game is brilliant and sets the tone for the rest of the experience. Great humour and interaction with the games master throughout, coupled with a logical flow to the game and puzzles, results in a memorable escape room that is in my top 3 games. Go and play!
A brilliant game with great immersion and really fun puzzles. The start of the game was particularly good and the ending was suitable intense. Fantastic hosting as always from Clue Cracker, highly recommended
Team size: 5Time taken: 60Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverstory-drivengreat hostingquite difficult
The set on this is fantastic- within the first minute you are 100% sold in the story. Great variety of tasks but I personally ground this one the trickier of the 4 rooms. Still amazing though.
Played: 29 Nov 2023Team size: 2Time taken: 58Outcome: Successful escape!
originalstory-drivengreat hosting
The third room of the day at clue cracker and just as good as the other two. I realise that diamond heist theme is quite common, but I have not done one before, and it feels to me like this one will be hard to beat.
The puzzles all make sense, not too obvious but when you get it, you know youre on the right track. The hosting was great, immersive and well themed. Great ending too. Again similar to the other rooms, some great hidden technology that you don't know is there until it starts doing its thing, and it was always a nice surprise every time.
Really enjoyed this and can't wait to get back to play more rooms here. Very cool immersive game, with a high energy ending. GMs absolutely on point too.
Played: 2 Jun 2023Team size: 2Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulcleverimmersive
Theatrics, special effects, superb hosting from our GM, adrenaline, fantastic puzzles... I could go on! This was so immersive and provided so much enjoyment, challenge and squeals of delight from both of us. A perfect combination of physical and mental challenges puts this up there as one of our favourite games ever.
Played: 15 Feb 2023Time taken: 59Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverstory-drivenintense
The start and storey telling in this game were epic. As a heist style escape room it had a large amount of padlocks but the puzzles were varied. It was a little intense as we did it back to back with temple quest. I would do them the other way round if doing both. Would definitely recommend clue cracker.
Played: 26 Nov 2022Team size: 2Time taken: 58:32Outcome: Successful escape!
originalfunnyimmersive
Had GREAT fun playing this game. Clue Cracker are great at getting you into the mood from the outset and keeping it going. Excellent hosting. Small footprint but they get a lot out of it - some genuine adrenaline going by the end!
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There are many things to love about Clue Cracker's heist game Diamond Dogs, but I can't deny that what really made it for me was the opening sequence. Immersive, playful and gloriously silly, it's a fantastic start to an excellent game.
There are tentative narrative links between this game and the venue's original Jailbreak, though to most intents and purposes they're entirely separate games. Your mission in this one is to rob a jewellery shop, with rules that enthusiasts may have seen in simil...
Diamond Dogs has shown that it’s true you should never judge a book by its cover, proving that a heist game can be adrenaline-fuelled, immersive and exciting; full of twists and turns, inventive puzzles, and with a strong story. TL; DR - this game is fantastic
Our time (played as a two) of four seconds remaining will give you a much better idea than any description could!
On Sunday we headed to Tunbridge Wells to partake in a heist. Yes, you read that right, a heist. We joined Terry T-Bone and his crew at Clue Cracker to steal the Montgomery Diamond in The Diamond Dogs escape room. We arrived earlier than planned but we were greeted by our host and GM Luke. He explained about the room and told us about the diamond. He then led us upstairs and into the room.
In short, this prequel to the Jail Break game hits a home run (if you can combine the two games in one day I would highly recommend it!). All in all, our checklist for a great room has been ticked playing this one. Great puzzles, brilliantly atmospheric, subtle use of humour and a great flow, make this a room not to be missed. Its SAFE to say you'll love it!
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