Escape From The Room: Return of Old Maid Milly

Sadly this room was a real let down.  We have done 7 or 8 of these guys rooms at Epsom, Wallington, Horton Park and Sevenoaks and this was the worst by far.  Some of the others are great games (Crabheel, Aviary of Spies, Hex) and I just don't see how this game fitted with everything else they have produced.  I did the Maid Milly game at Horton Park and that was great, I liked the theme and set a lot, it was just too easy.  But this game was very cheaply built and lacked any character, it was very very home built DIY/bodged. 

Did'nt think the GM was very good either.  We got sooooo many clues and prompts which as an experienced team of 100 games each was'nt really needed and the clues also interupt the flow as you have to go back onto room one and read off a mirror.  Also, we spent ages opening a lock when we clearly had the correct code and in the end we had to pass it through a hatch to be opened as it had a tough padlock on it.  Sorry but we had the correct code and it should have been spotted there was an issue sooner.  

Do the other games at their venues but avoid this one as it seems sub standard!

Showing its age now, took a chunk out of my finger on an exposed screw on a botched repair.

A relatively creepy room using all of the tropes you might expect of a haunting of this nature.  We had a couple of reset/prop fails in this room but it didn't impede our process too much.  Clue system was in keeping with the room and we only needed them for out search fails.  As someone else has noted, this is more of a scooby doo room than outright scares.

Scooby doo horror rather than out and out horror. A few jump scares but nothing too extreme. The second half puzzles were a bit more invovled than the first and had some clever uses of the space (no spoilers). Traditional room done very well!

A good game with little scares throughout to keep you on your toes. A good range of puzzles from logic, practical, teamwork and communication. There is a fair amount of back and forth so don't be scared to go back into the first room. A good venue with an array of games to play.