60out: Houdini

By | December 27, 2020

by 60out (website)

1333 W Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Los Angeles

2-5 players

60 minutes

The world class, one-of-a-kind, escape room artist saw something in you! He saw talent and skill great enough to invite you to join his academy. But before joining Houdini's Academy, he wants to see your work on display in the flesh. Demonstrate that you can get out of the trickiest of situations, and that you can speak the language of a true escape artist. There's a bright future ahead for you and a lucky few if you can just show him what you've got!
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Houdini is a prison escape game with a twist. The briefing describes how Houdini himself is the only prisoner to escape this jail, and you need to beat his escape time of 60 minutes to prove yourself worthy of joining the great man on tour. Also, there's something about a theatre performance. That might sound a bit incoherent, and I can't say the plot makes a whole lot of sense on paper, but it worked much better in practice than that suggests. It took a standard jail escape scenario and mixed i...

L'enseigne Phobia de Paris s'est specialisée dans une ambiance quelque peu sombre, mystérieuse et mystique. Dans cette salle on nous emmène dans un milieu plutôt magique! Lors de notre arrivée dans l'enseigne on boit un peu d'eau et notre MJ vient nous chercher, nous empêche de regarder à notre entrée dans la pièce et tout à coup ca devient hyper impressionnant (pour moi du moins), plein de MJs (4) viennent nous chercher,...

Houdini delivers exactly what you'd expect from Claustrophobia rooms. Beautifully appointed rooms with linear puzzles, a strong focus on storytelling (if not always entirely coherent) and a great element of surprise. The moments that will definitely stay in our minds here is the game's start and the integrated larger "stage trick". We recommend a maximum of 3 players.

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