TimeTrap Escape Rooms: Curiouser And Curiouser

By | July 11, 2021

by TimeTrap Escape Rooms (website)

11 Friar Street, RG1 1DB​

0118 405 0074

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2-8 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

now closed

Remember Lewis Carroll, Professor Potch’s favourite author? Well, he’s in trouble — again! It’s now 1871, eight years after Carroll suffered an accident that threatened the existence of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and our intrepid time travelling volunteers were sent into his brain to help him remember all his ideas for finishing it.

This time around the problem isn’t a lack of ideas; it’s how to put them together. Carroll has come up against a pesky case of writer’s block while writing his second novel, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and it’s your job to fix it by travelling between regions of his brain and lighting the sparks of his imagination. Be quick about it, though! If you don’t manage to get rid of the block in time, Alice Through the Looking Glass will remain uncompleted…forever…

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based on ratings from 49 users
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🏆Annagramma expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 16 Mar 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 42:03 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalclevergreat hostingquite difficult
What a wonderful room! Such a great concept, lovely mix of puzzles and tasks, brilliant humour and some really lovely aha!s. I really hope this concept can be recreated somewhere when TimeTrap closes, as it was so enjoyable!  Lily was a wonderful GM and we genuinely grinned the whole way through. So well done.
PurpleB expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!

I've come to expect great rooms from TimeTrap and wasn't disappointed.  We did it as a 5 and we ended up smashing it and finishing very quickly.  But I think it just caught us on a good day and it's a normal difficulty room.

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 11 Mar 2023 Team size: 4 Time taken: 45mins Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenfamily friendlymagical

A room that was impressive and quirky in its decoration from the moment the door was opened. 

Lots and lots of different puzzles and a mixture of lock types kept things interesting. 

A room that would be fun for children and adults alike. 

We really enjoyed this room.

GM was great too, and the tech was spot on with everything working when it should.

A fun game

AubreyB expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalclevergreat hosting
Alex rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult

Found this room to be more difficult than the others as a pair due to its size and the number of tasks to accomplish. The room itself is beautifully decorated with some very clever touches that add to the immersion and feel of entering the mind of Charles Dodgson AKA Lewis Caroll. Some creative puzzles as ever and a very cleverly inserted and unobtrusive clue system.

matt_keds expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 23 Jan 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivestory-driven
Laura McGill expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 2 Jan 2022 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulcleverstory-driven
jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
originalcleverstory-driven

Very impressive use of space and love how everything links back to Lewis Carrol. You can tell the designers of the games at TimeTrap really do their research and ensure even the smallest of things are historically accurate.

As expected, a great variety of puzzles (including some designed by the man himself!) and some really fun physical elements too. Another excellent game from an excellent company.

Fancy Chickens rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
clevergreat hostingfamily friendly
Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalclever
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Reviews by escape room review sites

Curiouser and Curiouser is the sequel to Time Trap's previous game Imaginarium. There are any number of Alice in Wonderland rooms available, but Imaginarium was unusual in combining Wonderland theming with a section set inside Lewis Carroll's mind. The sequel doubles down on that, with the premise that the author is suffering from writer's block, and needs you to enter his mind and unlock his inspiration so that he can complete his second book.

The decor here is colourful and quirky, with sepia...

Another example of a beautifully assembled game by TimeTrap that was a joy to play. The puzzles were great and on theme, and the room itself was wonderful to interact with. Don’t worry if you didn’t play the prequel to this game, you’ll still have a great time.

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