Mindworks Escape Rooms: Trapped For Cash

By | August 4, 2021

by Mindworks Escape Rooms (website)

26 Guildbourne Centre, BN11 1LZ

Worthing

4-8 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

You're the contestants on the last ever episode of the smash hit 90s TV game-show, Strapped For Cash, the only show where solving puzzles can earn you big money!

Can you escape the final round to walk away with the cash?* Featuring everyone's favourite AI game show host, Rich Goldman!
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based on ratings from 15 users

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πŸ”James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 4 Jan 2025 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techfunnygreat hosting

This is a fabulous game and worth the trip to Worthing!  You are participants in a game show where the objective is to win the most money (or is it...)  This is a puzzle fest but each puzzle is chosen for you at random, complete that one and move onto the next, you can be working on multiple puzzles at once as some puzzles are really only solvable by one person.

Our host was Olive who was excellent throughout and kept up the suitable frenetic energy continuously.  This may not be the best puzzle fest game but it's very much worth your time with a fun spin on a format.

Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
originalgreat hostingintensequite difficult

A very well executed "collection" game. Well worth the travel to visit.

ratsontour expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 11 Nov 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 53.48 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalfunnygreat hosting
Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 20 Aug 2024 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalcleverimmersive

What a game! Stacks to do, well-designed puzzles and soooo much fun!

We loved the concept, loved the hosting, loved the wacky hullabaloo of the whole experience; it's a puzzle-fest that will result in a slightly different game every time you play and I'd happily walk right back in and play it all over again.

goyinghome experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 27 Apr 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 50 Β£120,000 Outcome: Successful escape!
funnyclevergreat hosting
Because it's done under the auspices of a gameshow, and you win money, and trade for clues etc it does make for good pacing, there's no lulls and as others have mentioned it seems much more fun than an average escape room. Inventive puzzles and great hosting, also helps! 
A Blacksmith expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 29 Mar 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 52:36 - Β£166k Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingepic
Simply brilliant. Olive (GM) was fantastic and she really added to the experience. I would highly recommend this room to anyone, it's very much unique room (theming) but brilliantly executed. This easily jumped into our top 10 list, and possibly even in out top 5.
amywoof rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 4 Feb 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 51.48 (Β£107,679) Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivegreat hosting
Really fun set up. We’ve never done an escape room in this style before, lots of modular puzzles, but we really enjoyed it. We did it with just two people, it’s recommended for 4 but the style of play means it’s manageable with fewer players and is adaptive to your level of skill. There was a really good variety of puzzles which could make it re-playable. Olive, the host, was brilliant. We’d really recommend this game!
benny1664 experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 19 Jan 2024 Team size: 5 Time taken: 57 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalfunnyimmersive
This room is great and goes straight into my top 10 from 75 rooms I have done.  Its well themed, funny and puzzles have a good variety.  Really like the whole concept as it is a little different to the norm.

We played as a 5 and that was fine.  I think it would happily take 4 - 6 people and still give a good game even for enthusiasts.

Really really enjoyed it!  Well done!
katrs rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
funnystory-drivengreat hosting
HazelChester rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
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