Escape Coalville: Jane Doe

By | August 11, 2021

by Escape Coalville (website)

Marlene Reid Centre, 85 Belvoir Rd, Coalville LE67 3PH

Coalville

2-4 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

A participant in a local sporting event has been brought to you following their collapse. They have no ID and you only have the events medical records to work from.

You have 60 minutes to identify Jane Doe before her time runs out

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spbc expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 17 Apr 2022 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalfunnot enough to do
Team Tonks experienced rated this:Rated between 1.5 and 1.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
plainquite easy

We thought the idea of it being in an ambulance would make it really interesting but instead it was just random bags you had to unlock. Because of the small space it was very chaotic as the floor was covered in props and used locks. The idea was you had to find out who the patient was but this was quite easy. I think it needed more to it than just being in the back of the ambulance. 

jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 5 Aug 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 41:07 Outcome: Successful escape!

Some really lovely ideas in this game with a naturally unique setting. We found the flow for this game to be a little off due to some difficult searches (purely a taste thing) but the puzzles themselves were enjoyable and made clever use of the cab space in the ambulance. 

πŸ”James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 24/07/2022 Team size: 3 Outcome: Failed πŸ™

It's always interesting when you play an Escape Room and it's not actually a room, having played escape games in a prison van this then attracted some interest. Its also worth noting, you don't have to escape as such, this is a logic deduction puzzle that you can only solve when you've solved the other puzzles around. It's also worth noting that you only get one chance to correctly identify the solution or its an insta-fail.

Gameplay is relatively linear From puzzle to puzzle but some of the puzzles can be oblique in nature and not overly well sign posted as to what you have to do to progress. There are some good ideas here in a potentially interesting environment but I think the game as it stands lets it down.

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  • Midlands games to play by πŸ†Annagramma expert

    For those who want to get together for some games. Try and keep them north of Oxford and south of Manchester but outliers are ok if we all want to do them!

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