Bewilder Box: The Bewilder Box Initiative

By | October 27, 2022

by Bewilder Box (website)

1 Holland Road, BN3 1JF

Brighton

2-8 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

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You and your team are new recruits, tasked with completing the Bewilder Box assessment and locating the missing Dr Wilder Sr. Do you have what it takes to answer this unfathomable challenge with a hearty laugh and a self-assured thumbs up? Can you complete the various tasks, challenges and brain tickling puzzles before the time limit expires? Will you uncover the secret of Dr Wilder Sr’s mysterious disappearance back in 1989? You have 60 minutes to find out… Good luck.
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based on ratings from 35 users
combined with 8 pro reviews

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Darragh Briscomb rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 6 Time taken: 45 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivengreat hosting

I loved this escape room and not just because they give you a robot to look after before you start.

Peter Hoare experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 11 May 2026 Team size: 2 Time taken: 59.30 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivengreat hostingquite easy

A nice room, relatively high tech, everything worked well, and well hosted. 

lostinthewoods rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 1 Sep 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 47:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-driven😨creepy

The story made the escape room, as the theming and production was brilliant. One of us found this slightly creepy at points, but the challenges were clever and in a couple of cases totally unique.  We received a couple of hints we didn't want or need, as we had plenty of time left.  Recommend.  Room 9 for us!

Fancy Chickens experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 11 Aug 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 47
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RedPandaPepper expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
d.green26 expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 4 May 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 48 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingfamily friendlyquite easy
A Blacksmith expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2
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🤘The Pick of Destiny expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2
Ratchel experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
essentialatom experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 13 Oct 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 42:53 Outcome: Successful escape!
clevergreat hosting

A good variety of clever and satisfying puzzles, with a well-integrated method of delivering hints in the DAVE character. The intro speech did drag on a bit - as dedicated (and deeply, deeply in character) as our host was, it could have stood to have been rather shorter! But once we got into the room, we had a fantastic time. 

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I am of course late to the party here - anyone with sufficient interest in escape games to read this site regularly is likely well aware that Bewilder Box in Brighton has a sterling reputation, frequently appearing in enthusiasts' lists of favourite games. But better late than never, and I was delighted to get a chance to finally try it out.

The Bewilder Box Initiative is hosted in a pub, and instead of a normal lobby area you sit down and wait to be collected. You'll have no trouble spotting t...

If you’re like us, and putting off a visit to Bewilder Box, stop right now, and find the time to just do it! The Bewilder Box Initiative instantly became a favourite of ours
That rare gem - a room genuinely worth travelling for. Excellent introduction, games masters, puzzles and theming combined to make this a really enjoyable game.
We have to complete the Bewilder Box assessment and locate the missing Dr Wilder Sr in this escape room above a pub in Brighton.
Attention to detail. It’s often what separates a good game from a great game. If you’ve seen any of the publicity around Bewilder Box, they make a point of featuring Hugo Myatt in the briefing videos for the game – Hugo played Treguard on 90s kids TV show Knightmare and so holds a special place in the hearts of those of us a certain age. It’s a good start already: niche nerd appeal plus the fact they’ve actually gone to the effort of hiring an actor rather than having the owner put on some cringe-worthy performance for the camera.

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