by Mystery City Amsterdam (website)
Languages: EN
120 mins
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On May 10, 1940, the Netherlands was invaded by the Nazis. Within hours, a secret mission was undertaken to prevent the city’s priceless cache of industrial diamonds from falling into Nazi hands. Five years later, Amsterdam celebrates liberation. But you have one final mission: Discover what happened to the diamonds. Follow the trail left by the Dutch resistance to discover this true story!
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Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:
Played: 27th May 2024 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Looking for a gentle, historical game for two, we booked this through Sherlocked and - as it turns out - felt like we uncovered quite the gem.
We've done quite a few outdoor games that follow a trail of clues round the city and most of them involve a smartphone: they are always fun and give us an insight into a new city, which is the primary appeal. For Mystery City, however, you can do away with the phone and just immerse yourself in the history of somewhere for an hour or two.
We picked up a bag at the HQ (from a delightful GM who spoke excellent English and who explained our quest to us); the bag was full of kitsch vintage tins (as befitting our WW2 themed quest) that were padlocked and the tins were accompanied with a journal to help us on our way.
The quest required us to use a wide variety of landmarks around the old Jewish quarter, coupled with the absolutely lovely resources and clues in our bag. Not only did we get to explore a wonderful part of Amsterdam that we had not seen before but everything in our quest was absolutely rooted in real local history. The puzzles were gorgeous and multi-layered at times but were never off-kilter or ambiguous.
This is just what a city trail/outdoor escape quest should look like: made with care, rooted in history and full of delightful puzzles... And we even got a metal pin at the end as our reward for solving the mystery.
We've done quite a few outdoor games that follow a trail of clues round the city and most of them involve a smartphone: they are always fun and give us an insight into a new city, which is the primary appeal. For Mystery City, however, you can do away with the phone and just immerse yourself in the history of somewhere for an hour or two.
We picked up a bag at the HQ (from a delightful GM who spoke excellent English and who explained our quest to us); the bag was full of kitsch vintage tins (as befitting our WW2 themed quest) that were padlocked and the tins were accompanied with a journal to help us on our way.
The quest required us to use a wide variety of landmarks around the old Jewish quarter, coupled with the absolutely lovely resources and clues in our bag. Not only did we get to explore a wonderful part of Amsterdam that we had not seen before but everything in our quest was absolutely rooted in real local history. The puzzles were gorgeous and multi-layered at times but were never off-kilter or ambiguous.
This is just what a city trail/outdoor escape quest should look like: made with care, rooted in history and full of delightful puzzles... And we even got a metal pin at the end as our reward for solving the mystery.