by Exit Games Mol (website)
Statiestraat 71, 2400 Mol
2-6 players
Languages: EN, NL, FR
60 minutes
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Houdini is a prison escape game with a twist. The briefing describes how Houdini himself is the only prisoner to escape this jail, and you need to beat his escape time of 60 minutes to prove yourself worthy of joining the great man on tour. Also, there's something about a theatre performance. That might sound a bit incoherent, and I can't say the plot makes a whole lot of sense on paper, but it worked much better in practice than that suggests. It took a standard jail escape scenario and mixed i...
Houdini delivers exactly what you'd expect from Claustrophobia rooms. Beautifully appointed rooms with linear puzzles, a strong focus on storytelling (if not always entirely coherent) and a great element of surprise. The moments that will definitely stay in our minds here is the game's start and the integrated larger "stage trick". We recommend a maximum of 3 players.