by Houdini's Escape Room Experience Dewsbury (website)
Unit 2, Located within Tenpin, Retail Park, Railway St, Dewsbury WF12 8EQ
2-4 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
The year is 1952, you have been convicted of multiple murders that you claim you're innocent of. With only an hour to go before your execution, surely it's too late for your brother to finally prove your innocence and save your life?
Can you escape your prison cell in the infamous Alcatraz before the guards come to take you to the electric chair?
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This was my favourite out of all the ones available at this location, but honestly that’s not saying much. The host was OK and the room was OK, it was the best of a bad bunch. My experience in general here has however put me off from going to any Houdini rooms in future.
This was a fun escape room to do with my friends - we managed (at the time) to get #2 on the leaderboard because the puzzles were logical and lead nicely into each other.
Pretty good with a couple of maintenances that need doing. An odd design that requires the GM to fire multiple visual cues, rather than having inputs. This means player feedback can be a bit hit and miss.
Good theming, decent production values.
Firs time took mum to escape room but she couldn’t see anything was so dark. They said the escape rate was super low but thought difficulty was quite standard. Still fun time and great experience
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When reviewing games I rarely say much about the venue outside the game itself. A polished intro or an enthusiastic welcome from the host can get the experience off to a good start, but for me at least is rarely a large factor in how I feel about a game afterwards. Houdini Escapes put so much effort into their hosting that it would be a crime not to mention it. Not only is their reception very nicely decorated with a first-rate selection of free drinks on offer, the briefing then takes place in ...
See also
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Southampton: Escape From Alcatraz (Southampton) (closed)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Southampton: Escape From Alcatraz (Southampton)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Cheshire Oaks: Escape From Alcatraz (Cheshire Oaks)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Southampton: Escape From Alcatraz (remote livestream) (not available)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Gloucester: Escape From Alcatraz (Gloucester)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Thurrock: Escape From Alcatraz (Purfleet) (closed)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Nottingham: Escape From Alcatraz (Nottingham)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Kingston-upon-Thames: Escape From Alcatraz (Kingston upon Thames)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Walsall: Escape From Alcatraz (Walsall)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Greenwich: Escape From Alcatraz (East London) (closed)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience York: Escape From Alcatraz (York)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Crewe: Escape From Alcatraz (Crewe)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Doncaster: Escape From Alcatraz (Doncaster)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Swindon: Escape From Alcatraz (Swindon)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Milton Keynes: Escape From Alcatraz (Milton Keynes)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Dundee: Escape From Alcatraz (Dundee)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Worcester: Escape From Alcatraz (Worcester)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Stafford: Escape From Alcatraz (Stafford)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Sheffield: Escape From Alcatraz (Sheffield)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Chester: Escape From Alcatraz (Chester)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Manchester Parrs Wood: Escape From Alcatraz (Manchester)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Chichester: Escape From Alcatraz (Chichester)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Derby: Escape From Alcatraz (Derby)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Swansea: Escape From Alcatraz (Swansea)
- Houdini's Escape Room Experience Manchester Harpurhey: Escape From Alcatraz (Harpurhey)