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Now open in Exeter: Mission Escape

Mission Escape keysExeter might just be the next new hotbed of exit game action. This site has mentioned the forthcoming exit game being produced by Red House Mysteries that’s set to open around Hallowe’en; as it turns out, it won’t be first game to open in Exeter for Mission Escape has beaten them to it, with their first paying customers today after posting photos from a couple of test teams.

Mission Escape is opening with two games, both of which have 60-minute time limits and can cope with teams of up to eight players. Sensory Objective is the name of the first room. Jumbling the description slightly, “You have been given a secret mission to discover the code of the room. Using your senses can you fulfil the mission to escape? Use your time wisely to unfold the message of the room. It’s just a room after all!” A room that can engage the senses that most other rooms cannot reach would be a rarity and a valuable addition.

Alternatively, in Bacterium, the second room, “You have been imprisoned in the deadly chemical factory of Kitama. You have to discover the formula of the most lethal poison ever made and make your escape without being detected by the Bacterium guards.” Sounds like you wouldn’t want to hang around there too long whether there were guards or not.

The price is attractive; teams of three pay £16 per player, teams of four £15 per player and so on up to teams of eight who pay just £11 each. That said, some of the early team photos show teams of two so perhaps that might be an option as well!

Mid-July news

Rolled-up newspaperA jumble of short news stories this time:

  • After recently moving to Caledonian Road, clueQuest have opened two more “Plan 52” rooms between Thursdays and Sundays, to go with their first two open daily. Additionally, they have released plans to expand further with a new game, Revenge of the Sheep; a trailer video reveals a little more. There’s still one free trial spot left for 3:30pm on Wednesday; apply via their Facebook page.
  • Tomorrow is the second Tuesday of the month, which makes it Puzzled Pint day around the world, notably in London. This month represents the fifth anniversary of the event starting and the theme reflects its Portland origin. Solve the latest location puzzle to find out where the London East and London West groups will be meeting. London East has a few spaces left (tickets are free, but run out to limit numbers) – London West has no limits other than those imposed by the space of the bar.
  • As previously discussed, there are still a few hours left to take part in the UK Puzzle Association‘s annual online UK sudoku championship. Start by 11:59pm tonight and you have two hours to solve as many of the sudoku and variants as you can, with the top two qualifying for the UK team for the World Sudoku Championship later in the year.
  • The Exeter Express and Echo had a news story a little while ago about an upcoming exit game there. If you’re in town, you might be interested in this Kickstarter campaign; the town had a pop-up board games café for three months in a temporary location and are now crowdfunding to set up for good. An exit game and a board game café would make for a very fun town.
  • Also as previously discussed, the Kickstarter campaign for Hyde only has three days to go, and the impressive £12,000 of pledges raised is sadly only about a quarter of what the campaign needs to fund. The creators have plans for a dark maze that they could make in practice with current technology this year; while it’s not the same thing, perhaps success there may help sell people on the concept for a second attempt to crowdfund while there isn’t a 500-pound gorilla being funded at the same time.