We wouldn’t recommend this room for a group’s very first escape room (there are rooms with lower difficulty at Mastermind), but if you want a well-constructed challenge to test your whole team, add Outbreak: Find the Cure to your list. There weren’t any big “wow” moments like other rooms at Mastermind but the variety and challenge of the puzzles were enough to keep us motivated. While most of the puzzles were right on with the science/lab scenario, there were a few that were a little out of place and random (I call these “puzzles for puzzles’ sake”), but these were few and far between.Īll in all our team had a great time in Outbreak. There were some high tech locks that we had not seen before, so a quick lock tutorial at the start may have been beneficial but we figured it out in the end. Our experienced team is well aware of our strengths (and weaknesses), and we love rooms where everyone’s skill is utilized. Your team will need math, logic, problem solving and critical thinking. After the initial video, our group quickly forgot our “mission” and focused mainly on puzzle solving.Īside from that, the puzzles were thematic, challenging and utilized a wide variety of skills. A few atmospheric changes would be helpful to remind players of the danger and intrigue behind the theme. Our main goal wasn’t to “find the cure”, but simply to find the final code and escape. All that aside, we truly appreciated the innovation and ease of the clue system.Īs the Escape begins, our lab door closes and immediately our video informs us that a virus has been accidently released, and we must find the cure and escape the lab! Unfortunately, that was the only really mission-oriented aspect of the room, so it didn’t create enough of a sense of urgency and panic. We can take pride in our own scores, but it would be beneficial to track that balance when recording records. It doesn’t seem to matter if you escape the room with 90 points or with none. Also, as the hyper-competitive group we are, we would have liked to see some incentive for not using our points. This took down our “We Escaped!” thrill a notch from our having to stop the clock ourselves. The first was when entering the final code to exit the room, we had to pause our excitement and input the same code in the iPad to stop the clock. While we were thoroughly intrigued by this new format, we did see some drawbacks. You are given 100 points to spend, with Hard Clues costing 10 points each and Easy Clues costing 20. Each icon gives you the option of an Easy Clue (pretty much telling you exactly how to solve it) or a Hard Clue (a bit more cryptic but helpful hint to point you in the right direction). Instead of our Game Master giving us clues when requested, we were given an iPad with several icons, each correlated to a particular puzzle. One new aspect we found with Mastermind was the innovative clue system. Every part of the room was on theme and nothing seemed out of place. He took us to our room, and we were greeted with a bright, open science lab surrounded by colorful flasks, beakers and test tubes. We shared the lobby with a large group and the single employee handled each group with full control and organization. Our Game Master was professional, friendly and welcoming. It’s a refreshing way to get your practice in before the real work begins! You start on the left and work your way down the wall to the final box to unlock. Visitors will have the standard lobby chess set and hands-on puzzles to entertain them, but the highlight of the room is the Wall of Locks that you solve in succession. The lobby of Mastermind Escape Games is very spacious and cleverly decorated. Signage is limited to the doors and window, so trust your GPS and be on the lookout for the “We Buy Gold” sign! Once you’ve found it, head in the building and down the stairs. They’ve set up shop in the bottom floor of a We Buy Gold store, which makes it a bit tricky to find. I update the list in batches, so if the number here is lower than my current total, an update is forthcoming.Mastermind Escape Games is located in south Johnson County, right off of 69 Highway and 151st Street. Home games / video games are not included in this list. I included a handful of online experiences for which there was an active game master guiding the experience. I did not always track the date of each game played and reconstructed some of the earlier dates by searching receipts and confirmation emails. Note that the default order is the order in which I played the games. I will be adding hyperlinks to my commentary on each room in the near future. The below table shows all real life escape rooms I’ve played.
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