Exciting Escapes Basingstoke: Banking On Trouble

By | March 20, 2019

by Exciting Escapes Basingstoke (website)

First Floor, Chiltern House, Feathers Yard, RG21 7AT

Basingstoke

2-5 players

60 minutes

2 copies
It is May, 1939 and as the problems on continental Europe mount, British Intelligence need the group to focus on a problem at home. They believe a city banker is providing funding and support to the Germans. They also believe he has specific knowledge about plans for a German incursion on to British soil.
Just what does this fiendish financier know?
We have two identical experiences. You can just play one or bring two teams and race!
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Rated between 3 and 3.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 12 users
combined with 1 pro review

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Brandon experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 19 Feb 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 51:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
Alwaysablast rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 4 Feb 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 50 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersive
Another great room from Exciting Escapes. Flowed well, plenty to make you think and plenty to do..
🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: August 2023
great hosting
JoeRaymond experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 4 Time taken: 37:31 Outcome: Successful escape!
🔐James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 27 Aug 2023 Team size: 00:56:55
great hosting

We are in another time zone here, looking to swap important documents for fake ones.  Once again the puzzles are mixture of logic and search based (including a couple that might defeat younger players as they have no concept of how it might work!).  Theming is good but there is a possibility of an insta-fail on the last puzzle so take care.

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 2 May 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 53:37 Outcome: Successful escape!
quite easy
Wesley Mead expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 4 Mar 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 45m Outcome: Successful escape!
story-driven
TeamHawley experienced rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Played: 7 Jan 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 53 Outcome: Successful escape!
plain
Mark Jackson experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 28 Apr 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 38:20
story-drivengreat hostingvery easy

Nice room, but very easy

Emma Macedo experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 19 Apr 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 44.59 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivestory-drivenquite easy
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As is not at all evident from the name, Banking on Trouble is set at the beginning of World War II, and your goal is to find information about a possible Nazi invasion of Britain - specifically, the landing place and time. The game's name is a reference to the fact that you're infiltrating the office of a traitorous City banker to find this information. (If you find use of Nazi symbolism distasteful, be warned that you may encounter some in this game.)

Banking on Trouble follows the well-establ...

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