Tulleys Escape Rooms & Games: Dodge City

By | March 20, 2019

by Tulleys Escape Rooms & Games (website)

Turners Hill Road, Turners Hill, RH10 4PE

Crawley

2-8 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Dodge City in 2127 remains a stronghold of the wild west. The constant tussle between the Sheriff and local gunslingers means there’s opportunity abound for some creative bank robbery for those with wits and courage.
As a member of the Notorious ‘Barn Door’ Gang you’ve been caught by the local sheriff breaking into the bank. Locked away with little hope, hired by an unnamed outlaw and facing the ruthless justice of the old west you’re left with only one option.
As the sun sets the race is on to break out, reclaim your supplies, pull off the bank job of the century and get out of Dodge City.
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Rated between 4 and 5 out of 5

based on ratings from 49 users
combined with 8 pro reviews

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escapeartist1212 expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
beautifulcleverimmersive
Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
beautifulhi-techimmersivevery difficult

Dodge is the weakest of the Tulleys Rooms (not including the smaller games in the trailer outside). It's not a bad room by any means, just feels very sprawling and all over the place, in terms of theme, story and puzzles. The start is good, and then chaos unfurls as a larger area opens up and it dawns just how much there is to solve. Unlike Nethercott, it's challenging to split your group into multiple rooms which makes it challenging to progress in good time. The final puzzle is poor, which is unfortunate as it's a cool bit of tech, our GM had to open a side door to fix it for us mid game. 

Otherwise, the room design and build is great, plus the props are of a great quality. The shooting mechanic was cool but didn't feel it worked too well, and there were some screens that did nothing in game. A decent game, but doesn't compare to the other Tulleys rooms

Jo Keen-Roberts / Reptons experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivefamily friendlyepic
🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverintense

So much to do and all in such a relatively small space too (small for Tulleys!). This is a wonderful adventure in the old west where every single square inch of the area is used and the puzzles are both inventive and varied. The hosting was excellent with nudges coming just at the right point and a very speedy intervention when we had a prop issue. 
A simply marvellous room

🔐James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 27/11/2021 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersiveintense
Journey back to the old west (or was it forward, some of the posters seemed contradictory).  Theming is incredibly good, highly inventive use of space and some inspired puzzles.  It can seem a bit cramped at stages but this is another phenomenal game.
Joe Brown expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 2 Oct 2021 Team size: 4
Apart from a few powercuts getting in the way, we had a brilliant time with this room - or should I say rooms - there was tonnes to see and do here, felt like a really full action packed hour.
😺Lianne experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 13 Nov 2021 Team size: 5 Time taken: 60 Outcome: Failed 🙁
story-drivengreat hostingquite difficult

Another high quality and impressive scale room from Tulleys. Loved the theme and some of the clever puzzles and mechanics that fitted especially well with it.

Difficulty-wise we knew we were in for a tough time, especially as we didn't have our usual team. Though we didn't make it out before the hour, we really enjoyed the challenge of Dodge City. A word of advice -  I wouldn't attempt this room with fewer than 3-4 experienced players, because of the volume and scale of needs to be done. 

Our GM was fantastic - clear, helpful and positive both before and after the room. We'd previously had a disappointing experience with a GM in Outfitters, who gave us constant hints unprompted and we got out super early. Our GM here was much more balanced, only nudging us along a couple of times when we were nearer the end and clearly behind. IMO it's much more enjoyable to be given a chance to find and solve puzzles ourselves, even if we don't 'win' the overall game.

Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Team size: 2

Just left totally deflated. Played as a team of 2 couple of years ago before they extended the time. It was our 70th room having a 100% escape rate and we didn't even get half way. Games master handed us 50% off to try again but honestly felt like they knew 2 players couldn't complete it so to make a bit of money we'll let them try again.

Shame and  really put us off returning for other games. Just trying to make as much money as they can. 

MightyMidds experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 18 Oct 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 59 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverstory-drivengreat hostingquite difficult
ratsontour expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techepicquite difficult
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Reviews by escape room review sites

Dodge City is one of a small number of games that I deliberately played way after most enthusiasts had rushed to it, because expectations were high enough that it seemed worth saving for a suitable moment. I also wanted a larger team than usual. Where I choose to play most games with a team of two or three, Dodge was reputably only a little less tough than the infamous Nethercott Manor. We did in fact escape it in time, but with only a few minutes spare, and I was glad we’d brought the extra han...

A great experience that I’d highly recommend. As always with Tulleys’ games, there’s a beautiful, expansive set with plenty of logical puzzles to keep a larger team occupied. Aside from the slightly crowded moments early on and the not-very-relevant futuristic setting of the story, there’s really not much to find flaw with here.
Another beautiful Tulleys room but ultimately let down by reset issues. Give the room a try, but probably wait a while for them to get it running smoothly - we should have waited.

Dodge City was our first room…and one of their hardest! Immediately on entering it’s obvious how Tulley’s have earned their reputation – the set design is amazing and extremely immersive, and there are surprises throughout the game. Even as a hardened spotter of fake doors and moving bookshelves, I soon gave up trying to anticipate what was coming next.

Dodge City was quite the treat for us and a definite highlight in the greater London area. Nethercott Manor was a close second, perhaps due to the theme as we typically prefer light hearted games. We are happy to award Dodge City our highest rating of 5 gold stars! It's rare to see an escape room with so many things to accomplish in such an immense and wonderful environment!
We started the room in two groups. I really enjoy starting rooms this way, it’s real motivation to work things out as quickly as possible to get the group back together. The theming was definitely Wild West with a futuristic twist and a lot of thought had gone into the set up of this room.
There was so much to do in this escape and a massive variety of puzzles which made the experience very exciting! The space was massive and really well used with amazing scenery and theming. There was a great element of challenge to the puzzles in here, we really had to do some thinking to solve them. Overall, we just had so much fun in this room!

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