Marvo Mysteries: M.A.R.V.O. Induction

664 Christchurch Road

2-8 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

3 copies

What if Fairy Stories were more real than you ever imagined? If the power to destroy the world was hidden in a small trinket and that trinket had been lost to history, only remembered in an old bed time story. Would you try to recover it for the good of all?

Find out if you have what it takes to become a full M.A.R.V.O Agent!

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LouT rated this:

Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

clevergreat hostingfamily friendly

Really enjoyable game. Our team loved it especially the original puzzles. The host was super enthusiastic.

Jo Keen-Roberts / Reptons experienced rated this:

Played: 23 Aug 2022 Team size: 5 Time taken: 59 Outcome: Successful escape!

hi-techoriginalgreat hostingquite difficult

Definitely lived up to the reviews, however like others have said I think we were in 5th gear the entire time we had no idea of the storyline. This doesn't really bother us though. Felt quite chuffed to escape at their 41% success rate with an average of 8 clues when we only had 1 (we're usually terrible 😂)

Spanishfleas experienced rated this:

Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

Absolutely fantastic and worth a visit. The people behind this place are wonderful.

☕Joe Brown expert rated this:

Played: 05/08/17 Team size: 3

Great set, great tech really worth a play if you're in the area. Some impressive automation. Story was a little confusing and a couple puzzles weren't clear, but some great mechanics and clue delivery

furiouslycurious experienced rated this:

Was ok

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Lisa Cregg rated this:

Played: 28/10/20 Team size: 4 Time taken: 44 Outcome: Successful escape!

We ended a mini escape room holiday with Marvo’s and what a finale it was!

As soon as we got to the venue the high levels of detail and quality were event just from the shop front. The fun began immediately, having to follow the clues to the secret entrance where we were greeted by atmospheric music that set the tone for what was to come. The waiting area was a true feast for the eyes with a cacophony of film artefacts, building on the pending excitement for the room. Our games master, Lizzie, was clearly passionate about the business and made us feel very welcome.

Onto the room, we knew that Lizzie and her husband had designed all of it themselves and this made it even more impressive to us. The room was packed full of engaging puzzles; creative, logical, physical, etc. As well as this, the setting, props and automated mechanics were outstanding. As a drama teacher, I often friend the pre-escape instruction videos cringeworthy with poor acting, however, this was not the case, and it was further enhanced by the setting and projection technique. The narrative of the room was well thought through and clearly linked to all of the puzzles; what’s even better is that they are planning to extend the narrative with two future rooms!

After we complete an escape room, we always have a debrief and we are very critical. However, we were full of praise in our debrief, with the only niggle being a loose wire connection holding us back in one of the puzzles - absolutely minimal and it did not stop us from escaping.

We highly recommend this room and advise you to split up and communicate effectively with your team.

Escape Enthusiast expert rated this:

Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

cleverstory-drivenintense

A fantastic game with a great variety of puzzles and plenty of theatre. There's a lot of drama once the game progresses and the finale is something to behold. It's simply one of the best rooms in the uk. Engaging and enjoyable puzzles with a great theme to back them up. I can't wait for chapter 2!

abunai expert rated this:

Aesthetically very appealing. Certainly a must do for enthusiasts but not without its flaws (I really didn't understand the story).

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The holy grail of escape room theming is to make the players feel like they've been transported to a different place or time. Marvo delivers that, even from before the game itself starts.

After getting the initial basic game rules briefing out the way, you're led through a door into what feels like the sanctum of a secret society, where the proper briefing takes place. This takes place with the operator in character, and with the help of a high quality video briefing.

The decor progress...

A game that excels in almost every department - puzzles, story telling, automation, design, introduction and, of course, fun. One of the very best games I've played - if you're ever within striking distance of Bournemouth, do yourself a favour and head on down.

Don’t wait for a special occasion to play this game, get booked in now, you most definitely won’t regret it.

It’s fair to say there was a lot of pressure on Marvo. It was the reason for our trip to the south coast, a game that’s eluded us for a while by virtue of just being so far away, yet spoken about in hushed (or sometimes very loud) tones by fellow bloggers as one of the greatest games in the country. It was certainly the only game in the country spoken about in this way that I had not yet played. The reason I point that out is that I find myself disagreeing: it’s a great game, but it’s not quite up there with the best for us.

The City Adventurers are often tasked with recovering mysterious artifacts so it was not surprising that we found ourselves preparing for another mission, this time as M.A.R.V.O agents.....one of the best games we've played

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