Salisbury Escape Rooms: Death at the Lab

By | September 29, 2019

by Salisbury Escape Rooms (website)

11a Fisherton St, Salisbury SP2 7SU

Salisbury

3-6 players

60 minutes

From 20th Oct 2019, a brand new Escape Rooms - the sixth in our highly regarded series. 'Death at the Lab' is a Murder Mystery where you and your team of investigators must eliminate the suspects to find the killer - and escape the rooms!
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abunai expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5

Huge space and lots of interesting and fun puzzles. 

Sabrina (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 25 Feb 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 43:59 Outcome: Successful escape!
Blackvision rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 19 Jan 2022 Team size: 4 Time taken: 49 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!
originalcleverimmersivequite difficult

An excellent set of puzzles! They were diverse and original - could see them being quite a challenge for less experienced groups, but with the option to radio for help, wouldn't be impossible.

My one big criticism (which applied to the previous game at the same location) is that the darker rooms obscured a few puzzle parts or made them difficult to see for anyone with poor vision or lacking reasonable night-sight - not to a immense degree and certainly not dangerous, but it meant things took longer than they might and could potentially strain the eyes a little.

Aside from that, no major issues - it's a good game for a group as there's a lot to look at and solve - more than a few that felt like they required a minimum of 2 people to even have a hope of completing - doing it solo would be challenging!

The different requirements for puzzles was also satisfying, and lets each person in the group play their part: timing and reflexes were tested in one, aiming in another, clue-spotting and puzzle-solving in most of them, of course - nothing too difficult in itself, but messing it up could easily lose precious time, and allows people's talents to shine.

Theming was also excellent, both with the plot and technology of the target era being spot-on and used well, the props and designs were fitting and didn't obstruct the puzzles either, and the solutions satisfying and rewarding as you solved each of them - and narrowing in on the final solution was a constant feature in the game.

Definitely recommend for expert and enthusiastic Escapees - just expect to be kept on your toes!

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 20 and 20 out of 5

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Salisbury Escape Rooms seems to rarely get mentioned in enthusiast discussions, and it’s true that their games aren’t likely to make experienced players’ top ten lists; but I’ve learned to expect reliably creative, enjoyable games from them, and so far have not been disappointed.

Pre-pandemic the venue created a new game each year in the same physical space. Death at the Lab is the sixth in the sequence, and has run for longer due to lockdown closures; and following a change of ownership the co...

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