Clue Cracker: Diamond Dogs

By | February 28, 2020

by Clue Cracker (website)

68 St John's Road, TN4 9PE

Tunbridge Wells

2-6 players

60 minutes

It’s a Bank Holiday weekend in Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Two days ago, there was an attempted Robbery on Wells & Sons Jewellers by a local gang named ‘The Diamond Dogs’, led by Terry ‘The T-Bone’ Steak. The deadly gang were planning to lift the famous and rare Montogomery Diamond.
Unfortunately, the thieves got spooked halfway through the heist by a keen and suspicious security guard, so they fled the scene with the intention to return before the Bank Holiday weekend is over.
However, some of the gang have got cold feet, so now Terry has called you with a deal you can’t refuse: Get him the Royal Diamond and you can loot for yourselves whatever you can get your hands on!
Do you have the ingenuity to execute this meticulously designed heist, cracking the security system, breaking through the vault, avoiding capture by the police, and escaping with the famous Montogomery Diamond?
Choose your gang wisely - one wrong move and the plan is foiled!
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based on ratings from 34 users
combined with 6 pro reviews

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escapeartist1212 expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
cleverimmersive
imrahil experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersiveintense
Ollie Yeomans experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Ben Bailey experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 8/7/2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 59:58 Outcome: Successful escape!
Robin Harris & Michael Bailey experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 24 Jul 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 53 minutes 39 seconds Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyhi-techoriginal
Spanishfleas experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 23 Sep 2021 Team size: 5
hi-techimmersivestory-drivenquite difficult
Nichola Morrison experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
immersiveintenseepic

Brilliant start to a game and intense ending, certainly an adrenaline pumping game. Loved it!  

Ronnie Meade experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 15 Aug 2020 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersiveintense

Impressive start to immerse you straight in to the story and characters of diamond thieves. The room flows well with the story and has an intense ending where you have the opportunity to empty out every safe... Extremely fun room

🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
originalcleverstory-driven

Great adventure to play as there is a lot to do, loved the start of the game - its a great way to get the adrenaline flowing and hype you up for the heist.

The narrative progresses well, but there are areas which are quite small, which made searching and moving a little problematical, we had lots of "can I just get through there" and "can I squeeze past" moments. But this didn't distract us from the mission too much and we loved the fast-paced finale which gives a most satisfying conclusion to the adventure. 

🔐James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 28/11/2021 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
funnyimmersiveintense
Robberies is one of great themes of Escape Rooms, a great start turns into a tricky series of puzzles that tests a lot of different skills (particularly search and observation), there is an element of point scoring that other rooms have implemented but its more of an afterthought,a great finale rounds out the experience.
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There are many things to love about Clue Cracker's heist game Diamond Dogs, but I can't deny that what really made it for me was the opening sequence. Immersive, playful and gloriously silly, it's a fantastic start to an excellent game.

There are tentative narrative links between this game and the venue's original Jailbreak, though to most intents and purposes they're entirely separate games. Your mission in this one is to rob a jewellery shop, with rules that enthusiasts may have seen in simil...

Diamond Dogs has shown that it’s true you should never judge a book by its cover, proving that a heist game can be adrenaline-fuelled, immersive and exciting; full of twists and turns, inventive puzzles, and with a strong story. TL; DR - this game is fantastic

Our time (played as a two) of four seconds remaining will give you a much better idea than any description could!

On Sunday we headed to Tunbridge Wells to partake in a heist. Yes, you read that right, a heist. We joined Terry T-Bone and his crew at Clue Cracker to steal the Montgomery Diamond in The Diamond Dogs escape room. We arrived earlier than planned but we were greeted by our host and GM Luke. He explained about the room and told us about the diamond. He then led us upstairs and into the room.
In short, this prequel to the Jail Break game hits a home run (if you can combine the two games in one day I would highly recommend it!). All in all, our checklist for a great room has been ticked playing this one. Great puzzles, brilliantly atmospheric, subtle use of humour and a great flow, make this a room not to be missed. Its SAFE to say you'll love it! 

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