Gatwick Escape Rooms: The Governor

By | February 28, 2020

by Gatwick Escape Rooms (website)

117 Victoria Road, RH6 7YS

Horley

2-10 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

You and your team of paranormal investigators are exploring the remains of HM Greenslade Prison when you are captured, blindfolded and handcuffed. When you remove your blindfolds you find yourselves locked in a cell. You have one hour to escape. Will you make it out before the Governor claims you as one of his own?
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based on ratings from 17 users
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KazKew rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: July 2022 Team size: 3 Outcome: Failed πŸ™
story-drivenintensequite difficultπŸ‘»scary

Fun and quite scary. Lots of puzzles that were on the trickier side. Very enjoyable!

Logan rated this:Rated between 20 and 20 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Failed πŸ™
illogicalbroken techpoor hostingπŸ‘»scary

We got to the last puzzle with a good amount of time left, but couldn't figure it out and thus failed.

For our group, we didn't click with this room at all - especially the second half felt very illogical. We struggled with broken tech (flashlight didn't work, two puzzles didn't trigger the needed outcome) and our GM seemed bored, disengaged, didn't notice when we finished puzzles and at some points it felt like they were just laughing at us.

Our main issue with the room is that there's often only one puzzles to solve, leaving little to do for the entire group other than stand in front of that one puzzle. 

We didn't find it scary, probably because we were mostly annoyed.

Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 4 Jul 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 44:01 Outcome: Successful escape!
benny1664 experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 19 Apr 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 53 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-driven

I liked this game and it seemed to flow well.  Its a bit creepy so not one for small children or those easily frightened!  The puzzle all seemed to work well and it was a lot to do in 60mins so it definitely filled the time.  I don't feel we struggled on anything really and didnt have much time left at all.  Good solid game, nothing ground breaking but still a good one to play and I liked the set/theming.

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Ratchel experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Wesley Mead expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 10 May 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 52m Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenintensequite difficult😨creepy

We preferred the first half to the second half, but overall still a very good game with really inventive use of space and an appropriately grimy vibe

πŸ”James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 10/07/2021 Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed πŸ™
immersivegreat hostingquite difficult😨creepy
I do love a bit of theatre when starting a room and this does deliver that, as stated on the website you are blindfolded and handcuffed whilst the spooke voice of the "Governor" plays out, but don't worry you are out of your handcuffs nearly immediately.  This is a fairly creepy game where the GM was happy to tone the creepiness/shocks up or down (we toned them down for my ER partner) but (like Crazy Cat Lady) there are clever but fiendish puzzles and again (like Crazy Cat) we seemed to run out of steam in a few places after tearing through the early part of the room.  We failed to escape and when the GM walked us through we were further away than I thought but there is still a lot to like in this room.
abooth expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 5 Feb 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 36 Outcome: Successful escape!

Theatrical, fun, flows really well. We just clicked with this room and flew through it, but didn't feel bored at any point.

🦑cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: May 2022
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The premise of The Governor is that you're a group of ghost hunters imprisoned in an abandoned prison by an ex-prisoner - thereby managing to combine no fewer than three of the classic escape room themes in an unexpected fusion of haunted house, prison break and homicidal maniac. That blend allowed the tone to range from sly humour to some genuine creepiness without ever feeling incongruous.

I found both the build and the atmospherics impressive. A complex layout makes it a larger and much more...

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