Major Mind Games: Knottoosh Abbey: A murder mystery

By | August 3, 2022

by Major Mind Games (website)

33 Springfield Cres, Horsham RH12 1PT

Horsham

2-10 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

closed

Player review

Review by Alex

Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenfamily friendly

As others have mentioned the decoration is a bit lacking, and a few props do seem a little cheap. Some nice wallpaper would go a long way to making the room feel more immersive. A good variety of different types of puzzles, I like riddles personally but I’m not a huge fan of them as puzzles in their own right as they can be difficult to clue without giving away the answer and can hamstring certain players for many reasons: dyslexia, English not their first language etc.

The ending of having to guess who the murderer is is a fun idea but could do with some more concrete clueing to help players feel more confident in their guess, and 3 attempts seems a bit generous personally.

As a new venue the staff seemed to take advice well and listened to suggestions given, particularly one where something needs to be in a certain order but is easily moved and then there is no way to know how it was before.

Overall, I did enjoy this room but it could do with simple improvements that would go a long way

Alex has played 11 games - see all ratings and reviews

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