by Trapped Egypt (website)
beside LC Waikiki, Cairo Festival City, Parking Area, Cairo Governorate
3-6 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
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My favourite from the Clue HQ franchise.
Free flowing, great story and immersive!
#4
Set is lovely and there are plenty of puzzles. Our GM (and her trainee) were excellent. I had a couple of niggles - there was one puzzle that clearly did not work that we wasted quite a bit of time on (to be fair, they did then allow us to finish the game after time) and the low lighting in the final room made it really difficult to actually achieve one of the tasks. But overall it's a lovely game and would definitely recommend.
The set is gorgeous and surprising, and there is a good range of puzzles.
However, this game irritated me because, with a minor tweak, our experience would have been incredible. The final room is beautiful but very very very dark, so dark that we couldn't see the padlocks and had to resort to the lights on our watches. A few other minor gripes too, but this was the biggest issue for us.
Despite this, I would definitely recommend this game because we had a great time, but I would advise a light source unless you have been loading up on the carrots!
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Whispers on the grapevine (okay, mainly Facebook) suggested that with Captain Riddle, Clue HQ had upped their game and built something quite special, so it was a priority for our visit to Birmingham. Actually, it'd probably have been a priority anyhow - pirate themed games tend to be fun.
First impressions on entering the room were contradictory: the decor was lovely, but I was surprised by what a small space it was. Fortunately that's misleading, with the game turning out to be expansive enoug...
A fun room with lots of clever puzzles and excellent signposting throughout. And even better – we set a record for the room!