· Tips
Your first escape room: five tips
Never done one? Here is what our game masters tell every first team at the door.
Every week a team walks in who has never done an escape room, and every week one of them asks the same thing: “What if we’re bad at it?” Nobody is. Here is what we tell them.
Say everything out loud
The number you just found means nothing to you and everything to the person by the other lock. Call it out.
Put found things in one place
Keys, cards, odd objects: one table, one pile. Half of all stuck teams are stuck because a key is in someone’s pocket.
Never force anything
If it needs force, it isn’t the answer. Everything in our rooms opens with a code, a key or a clever idea.
Ask for a hint early
Hints are part of the game, not a defeat. Three are free, and a hint at minute twenty saves you minute fifty.
Start with The Archive or The Observatory
Both are made for a first game. Then come back for the vault.