Elite Event at Real Escape Game

We Escaped!!!
I love room escape games. This wasn’t my first time escaping a room, but it was my first time at Real Escape Games. My team was amazing; we worked together, efficiently, and as a real team. As they say «teamwork makes the dream work» and that was definitely the case with us. We divided tasks evenly and communicated smoothly. Our group thought outside of the box and was able to get out of the locked room successfully.
The location of the venue was perfect, the staff was friendly and helpful, and the drink tickets that we got at the end was a nice plus. The room we did has a 10% escape rate. Luckily our team didn’t find the room extremely difficult to figure out.
A few tips to help you escape: Work together, look at everything thoroughly, take your time (but not too much), and drink after as a celebration, don’t pre-​game.
Overall, I had an amazing time. Our team escaped and that was the cherry on top for me. I like that they have discount nights for Brooklyn residents, so I will be back before the summer is over. Thanks Peter D. for setting this up, it was a perfect event. Thanks to the owners and staff of Real Escape Game for letting us Unilocalers come in and make a mess, you’re the best!

You know what sucks? Losing the easier of the two Escape the Room Games when the other Unilocal team won. And I’ve done the other one before.
When am I going to win one of these? Sigh.

Thank you Peter D. and staff members of Real Escape Game for coordinating this event!
I love puzzles and mind challenging activities thus this event was particularly awesome. However, if you’re not into detective shiz, but like tearing a room apart, this may still be for you. Go ahead, take it out on the room and go ape doo-​doo. You won’t have to clean up after!
Our group of approximately 11 were locked inside the Escape from the Mysterious Room. We had an hour to solve the clues and escape… dun dun DUN!
I’d definitely come back to try other ones such as The Escape from the Time Travel Lab since there are no escapees yet.
Tips to escape: don’t play intoxicated or hung over, listen, bring your thinking cap, work as a team and communicate each and every clue to the group as a whole!

You know that moment in those coming-​of-​age movies where the kid who is terrible at baseball (or something) and through trials and tribulations overcomes something and at the end of the movie that kids hits the winning home run and the whole team carries that kid on their shoulders?
Yeah, that kid was ME at this one-​of-​a-​kind Elite Event. :)
We were in the Mysterious Room and I couldn’t really follow the story-​line so much. I made use of my organizational talents by writing down all the stuff people were finding and keeping out of the way while others solved the puzzles…
But — in the last minutes of the game — we had found the box with the key! But we couldn’t for the life of us figure out the combination. While everyone scoured the room (and their brains), I fiddled with the box, entering educated guesses for the combination. Well one of those guesses worked! And we got out with seconds to spare!
WOOO! I’ve never felt so alive! :)

WE ESCAPED. Fun event at one of those newfangled real-​life non-​video games! I’m intrigued how we would have done if we knew each other better — our escape was almost 100% chance and they told us during it that we didn’t have enough information to get out. By the end we still had 2 puzzles left but somehow we put the right energy into the world and made it out! From my small knowledge of the genre, this company/​location is especially difficult — the room we did had a 10% success rate as compared to 20−30% elsewhere. Know when you go in that it’s almost impossible, and a word to the wise: while everyone runs around to figure out the clues, make sure you bring them all to one person that can put them all together!

I love these Escape the Room games and I was so excited that I got off the waitlist to get in this event. I was in the Escape from the Mysterious Room. For a bunch of strangers, we worked really well together. Only through sheer coincidence did we, actually Megan, figured out the last clue to held the key. We burst through the door and escaped with one minute to spare.
If you like puzzles, these types of games are a lot of fun. The game master explains the rules to you at the start. Then you have 60 minutes to find tools, solve clues, and try to escape. Don’t overlook anything. At the end of the game, the game master explains everything. Even though she told us the «traditional way» to solve the last puzzle, my husband and I didn’t get the explanation. Many of the clues are simple to medium in difficulty to solve and only a few are tough. The last one is a doozy, and pretty much next to impossible in our opinion. Lots of fun to play.
Definitely recommend that other people try these games offered by Real Escape Game.

I love escape the room games, and this one did not disappoint. It was a little more people than I am used to playing with, which meant some people were standing idle but the game /​clues itself were clever and challenging (just the way I like it).
I also like that they don’t allow you to just ask for clues and that the spirits choose to give you clues at their own discretion; although I found it a bit jarring for them to be in the room (I’ve never experienced that before as usually the clues are given on a television screen).

You know what’s great? Beating the harder of the two Escape the Room Games when the other Unilocal team failed. Lol. I’ve always wanted to do one of these things and finally got my chance. Upon entering, use the bathroom if you have to and don’t bring any food or drinks inside. Being trapped inside of a room for an hour, while bizarrely pleasant won’t allow you to have any of those amenities or your cell phone. I think honestly the thing that helps the most is to listen to anything anyone says to you in both the directions and from the live action «spirit guides» in the room. Also, don’t be afraid to toss over the furniture, crawl under the furniture, pull everything off the shelves. Go crazy. I’m pretty sure we were all going crazy when there were only two minutes left and that damn door was still locked. Some steps can also be skipped if you are far enough into the puzzle and can actually use your noggin. A few puzzles I hate to admit we actually solved on blind luck and hunches. But maybe that’s also a part of the game. It was really fun though and I would definitely seek into doing this again with a different challenge. Thanks Peter D. for organizing this!

did you ever dream of being BATMAN but you’re not a billionaire playboy with fancy futuristic gadgets? then this is your chance to prove your mettle as a SLEUTH because BATMAN is known as the World’s Greatest Detective. yep just «outted» myself as a comic book nerd. zzznorezzz
the Real Escape Game has just recently-​ish opened two adventure/​mysteries in Brooklyn where you tackle puzzles, use your imagination, solve mysteries, act as a team player. they have locations in NYC, SF, and other cities throughout the world!
PRO TIP: you can’t bring food or drinks into the «mystery» room.
the live event brainteaser: where the Real Escape Game hosts walk you and your team through a «mystery» that you’ll literally step into, be given a series of rules to abide by to solve the mystery, are locked in a room… and that’s when your ONE HOUR to solve the puzzle and what happened/​whodunnit. there is a Real Escape staffer that’s locked in the room with you to answers questions, give hints, and move the «story along” – the whole room is in play… which means you need to search and gather clues, gadgets, puzzles, random items, and then use your minds collectively and figure out how to solve the individual brainteasers, puzzles, etc. to then solve the large puzzles and mysteries. this is all about team building, using variety of different skills across logic and imagination, working cooperatively, talking stuff through, and having fun because of the artfully crafted stories in each room. again you only have 60 minutes to escape from the room, so use your time wisely…
PRO TIP: use the bathroom before the event because your team time keeps running even if folks have to go to the bathroom.
this location is really easy to get to from the subway. no sweat. a quick check-​in to the game, then the folks at Real Escape Game take you to a pre-​game area where you sign in etc and then the adventure begins. there were two Unilocal groups: one got Mysterious Room. my group got Escape From The Time Travel Lab. and yes you will «travel» through time.
PRO TIP: listen carefully to the Host’s tips, clues, and instructions. things that you think are sorta random throwaway facts are in fact clues to solving individual puzzles or key parts of the overall mystery’s storyline.
our team had an amazing time and pulled off some great team thinking to solve puzzles, but alas we didn’t escape the room. we needed about 7 – 10 more minutes as we ran out of time during the final phase of puzzle solving. SO CLOSE.
PRO TIP: you don’t necessarily have to solve every puzzle in the room to solve the larger parts of the mystery or get to key elements of «what happened» you’ll see what i mean.
lots of familiar faces and new ones for me in our time travel lab. some really sharp puzzle-​solvers minds in the room like Erin P., Chuck C., Lori K, Nakia S. RESPECT! Aaand Erin kindly reminded me the difference between vertical and horizontal lines (themoreiknow)!
PRO TIP: teamwork pays off. trying to solve puzzles on your own won’t help. group effort does because the clues, puzzles, etc. are scattered through the room. plus solutions to individual puzzles still need to be fit within the larger puzzles and riddles of the room. gather all the clues and puzzles centrally in the room. you do get pens and paper. use them!
outside of the hilarity of watching one another «unriddle» these riddles. in our room, we had the additional entertainment of watching one «spirited» time traveller puzzle solver get 8 billion warnings not to break anything in the room, not to take apart items that are not clues, not to climb on furniture, not to remove things mounted to the wall, etc. so while as a team, we collectively tried to escape the room — we also got to see one individual’s real-​time live-​action «escape» from sobriety. #slipperyslope #puzzleresponsibly
PRO TIP: each REAL ESCAPE room had about 7−10% success rate, so don’t be too glum if you don’t make it out. for example, the time travelling lab has yes to be escaped from by any team in NYC. so while rooms are not impossible they are not easy either.
though the destination of each room is the same… an unlocked door into a corridor. it’s really about the journey to that open door.
big thank you + applause to REAL ESCAPE GAME, Peter D., Christina P. and the rest of Unilocal for helping us unlock our minds and teamwork skills!
drops mic, so i can pull my hair out – these puzzles are puzzling.
i out.
zzz
p. s.–SHERLOCK HOLMES could be seen as the World’s Greatest Detective… but only the RDJ and Cumberpatch versions!

Amazing experience!
Requirements:
Outside the box thinking or critical thinking
Listening skills
Ability to work in a team
A sense of humor
Nice event Unilocal,thank you!

Real Escape reminded me of that time I went shopping with an ex-​girlfriend of mine. I wanted to get the hell out of there, I was desperate for a beer, and no matter how many correct answers I gave I wasn’t leaving anytime sooner.
After attending Bastille Day on Smith Street all afternoon, I arrived a bit drunk. Peter D’s email said to drink before hand. I have proof.
There were two different groups going into two different rooms. Apparently the room we entered was the room that no one had ever solved in NYC. It wasn’t the Escape from the Mysterious room, which I’ve heard great things about. It was Escape from the Time Travel Lab. I have no idea what ensued in the other one, but from everything other people told me it’s quite fun. This though, was a bit lame. The whole time travel aspect made it a bit corny. I love time travel done in sci-​fi, but this was cheesy.
Everyone on the team worked together. I solved a couple of puzzles. Discovered a few helpful pieces. Found much needed tools. It was fun. Though the workers could be a little annoying. Don’t step on that. Don’t take that off the wall. Sir, you’re not allowed to climb over the wall. Them and their dumb rules. Listen if True Detective is coming on and I’m still in there, I’m getting out of the room one way or another. Walls will be knocked down!
We made it pretty far, though there were several malfunctions with some of the instruments in the rooms. We should have gotten some extra time for that. That and the giant purple giraffe which are one of our teammates. Things got a little crazy in there.
It was a fun time and helped cap off a fun weekend. Thank you to the staff at Escape the Room. And thank you Unilocal for being part of an awesome Sunday Funday!

Had an awesome time at this event! Staff was super friendly and professional — they did a great job explaining the rules and orienting us to how the whole thing worked. The experience itself was so much fun — rooms were well laid out and extremely challenging. What better than to spend a Sunday with some other Elites, putting puzzles together and trying to solve the problem as a team?! The best part — in the end, we escaped! Thanks to Escape the Room for letting us try you out and thanks to Peter D. for yet another awesome elite event! Can’t wait to come back!

I have been wanting these types of games to be made since I used to play those escape room computer games (white room) and when they were, I was bummed to not be able to get a schedule together that worked for my friends.
Fast forward to this Unilocal event and here I am (finally)! Too bad this is not a +1 bc the bf passed his own opportunity in order for us to try it together (I know, bad gf.), but it’s Unilocal!
Christina P. checked us in and we were separated into 2 groups. There were about 11 of us in each of the 2 rooms they offered. We were given the rules and instructions with 1 hour to attempt our escape from the Time Travel Room!
It was awesome! Some pretty tricky stuff, but totally loved the concept and creativity! I had a fantastic time and even though we didn’t make it out, we were a bunch of «strangers» working together so I think we did very well getting to the last part :)
Thanks to Real Escape Games and Unilocal for making this happen. I’m excited for the next few a Unilocal events lined up! :)
I heart Unilocal!:)