"Escape room" games

[Benton]

(10-08-2020, 07:56 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Anyone ever done one of these before.  I just bought a pass for me and my kids to try one.

I have been racking my brain to find something to do with them over their fall break.  There are tons of attractions nearby in Pigeon Forge, but my kids are in high school now and most of the "family" attractions are more geared to younger kids.  There are also a few really cool cave tours in east Tennessee, but we have already done all of those.  Same for every aquarium within 200 miles.

I am also going to take them for a weekend in Ashville NC.  No real big attractions there, but tons of arts, crafts, and history type stuff.  It is like a little pocket of hippyville in the middle of the bible belt.

We do them from time to time. Matter of fact, the last time we did one was in Pigeon Forge (The Escape Game at that mall thing The Island). It was one of the better ones we've done.

The key is teamwork and prioritizing. Which is why we do them from time to time. My wife tends to want to take charge and she's got ADHD like a 6-year old with handfuls of sugar cubes and cocaine. 

Wife: "We got a stick of gum with the letter 'G' on it"
Me: "Wife, we already figured that out. Just set it aside."
Wife: "No, we have to use it."
Kids: "Yes, but we figured it out without that clue. The other two sticks were 'U' and 'N' so we knew it was the gun."
Wife: "I HAVE TO USE THIS STICK OF... wait, what's that over there? Is that something in blacklight?"
*throws gum down and runs three rooms back to find the blacklight we were told we wouldn't need any more*
Five minutes later:
Wife: "WHY ISN'T ANYONE HELPING ME FIND THE BLACKLIGHT!? WHERE'S MY GUM!?"


Word of advice: If you're bad at math (my family is horrible there), tell the bookers. Some rooms are covered up with it. Others are more word problems, some are just following clues.