LOCATION: Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
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📝 ETR DECODER
🔑 GAME: Ehrlich's Manor
📅 DATE PLAYED: May 9, 2024
🎬 GENRE: Mystery
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 2 ppl): 4/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 4-8 ppl
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins
💰 PRICE: $33.00/ pp (Min. 4 ppl required)
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes
📖 THE STORY
The Ehrlich's family house has been cursed for ages and you've been hired to get rid of it once and for all. Rumor has it, the Chinese Relic that their uncle brought into the house could be the source... Will you be able to find it in time?
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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE
Starting in the dark and going into the "unknown" was a creepy way to introduce this cursed mansion.
There were some narrative that was introduced in this room as letters from the past which were fitting with the theme of the room. We hope to see more of this type of "introduction" in their other games.
🧩 MISSED THE MARK
Some props in this room needed to be replaced or updated. There was a tool that we had to use for a puzzle that was really difficult to measure the accuracy. We strongly suggest swapping that puzzle out with a new concept.
Decoding in a dark room is already quite difficult to do so we don't think using a small decode (that's very hard to read) and a long cipher was necessary to make this puzzle even harder and more time consuming.
A final puzzle was confusing to us as there were multiple ways to solve the puzzle that would have given different answers.
Some pen and paper should be provided in this room as the sentences that we had to decode were quite long.
Some props had colors on them which were not relevant to the colors of clues that were in different parts of the room. This should be removed as a red herring.
🏹 TAKE A SHOT?
This room is one of their older rooms. We feel that the story has potential to be developed into something even spookier and could potentially have more turn of events that we could discover while playing the game. Currently, we can't really put together a full story. It feels like pieces are scattered throughout the room. We look forward to their revamped version of this game in the future.
ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO
The entrance is located at the back of the complex
Free parking lot right in front of the location
Lobby area with seating
Merchandise available for purchase
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Disclosure: We thank Amazing Escape Room (Cherry Hill) for comping our tickets for this game. Although complimentary admission was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever.
