Mystery Escape Room (SLC) - "Nancy Drew and the Mystery of the Missing Jewelry"

Updated: Apr 7

LOCATION:  Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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📝 ETR DECODER

🔑 GAME: Nancy Drew & The Mystery of The Missing Jewelry
📅 DATE PLAYED: August 27, 2022
🎬 GENRE: Mystery, Detective
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 2 ppl): 7/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-12 PPL
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins
💰 PRICE: $34.95/PP, $139.95 (4PPL)
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes

📖 THE STORY

Nancy Drew is on an unsolved mystery case again! This time she's looking into the disappearance of Mrs. Marie Addison's jewelry from 40 years ago at the Evergreen Lodge. Will she crack this cold case too?

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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

This location has a really innovative way of starting your game. Everyone will be taking onto a time machine. Your game master will take you to the era where you will begin your journey.
Our game master was great. He was in character the entire time. He paid close attention to where we got stuck and even added humor to his responses to us at times.
This room had awesome sound system. We heard the GM loud and clear (it's quite rare as sometimes the hints are given through a TV monitor or walkie-talkie so excuse our excitement for situations like this).
Nancy was actually also giving us help during the game. We liked how her assistance was incorporated into the game. The clues are given in accordance to the speed that the group is solving the puzzles.

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

There was a puzzle symbol that was missing. We were confused and so was the GM as we didn't know which clues went with that puzzle.
There was a safe in the room that will lockout if we input too many incorrect tries but the solution was not really easy to confirm. Our GM was helpful and asked us to confirm with him before inputting the code into the safe. We would suggest swapping a puzzle that has a confirmable answer rather than having to ask the GM or else more groups might run into the "locked out" issue.
We would suggest mentioning about electric sockets during the intro as most escape rooms warn players not to touch them so this could be something that they should know beforehand.
There was a puzzle in the room that had the player make a tool themselves in order to solve the puzzle. It was difficult when the answers needed to be exact. The tool that each player make could be slightly different. We suggest proving the tool.

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

This game really felt like a teamwork experience. We had the help from our GM and even Nancy herself. It's a great way for the players to feel like they are part of the story. The game flow was the best one we experienced at Mystery Escape Room and we look forward to more variations of the "Nancy Drew experience" in the future as she's definitely one of my favorite detectives!

ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO

Meter parking out front
Lobby area with seating available

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Disclosure: We thank Mystery Escape Room for comping our tickets for this game. Although complimentary admission was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever.