Puzzah! Santa Fe - "Night Shade"

Updated: Apr 9

LOCATION:  Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

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📝 ETR DECODER

🔑 GAME: Night Shade
📅 DATE PLAYED: August 20, 2022
🎬 GENRE: Mystery
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 2 PPL): 6.5/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 1-8 ppl
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins
💰 PRICE: $62.82-251.28/TEAM (pending on size)
☎️ BOOKINGTYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes

📖 THE STORY

There's a restaurant in town called "Sir Pizza-Lot" and rumor has it, it's been haunted by medieval knights! You don't believe in spirits so you decided to solve the mystery behind this rumor.

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🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

This game has a self guided hint system and can also adjust to your style of play (for instance if you don't mind hints, the system will nudge you more if it senses that you've been stuck for awhile). The great thing about the self guided hint system is that you no longer have to wait for the game master to give you hints. Everything is automated.
As we entered the room, we felt like we walked into an giant arcade room. There were lights, machines, and a cool crystal ball (which is the main focus and the brain of the room where puzzles gets distributed from).
The lighting really helped to direct the players to the specific puzzles.
You can choose to work together or separately as the room is non-linear but some puzzles will require teamwork to complete.

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

The décor didn't go with the storyline (didn't really have a restaurant vibe). Perhaps changing the story would be the easier choice.
We were surprised by the answer reveal once again in this room which happens after a 3rd hint nudge. It would be nice if there's a prompt that would say "this next reveal will be the answer".
It would help to have a writing device in the second room. There's a good amount of information that we had to produce from memory.

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

The room always starts with 3 puzzles. Depending on time, you might see more bonus puzzles or you might not. With two people it was quite challenging to get into the bonus section as some physical puzzles needed a bit of luck and some balancing skills. The physical puzzles were not really able to be skipped. The logic ones could get easier if you started asking for hints. This room was definitely for a player who's more focused on puzzles rather than narrative. It also had more variety in puzzle types than "M.A.S.K". To us, this room was more challenging than M.A.S.K. I would recommend completing your mission there first before tackling this one!

ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO

Meter parking around the facility (use app would be easier).
Large lobby with seating area and puzzles to play while waiting
Lockers available
Party room available

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*** We regret to inform this company has closed its doors ***

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Disclosure: We thank Puzzah! Santa Fe for comping our tickets for this game. Although complimentary admission was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever.