LOCATION: Louisville, Colorado, USA
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📝 ETR DECODER
🔑 GAME: Frost Base Z
📅 DATE PLAYED: August 18, 2021
🎬 GENRE: Sci-Fi
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 3 ppl): 7/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 4-7 ppl
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins.
💰 PRICE: $30.00/ pp
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes
📖 THE STORY
Deep inside of the earth's crust in the Antarctic there is a research station. One where top scientists get positioned to discern the mysteries and creation of the earth. A couple of days ago, we received word that an 800,000 year old ice core sample has been excavated. Now we received the urgent message that a backup team is needed, the base has lost all power and the ground team is unresponsive. The sample started to melt and contained within it, a deadly virus! Your mission is to travel to the Antarctic station and refreeze it before the virus spreads to the whole of humanity. Failure to do so...well who knows what could happen.
🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE
The beginning of this game is brilliant! Traveling to the base in the bottom of the earth would be no easy feat and Rabbit Hole Recreation Services reproduces the trials and tribulations that one might expect.
Picture a research station in the middle of the arctic (something like the movie "The Thing"). When your team finally arrives and notices that the power is out it looks ominous and accurate to what you would expect. There are stations for lab testing, engineering, and a power station that all need to be turned on before refreezing the core sample. Be prepared for a long list of puzzles and procedures in order to save humanity (It wouldn’t be that easy would it?)
We love the designs of some of the tools used in this game. It made the mission feel realistic and solving the puzzles satisfying.
While there are puzzles in Frost Base Z, all of the actions taken felt synced with the storyline that our team truly did feel like a rescue brigade sent in to help solve these problems.
As an enthusiast I appreciate the subversion of expectations in this room. On first read it sounds as though the team will be stopping a zombie virus and you have to create an antidote. The steps throughout the game, though, make it clear that this is a rescue mission and there are no “zombies” within the game.
🧩 MISSED THE MARK
This is not an easy room. There are lots of procedures that your team needs to perform in order to make the base operational. One might feel that there's a good amount of extraneous information to sift through which for less experienced players could be thought of as red herrings.
🏹 TAKE A SHOT?
Rabbit Hole Recreation Services operates three games at their venue in Louisville CO as of Dec 2021. I have played two of them and this was my favorite. The other game, however; was just as high quality. They have succeeded in creating a game that immerses guests and creates a playable challenge. The beginning of the game excites and gets your team ready for the adventure to come. It was something that didn’t need to be in the game but their inclusion of the activity makes the game unforgettable. If it isn’t clear by now, I highly recommend Frost Base Z and hopefully you too will save humanity before the ice core melts.
ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO
Free Parking, lobby area, extra add-ons to game if wanted, some crawling required.
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Update: ESCAPETHEROOMers also visited Rabbit Hole Recreation Services to play "Frost Base Z" and "Paradox | The Incredible Time Machine" in August '22!! Thank you for hosting us and we had an amazing time in both of the games!
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