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Room Escape Cavendish - "The King's Shilling"

LOCATION:  Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Photo above is property of Room Escape Cavendish

Photos above are property of Room Escape Cavendish

📝 ETR DECODER

🔑 GAME: The King's Shilling
📅 DATE PLAYED: July 24, 2024
🎬 GENRE: Historical
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 6 ppl): 4/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-6 ppl
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins.
💰 PRICE: $32.00/ pp (2 ppl), $28.50/ pp (3 ppl), $26.99/pp (4+ ppl)
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes

📖 THE STORY

In the year 1787, you finished off a beer at the local pub, only to find a silver “King’s Shilling” at the bottom of a stein. This means that you have accepted the coin and have been tricked into joining King George’s navy. Taken to your new ship, you realize that the shilling is actually made of wood, not silver meaning your conscription is invalid. Can you prove it to Captain Wolfe before the H.M.S. Growl sets sail?

🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE

The décor and set design of the room was simple but effective. It gave the feel of a ship and captain quarters to draw us into the game. There were also no red herring props, which pushed us to know exactly what we should be working with.
There was a different type of hint system in place where each room had small booklets for each puzzle in the corner, like an at home escape game. This allowed us control of our own hints. There were also a couple of times when a few of us were working on different puzzles, and we weren’t sure which one of us triggered something, allowing us an easy way to confirm who was responsible for it.
The puzzles were all solid and well thought out and even for us veteran players, provided some nice eureka moments.
We enjoyed the story, which gave us a mini history lesson and something for us to talk about on the ride out.
This might seem minor but for an area that could get quite warm, it was nice to have control of the AC in the room.

🧩 MISSED THE MARK

This was a fantastic room that was well designed and put together with no misses.

🏹 TAKE A SHOT?

"The King’s Shilling" was the perfect activity to get out of the sun and do as a family. Overall, it was top notch and was a beginner/family friendly room. The puzzles flowed well with very little misdirection and provided us with some fantastic eureka moments. Though simple, the set design was effective in immersing us into the story. One tip is make sure you look everywhere for what you need or what gets triggered. Anyone interested in a little Maritimes history, fun puzzles or an approachable escape room should play this room. We played with 6 people and found that the room fit us all but with the linear puzzle flow, did have some of us standing around a lot. 4 people would be the best fit to allow everyone participating. Cavendish offers many great attractions already, but this escape room should definitely be on your list if you are in the area.