LOCATION: Geneva, Switzerland
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ETR DECODER
🔑 GAME: The Brotherhood of The Stone
📅 DATE PLAYED: September 29, 2023
🎬 GENRE: Investigation
🧠 DIFFICULTY (Based on 4 ppl): 4/10
👥 TOTAL # OF PLAYERS: 2-5 PPL (Max 10PPL/2 ROOMS)
🕒 LENGTH OF TIME: 60 Mins.
💰 PRICE: CHF 180/Room
☎️ BOOKING TYPE: Private
🔓 ESCAPED/ COMPLETED?: Yes
📖 THE STORY
The story takes places in Geneva, in the early 20th century. There are rumors about a powerful and secret society that controls everything in the shadows, thanks to influential members with very high positions. You and your friends are well renown detectives that have been recruited to investigate one of its most dangerous members: Victor de la Verrière, a very famous architect. You will need to sneak into his mansion and find evidence but be careful, as an evil architect, some traps may have been set in place. Your contact Archibald will be there to help you in this perilous mission. Good luck!
🎯 HIT THE BULLSEYE
The lobby is very well-decorated and has a lot of space. The game masters are very welcoming.
For a first-generation room, the mechanisms used are very clever and fun to play with. A lot of good ideas have been used to avoid redundancy of actions and it is well appreciated.
A good mix of search, thinking and cooperation.
Even if the room is pretty small, we did not have the impression to be cramped (we were 4 adult players), the space has been well optimized.
🧩 MISSED THE MARK
Even though we did enjoy the mission, we feel like a common thread was missing for all the puzzles, they were fun thought.
In the end, the backstory does not seem that important when we consider what we have done in the room
🏹 TAKE A SHOT?
It is a pretty small first-generation escape room overall, with padlocks mixed with mechanisms, and the difficulty is quite low so it may be less entertaining for hardcore gamers. It is more suitable for recreational players or beginners. I would recommend a group of 3-4 players. If you are a large group of players, it may be cool to consider splitting into 2 groups and challenging each other.
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ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO
There are some white and blue parking spots in front of the building
There are stairs and an elevator to get access to the lobby
Trip Trap asks to arrive 15 mins in advance if possible so you can enjoy the full experience
Pregnant women can take part to the adventure (if not too close to the term) and a chair can be installed by the game master upon request for comfort. For people with physical disabilities, unfortunately it is not suitable for wheelchairs, but crutches are fine
The lobby is pretty big and there are comfortable seats/couches while you wait. You can store your belongings in separated closets
This game can be played in French or in English
No drinks or food unfortunately: the Catalpa bar is only available at the GRAND TRIP TRAP HOTEL. You may still ask for a glass of water or syrup (free)
Toilets are available
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Disclosure: We thank Trip Trap for offering us a media discount for our tickets to this game. Although a media discount was generously provided, it does not impact our opinion on the review whatsoever.
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