The Ultimate Escape Room Experience

Part 2: Your Team

In part 2 of our 5 part series, we are touching on choosing the ultimate team! Every Sherlock needs a Watson (or a few Watsons!) Stick around to read about bringing the best team to help you escape!

What about your friends you ask? 

Well, in escape rooms we often say the more the merrier, so feel free to bring them along. Sometimes this will take some coordination, and so make sure this is part of the planning process during the booking stage. Make sure the time you select is viable for everyone, and make sure that the time selected is one where everyone can arrive early. 

How many friends should I bring?

 I hear you ask. Well, this part can be balanced. Too many people often lead to confusion (or potentially cramped quarters), and too little can often handicap you on completing the game. The best place to start is to look at either the company’s website (often companies will suggest a player group size for the average player) or even feel free to call and ask the employees themselves. Company staff often have great insider information on the styles of the rooms, challenges, and ins and outs of the experience.  Once you have a good idea of the number of people you want to bring, it’s time to put out some feelers and reel in those friends. By all means, feel free to bring any friends, but if you find yourself with a lot of first-time players (or folks who don’t enjoy puzzles), it may be wise to up your team by a few more people. That said, if you can find a group of friends who have both played and who enjoy rooms, you will find you have a solid team for attempting most rooms. Once you have your team set, figuring out how to pay can also be another hurdle. During the period of COVID, many escape rooms close a booking of a room after any group books it. So if you are planning on splitting payments, it may be best to designate a leader in the group and funnel all payments to this person. Not doing so may mean smaller groups having to into the company to set up individual payments (both a pain for people trying to book the room, and for the escape room staff).