The prison starts off as you’d expect it from this environment: Handcuffed and in seperate cells. Cooperation is key at this point of the game and also where we messed up quite a bit. I managed to do something during the first part that basically made it impossible for Enric, who was in the other cell, to escape. Unfortunately, this lead to him being stuck in his cell for the first 20 minutes of the game while our friend and me were starting to solve the rest of the room.

Eventually, the GM realized what was happening and managed to help us out in a subtle but very effective way, by providing a spare part. Enric freed himself and we were able to continue the room normally.

Naturally, this was a bit of a frustrating experience for him. Apart from that, the room was really nice. Well done small riddles that all fit together in the end. We also saw something that we had never seen in another escape room before: One riddle made use of the outside world of the Escape Room… beyond the walls… but let’s keep it at that.

So all in all, this was one of the nicer done and better prison rooms we’ve played – and not only because it literally kept one of our players locked in.

• Website: www.houdinis.ch
• Duration: 60min
• Escape time: 50/60 min.
• Difficulty: Medium-hard
• Players: 2-5
• Price: 98-150chf
• Location: Frauenfeld, 40 minutes by car from Zürich
• Rating: 7/10

Reviews for all their other rooms on: ESCAPE ROOM FRAUENFELD – HOUDINI’S QUEST (5 ROOMS)