Game Theory Escapes — Attraction in Crystal Lake

My husband and I came here on one of our date nights. We have been doing escape rooms just the two of us for a little while now, and definitely understand that they are much harder with just the two of us. We took a shot, driving about 45 min to get to this place. I was So glad we did.

I have never had such a pleasant experience in all of our escape room dabbling. The lounge space while you are waiting was clean, and just fun. It was just pleasing to the eye. We had to use the bathroom and that was clean, and designed so well, just like the rest of the space. (Most of the time the bathrooms are atrocious).

The puzzles were hard, but not. Just a really fun challenge. We did the "get out of the bar" room (i cant remember the name) but every bit of it was fun. The decorations, the starting point, all of it. Really, who ever is running this place should run a master class in how rooms should look, hosts should act, common space should flow, all of it. BIG FAN. The only down side is there isn't very many rooms, We will be back to do the other one that they have for sure, but sad...

When playing escape rooms as often I have, it's easy to become a snob and expect the world.

However, it is places like Game Theory that are true gems in the industry. They prove that someone with a passion for the industry can do a lot without having a world-class budget.

The rooms were filled with great puzzles and were clearly well thought out. The owner has a passion to make great rooms and experiences and it shows.

For our experienced group of players, we did both rooms. She even allowed us to make the easier/family friendly room into a competitive experience by splitting us into two groups and playing against each other. It was a great touch.

I cannot wait for the next group of...

We did the elf room. It was small and only one room. I feel like most rooms have at least another room that unlocks and you'll have more clues..

That was fine but the part I disliked the most was it smelled like someone was smoking in the lobby just before we got there. Our group has a couple of people who have asthma, including my mom who is on oxygen. She had her oxygen tank with her but couldn't breathe in the lobby where she was showing us the rules video. She had to step outside.

Inside the room was fine but the lobby smelled strongly of...