[187] Riddle Room: The Mine

Date: 09/06/2024

Company Name: Riddle Room

Room: The Mine

Cost: $45 per person - Riddle Room were kind enough to offer us $10 off per person (Team of 4)

Time Allowed: 60 Minutes

Website Link: https://riddleroom.com.au/canberra/#rooms

Location: 8/160 Lysaght St, Mitchell ACT 2911

Best Parking: Street parking right outside the establishment or there is a complex out the back which has ample parking available

Succeeded: Yes. in 59 Minutes, 59 Seconds

Rating: 

• Hospitality/Gamesmaster: 9
• Room Quality: 10
• Immersion: 8
• Puzzle Design: 8 
• Fun Factor: 9

Overall: 8.80/10

Room Description: 

You meet your friends at the old abandoned Rutherford Mine. As you descend into the depths you find that you might not be the only ones... or things down there.

Comments:

After leaving Escape Rooms Canberra on the back of completing The Vault and Curio—both of which were absolutely astounding—our morale was high. Knowing this was our last room before heading home, we were all keen to make the absolute most of it. This was the team's 38th room overall, the 8th room in Canberra, and the last, but certainly not least, at Riddle Room. Once again, we were met with top-quality staff who were nothing short of friendly and accommodating.

As mentioned previously, Riddle Room uses a unique method of communication for Gamesmastering, utilising a version of the "Voice of God" system. Responses to our questions are displayed on a monitor that also keeps track of our time. I quite liked this approach as it minimised miscommunication. However, the only drawback is that in a multi-room escape, you have to make your way back to the first room to see the monitor.

That said, you can tell The Mine is one of the newer rooms around. The set design feels fresh and new, and the aesthetics are beautiful. At points, you can definitely feel like you're stuck in an abandoned mine. The attention to detail in the theming was impressive, from the realistic props to the atmospheric sounds that enhanced the feeling of being deep underground.

True to the majority of Riddle Room’s other rooms, The Mine sticks with their linear approach. While linear escape rooms usually aren't our strong suit as a team, the depth of the puzzles meant that our team of four all had plenty to do while working on the same challenges. The puzzles were strong, made sense in the space, and there were plenty of them in what was essentially a 2-3 room escape.

Luckily, we managed to scrape through with only a second to spare. As with all the other rooms at Riddle Room, your Gamesmaster provides your team with a breakdown of your times at certain intervals, which is a nice touch I haven't seen implemented almost anywhere unless we asked. Overall, I would rate The Mine as my favourite from Riddle Room, with The Hotel following very closely behind. The team had a lot of fun, and we will be eager to return if/when any more rooms open up!