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The Caretaker

Melling, lower hutt , New Zealand

60 minutes

2 - 8

10 year

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CAN YOU SAVE THE CARETAKER BEFORE ITS TOO LATE?

Terror and death has been unleashed on the town of Fair Oaks. Seeking revenge, disbarred scientist Dr. Vermillion has released his pack of giant wolf creatures causing horror and destruction on the town. As the death toll continues to rise, you must go deep into the woods to find the hermit who locals have come to know as the Caretaker. Save the hermit Caretaker from the wolves while there is still time and help him escape the terror that lurks in the woods around him. Move quickly and quietly, the Caretaker’s life depends on it


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69 Pharazyn Street
5010, Melling, Lower Hutt
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prodigyprodigyEscape EnigmaMember since: 2017 January 26 (310 rooms played)
Posted on: 2026 january 13

This room was visited more than 7 years ago. The situation may have changed.

Wie zorgt er voor de caretaker?

Aangenaam verrast door deze duisteren, maar zeker niet enge, maar wel zeer inventieve boshutkamer, de leukste kamer die we tot nu toe in Nieuw-Zeeland gespeeld hebben.

We speelden deze kamer in 2019 op doorreis naar Wellington: ze ligt namelijk in een weinig sfeervol bedrijventerrein in Lower Hutt, een voorstad (aan de overkant van de baai) van Wellington. Naar Beneluxbegrippen een goed voorteken, want menig van onze beste kamers liggen in anonieme bedrijventerreinen, maar in Nieuw-Zeeland en Australiƫ meestal niet, daar moet men het nog wat meer hebben van inloop, laatstemomentboekingen en bereikbaarheid, zodat de betere kamers vaak nog in een rond de centra liggen.

Het verhaal is wat opgeklopt (in een hyperbolische stijl die we wel vaker tegenkwamen in Nieuw-Zeeland en Australiƫ, misschien een Angelsaksich dingetje?), klinkt veel enger en spannender dan het spelverloop waar kan maken en dient vooral al goede reden om in te breken in een boshut. De duistere en dreigende sfeer wordt wel zeer goed neergezet door decor, aankleding en belichting, waardoor je meteen goed in de sfeer zit.
Wij waren met name te spreken over de zeer diverse en ingenieuze (zowel laag- als hoogtechnologische) puzzels die goed in het thema pasten. Er is genoeg werk aan de winkel voor een groep van vier, dus voor duo's is het flink doorwerken (dus als je vast komt te zitten, misschien niet te lang aarzelen om een hint te vragen). Wij zijn er uiteindelijk met nog maar een halve minuut op de klok uitgeraakt.


8.5

Ambiance: 9

Game experience: 8.5

Service: 9


Played in May 2019

Played with 2 persons

Team: DNA

Escaped: Yes  59:30 min


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  • Inventieve puzzels

 

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