Tear Down This Wall

L'accueil

Welcome to the Escape Game:Welcome in a former district of East Berlin ! The adventure takes place near Frankfurter Allee in a typical berliner building. At the door we could already feel the ambiance.
We were friendly welcomed by Max who explained us our mission before we entrered the 1st room .... Then it’s a leap into history.

Le scénario

East Berlin, 9 November 1989. The Berlin Wall appears to stand firmly despite East German protesters demanding that border guards immediately open the gates. The swamped guards are waiting for the orders… to shoot or to give in? The West German secret service asks you to carry out a top secret mission. In exchange for helping you escape to the West, you are to broadcast fake orders to the East German border guard to open the gates. But beware: you only have 60 minutes before the East German communication systems are shut down! Your journey will involve capturing secret documents in East Berlin, smuggling them to West Berlin, and using the East German communication systems to end this stalemate. Break through the Wall and pioneer the new beginning in the Federal Republic of Germany!
It’s a very original way to talk about the history of Berlin. As a player, you’re in the shoes of someone trying to reach west Berlin with a topsecret mission.
„Tear down this wall“ is a reference to a line of the memorable Ronald Reagan speech in 1987.

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Décors et ambiance

Very realistic with a lot of vintage objects, the attention payed to details really puts the players into the ambiance. The sound is also helping a lot we just regret it wasn't louder at some specific moment to put the players in a position of intense tension. We really loved the ambiance of the firsts rooms, one of the best designs we saw!
Remarques: Ambre : “We really felt the tension and fear and the particular ambiance of east Germany.”

Les énigmes

We had a lot of fun even if we didn't manage to finish the mission.
We have been struggling with some of the enigmas, in general we found the game difficult what makes it even more interesting.
We would recommend the game to adults or families with kids with a minimum age of 14.
All type of enigmas so it gives a good rhythm to the game, keys, locker, reflexion, search…
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Le game master

The game master was really nice. He helped us a lot throughout the escape game. The board who showed the hints fits to the decoration. A screen is not our favourite way to communicate. We personally prefer to have a device to bring with us and not having to send someone to look at the hints.
Remarque : In English and German – Good level of English is required to understand Level: difficult to very difficult mission around 70 % of success

En conclusion

Even if we lost, the escape game was really fun. The decoration was amazing and it really felt like the time of the berlin wall. As already said it was hard to solve. Also it was our first time losing an escape game.…