Lakes Escapes: Casino Heist

We played Casino Heist immediately after Diamond Mine in the same location, and would happily recommend them both. The Casino Heist scenario starts off with a brilliant set piece, and then settles into a typical escape room format. There's lots of content - our team of eight players of mixed experience levels were kept busy throughout the whole hour, and only just secured the final loot within the last few minutes, so would definitely recommend this as suitable for larger groups.

There's no single stand-out moments, but a solid mix of observation, deduction, assembly and physical manipulation puzzles thoughout.

Excellent, attentive hosting by the GMs delivered a few clues to nudge us along when we requested, and happy to chat afterwards.

The first part of this room is just pure fun. After that, we were so stressed 😂 This room is quite hard. There is a physical puzzle which is quite difficult and took us ~10 mins to complete which really threw us off. I'd still recommend this room, just be prepared for a challenge.

The fact that Molly Minerva managed to successfully escape in a team of 2 is actually unbelievable and her team must be a force to be reckoned with!

This one seems to divide opinion somewhat and I can see why: there's an elevated level of challenge in here that makes it a tricky room, particularly if tackling it as a two and I can see how it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea.

The start of this game is superb - it really adds to the immersion and is such a novel way to kick off a heist. Once in the casino, this is a game where subtle details count and we missed a few things because they were quite leftfield. Saying that, the 'a-ha!' moments were therefore all the more satisfying!

Amazing game - very difficult but we relish that these days. The start is absolutely brilliant!

Interesting beginning and mechanics. Theming could be better as feels like a room with casino things stuck on the wall rather than a proper casino

i loved it