Self-Guided The Eindhoven Syndicate City Escape Game

Eindhoven begins this one on the Markt, a square ringed with terraces, with the twin towers of the Sint-Catharinakerk a few streets to the south. Played as an outdoor escape game, the route uses the centre as it stands now: wide pavements, glass fronts and the older buildings that survived in between. Nothing about it takes you far from the middle of Eindhoven. Because the centre was rebuilt after the war, the walking surface is smooth and the distances are predictable, which helps if you are out with children. Friends, couples and colleagues take it on just as often. Two to five players form one team around one phone, and groups beyond five split into separate teams. Every player is handed a character with a role in the mission, so the team has to talk to itself to move forward. No guide, and no start time fixed in advance. How to playGetting ready takes less time than the walk in from the car park. Book the City Game Check the instructions email Download the Loquiz app Start playing whenever you like Magnus has the stolen formulas and the trail he left runs through the middle of Eindhoven. Your team cracks the codes, works out the riddles and completes the photo tasks the app sets, from the streets near the Markt across to the Philips Museum. The roles are split from the first task onward, and no single player can close the case alone. Put two teams on the same trail and the outcome is a ranking, which is the reason work groups book it. Stopping is allowed at any point, so a long break changes nothing. Played that way it fills an easy afternoon in Eindhoven.