Self-Guided The Emmen Syndicate City Escape Game

The starting point in Emmen is the Grote of Pancratiuskerk, and the first clue sends you off through the streets that fan out from it. The route drops down to the Willinkplein and then works through the shopping streets and back again. It is an outdoor escape game, so everything you need is on the street rather than behind a door. Emmen is a working town on the edge of the Drenthe countryside, with a flat, walkable centre and enough open space for a group to spread out and regroup easily. Teams are two to five players around a single phone, and each player is given a character with a role of their own, which means the group has to keep talking. Larger parties split up and play as several teams. There is no guide with you and no fixed hour to begin. How to playIn Emmen the run-up to the first puzzle is these four steps. Book the City Game Check the instructions email Download the Loquiz app Start playing whenever you like Magnus disappeared with the stolen formulas, leaving codes, riddles and photo tasks in his wake. Following them takes a team that divides its roles properly and pieces the fragments together. The trail loops back to the Grote of Pancratiuskerk before the last of it makes sense. Several teams playing at once makes it a competition, and the scores are worth arguing about afterwards over a drink. You are free to stop, eat and carry on later in the day. The end of the story is set in Emmen.