Self-Guided The Zwolle Syndicate City Escape Game

Zwolle starts you on the Grote Kerkplein, alongside the Grote of Sint-Michaëlskerk, and the first clues stay within sight of the square. The trail then crosses to the Grote Markt and works outward through the streets inside the old moat. It is a city escape game on foot, and the centre of Zwolle is small enough that you cover it without ever hurrying. Everything inside the star-shaped moat is flat and close together, so families with young children handle the distance easily, as do groups of friends, couples and colleagues. A team is two to five people sharing one phone; anyone in a larger party splits off into a second team. Each player is given a character with a role in the mission, so the phone moves around the group. There is no guide with you and no departure time to make. How to playFrom booking to the first task is a matter of four steps. Book the City Game Check the instructions email Download the Loquiz app Start playing whenever you like Magnus has the formulas, and the trail he left crosses Zwolle from the museum quarter outward. Codes, riddles and photo tasks take your team past the Museum de Fundatie with its glass dome and on toward the green of Ter Pelkwijkpark. What each character knows only counts once the others hear it. Two teams playing at once end up comparing results, which is what makes this a workable teambuilding afternoon. You can break the game in half and finish the second part later in the day. That flexibility is part of why it fits an ordinary afternoon in Zwolle.