Current Games
RUBE’S CONUNDRUM PART I
DECEMBER 2024! Inspired by famed cartoonist and wild inventor Rube Goldberg, this game is all about home-made contraptions and strange machines. Begin in a wacky workshop with some complicated blueprints, half-built gadgets, wheels, pulleys, bells, and whistles. Solve puzzles and complete challenges to start a series of chain reactions you won’t forget. Your goal will be to find and free the RUBE or at least have fun trying.
This is a non-linear, hands-on experience for young and old. Please touch, manipulate, open, close, and otherwise figure out how to make these crazy gizmos work. In the end your efforts may be rewarded. Don’t worry! You won’t be stuck building “the better mousetrap” this time, but you will learn a thing or two about Newton’s 1st Law of Motion. This is PART I of a two part series.
ESCAPE CHRISTMAS (special limited edition pop-up game)
(Available on occasion.) Normally Christmas comes and goes, but not in the home of Jebidiah Krinklemeijer, puzzle-maker extreme. Here the holidays can last as long as it takes for his grandchildren to solve the puzzles he so carefully crafts. Mr. Krinklemeijer has been known to go a bit overboard in the games of his making, ensnaring his young visitors in an avalanche of puzzles meant to confound. Sometimes they become so hopelessly lost in the myriad of games that they throw their hands up in despair. Mr. Krinklemeijer finds this to be quite amusing. He hopes to challenge, befuddle, and otherwise perplex the little merrymakers and knows that their problem solving skills will improve with time and practice. In truth, all of his puzzles can be solved quite easily with concentrated organization. All they have to do is light the Christmas star. Maybe you can help?
ESCAPE MANCHESTER
OUTDOOR ESCAPE ADVENTURE! We’re bringing the escape room outdoors with another walkable game, this time through the streets of downtown Manchester, Vermont. In a race to finish first among past and future players, you will have an hour to get to the final clue. This game requires nothing but a smart phone, some walking shoes, suitable clothing, and your own intuition. Designed with Covid safety in mind, this game is meant to keep you safe in the open air with low exposure risk. It is also one of our most affordable ways to play, keeping in line with the needs of our local economy. Get your household out of the funk and get outside and play. Gift certificates and custom games available. This game requires 1-2 miles of walking.
PLAY at HOME GAMES
NEW!! Now you can bring the escape room to your own home. Great for groups of 2 to 10 people, these games offer perfect adventures for a birthday party or friend get together. We can customize to age range but generally speaking, these games are fun for adults and workable for children (with some help.) Each game supplies a series of intertwined puzzles that culminate with a surprise finish. Rentals are by the day, you pick up and drop off at our facility unless otherwise arranged. This game normally lasts between 1 and 2 hours and is self run by the host of the party. Directions and emergency answers included in purchase. Click the image above to see our ever-growing selection.
Current games available:
Birthday Box
Birthday Bag
Love in a Box
THE PINEHURST
The year is 1989. Sally Jane, a regular, is sitting at the bar with high hair and a Zima on the rocks. Zeb, the one-time high school quarterback and current foosball champion, has his pickup truck in the parking lot, Marlboros rolled into his sleeve, and a Budweiser in his hand. AC/DC is playing on the jukebox and the Snap-On girl smiles from a poster on the wall. Couples dance in tight jeans across a beer-slicked floor. It may be a Wednesday night but spirits are high in this honky-tonk bar. SUDDENLY, Smokie, the bartender shouts a premature, “Last call for alcohol!” much to the surprise and chagrin of the patrons. Why? He cannot find his prized can of vintage Schlitz. Smokie says the doors will remain closed until it is found. Can you find Smokie’s Schlitz and win a one-song dance party for your team First you will need to find your way in.
ESCAPE THE VILLAGE
OUTDOOR ESCAPE ADVENTURE! There is a secret society that lurks in the Stratton Village. They revel in trickery, leaving clues in plain sight for those in the know. They call themselves “The Puzzlers.” Many people want to join this secret society but only those who can decode the riddles will be accepted. The Puzzlers welcome your attempts at solving the game, though not everyone will be successful. Try it alone or with a team, the investment is the same. The game is good for young and old but better when there is at least one adult in the mix. If you choose to take the challenge, there are a few things to remember. Number one, part of the game is being secretive. Don’t let anyone see what you are doing or where you are going. This is a “Secret Society” remember. If you find a secret door, wait until no one else is looking before opening. Always close and relock behind you and leave the clues behind. Most of all, have fun. Winners may be contacted for future surprise…
ESCAPE JAMAICA (a cross country walking game)
Put on your walking shoes and travel to nearby Jamaica, Vermont for a lovely stroll through its picturesque streets. There you will find a mixture of puzzles, hidden boxes, and secret caches to discover with our Escape Jamaica game. You’ll need a smartphone and working Internet connection to play (AT&T works but other carriers do not). This self-led game takes about 1-2 hours and requires walking about 1 mile along the paved streets and sidewalks of the town. One booking includes play for up to 5 players. The best day to play is Saturday, allowing for entry into buildings with strict hours of operation. It is available other days too, with work arounds for these closures.
TEAM BUILDING GAMES
Nothing creates camaraderie like cooperative gaming. We can create custom games that will bring fun and a healthy sense of friendly competition to your work place. This can be a well-deserved reward for hard-working offices, a seasonal break, or even as an ice-breaking event for new recruits. In person and on-line events available, all can be custom made to suit your own business needs. Write us with specific questions.
CROSS COUNTRY TREASURE HUNT
This set of clues will take you far and wide, way beyond the scope of the Stratton Escape Room and into the greater landscape. We have a variety of games and levels, all appropriate to families but with varying levels of difficulty. You will be given the first clue upon registration and the rest is up to you. We have hidden clues within a 25 mile radius of our home base and you can find them in a linear order. We have several levels of CROSS COUNTRY TREASURE HUNT GAMES, organized by physical intensity; level one being the easiest and level three the most demanding. Level one games are mentally challenging but easily accessible by car or over relatively flat walking surfaces. Level two games have clues in more distant locations requiring some hiking, biking, or even boating to access. The level three games are the most challenging both physically and mentally, often requiring multi-day excursions across land and water. Play all at your own risk.
FREE and FUTURE GAMES
ESCAPE BRATTLEBORO; SMOOT’S ART ODDITY
COMING SOON! There’s something strange in Brattleboro, but that shouldn’t come to anyone’s surprise. Steeped in a thriving, underground arts community, the place is nothing if not artsy. One aging artist, by the name of Jonathon Smoot, has taken his appreciation for the street art of Brattleboro to the next level. As an older gentleman, with no known heirs but a love for puzzles, he has decided to leave some of his fortune hidden somewhere in nearby. with clues to its location encoded in the art of the town. Are you up to the challenge? This is an endurance game with many clues. Solve the first ten riddles in under an hour and consider yourself a winner. Continue to become a real contender.
This game requires walking through the streets of Brattleboro.
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FREE ONLINE GAMES
We add to these occasionally but always invite people to play. These are great for late-night scrolling, morning coffee brain wake-ups, or beating the waiting room blues. Check out our collection. Some have prizes.
ESCAPE THE GARDEN
COMING SOON! Mr. Potter loves his garden but it seems to attract a world of unwanted visitors, the human kind. To keep them at bay, he has developed a series of unique garden rooms complete with locked gates, to trap “those rascals” in the act. You are welcome to enter at your own risk but are likely to find yourself ensnared like so many who have come before. Luckily Mr. Potter has a soft spot for “thinkers,” as he puts it. With a bit of ingenuity and regular smarts, you should be able to escape.
If you choose to take the challenge, there are a few things to remember. Number one, it is a garden in the great outdoors complete with a host of garden-y things like flowers, bees, errant hoses, mud, dust, and pollen. Remember to wear clothing that can get wet, shoes that can walk across lawn, and maybe even a garden hat, and sunscreen. Lastly, be prepared for a series of mind-bending puzzles that are fun and challenging for all ages.
THE BOTANIST ONLINE
BECOMING POINT AND CLICK ONLINE GAME. Our most topical escape game ever, the Botanist features botanist Phinneas T. Slivverwort who has found a miracle cure for Tuberculosis but has lost his memory in the process. Help Dr. Slivverwort find the lost seed of the mysterious Krakula speciosa plant, the last of its kind and key ingredient of his special cough-stopping Elixir. It should be known that Dr. Slivverwort carefully booby trapped his laboratory, The Pod, to ward off would-be robbers. He also hid the seed in a secret location. The hidden seed is the only key to his release. Unfortunately, he has now become ensnared in his own web and trapped in his own Pod. Luckily he left himself some clues. Can you help Dr. Slivverwort escape? Not in Vermont? Play this game ONLINE too. As it turns out, it plays rather well. Join friends you would otherwise be keeping distant from in this game you play over ZOOM.
EVERYDAY HEROES ALWAYS SAVING OUR BUTTS!
Escape Room owners from Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont have come together to create a free, online puzzle hunt to celebrate everyday heroes! Participating Escape Rooms are listed on the New England Room Escapes home page. To play any puzzle from any of our participating rooms, click on the escape room’s logo on the home page. Search for a toilet paper roll icon on on the landing page of the escape rooms’ websites. When you find it, click it to be taken to the puzzle. Upon solving each puzzle, you’ll receive the occupation of an everyday hero. This hero will be the KEY for that Escape Room in the spaces provided on the home page. See if you can get them all. Succeed at ours and earn a discount on our own remote escape room, The Pinehurst.
Click the toilet paper roll to play
FOR SPECIAL RENTALS…
THE TRAVELING BOOTLEGGER’S BOX
Want more? Try the Bootlegger’s Box (now live and online). Get to the center of this old and persnickety box in 30 minutes or less. First you will have to find your way in. It is not as easy as it looks. Add this to your regular online game for only $30 per group.
