We were recently sent the new Escape room gift packs for review. I am talking about The Zoo today. All thoughts and opinions are our own.
I love an escape room so the idea of an escape room pack at home sounded like a lot of fun! Jack had seen a lot about these so was very happy to have the opportunity to review them.
Who Are TRAPPED?
Trapped Exit Room Games from Golden Bear Toys launched last year and were really popular. This year three new games have been released: The Zoo, Mission To Mars and Flight 827.
The Trapped games are perfect for 6 players so are perfect for a games night. You can keep it at home or take it away on holiday with you in your suitcase.
We are reviewing The Zoo pack.
What Comes In The Pack?
Everything you could need to turn any room in your home into an escape room. It comes complete with instructions, clue reader, posters, clues, solutions and props. You also get a tape sheet and bulldog clip for sticking stuff to walls or using the pack as a clipboard.
You will need to pop certain things up on the wall or place them on counters or windowsills. Others, such as the meerkat enclosures, will need to be made.
Who Can Play?
Anyone in the family, from two to six players! It is for ages 8+ although Olivia did want to get involved too!
What Do You Need To Do?
You need to solve the puzzles to save the meerkats! Imagine it is your annual trip to the zoo and the meerkats have escaped! It is your mission to track them down and return them safely to their enclosure. Will you be able to find them all?
There are real codes that you need to crack and tests that you need to pass, just like a real escape room. It takes between 1-2 hours to complete the game.
Even if you are the person setting it up, you can play too. All clues are face down and the red bordered side of the card is what is on show. These pieces will tell you whether they need to be stuck to a wall or placed on the surface. It does take a while to set it up so bear that in mind if you are looking for a quick game – this is a game that you take your time with.
The puzzles can be solved in any order until you finally see if you have collected all the meerkats back up. Clues can be solved using the handy clue reader which hides other clues for you.
Where Can I Buy It?
You can pick up your own The Zoo escape room pack here on Amazon {affiliate link}?
What Did We Think?
We had a lot of fun trying to work out the clues for The Zoo however we will definitely be giving it another go when we have more people round to make it even more fun.
We love doing games or puzzles as a family and this was a great way of getting us to work together. It was a little confusing at times – Jack is only 9 so just over the minimum age limit and sometimes required a little help. Olivia, of course being four, did not understand but enjoyed it when we solved the clues!
This would definitely be a fun thing to do for birthday parties or a sleepover and we will definitely be trying this again when Jack has some friends round. It is great that it is portable so he can also take it to a friends house if he likes.
We were very impressed and can’t wait to play again!
If you would like the chance to win a set of the three new games for 2021, then please do check back tomorrow when my giveaway to win a bundle will be going live!
Do you like escape rooms?
This does sound like it would be great fun. Mine pretend to do their own escape room so they would be over the moon with these.
I love Escape Rooms and recently I have tried the ones at home as well. They are so much fun! I’d like to play this one as well, escaping from the zoo sounds like a great way to spend an afternoon 🙂
Ooo this sounds like such a good idea for the kids and a great way to pass sometime at home. Love a good escape room pack x
These look so good. I’ve done one at home escape room and it was lots of fun so I’d love to try some more x
We have never tried one of these games before, they sound like great family fun.
This sounds like the perfect game for playing with family and friends. I am going to check it out.
Oh this looks really cool and the girls would absolutely love to try something out like this
I love escape room games. This sound likes a lot’s of fun and I would love to try these out.
Oh, that’s such a fun idea to bring the escape room to you. Great idea!!
These look amazing! Love escape rooms but would love even more in my own home!