Hi all
Another escape room business that we checked out on our 3 days of escape room madness in Brisbane in November 2023 was Seraphim Escape Rooms in Ipswich. On the day that we played all 3 Seraphim rooms back to back, we ended up playing 10 rooms in total all up that day (which was my record by a long margin). Spoiler alert though – we broke that record the following day….
I had been itching to check out the rooms at Seraphim for years. I had met Keziah, the owner, years before at a meet up in Melbourne. In fact, I think one of the main reasons that this trip of ours was organised was to check out Seraphim before they closed their doors (and I am aware of a bunch of other enthusiasts and owners who have also been to Ipswich recently for the same reason).
We played all 3 Seraphim rooms back to back. Here is what I thought:
Santa’s Cottage (Room 238)
Santa’s Cottage was a fun Christmas-themed room. It was a largely linear room, designed more for families and players who are newer to escape rooms. There was a really nice mix of puzzles in this room and despite being linear, we were all kept pretty busy. There was a standout logic puzzle that I recall that we solved a little differently to others who had come before us. Our team blitzed through this room in 16 minutes and 50 seconds (of a possible 60 minutes).
The Executioner’s Toolshed (Room 239)
The Executioner’s Toolshed was the room that I had heard was very scary, so I was a little apprehensive going in. In good news for our team, we managed to escape the room so quickly that our Executioner friend was only able to come and scare us just the one time (I understand that most teams get multiple scares). We managed to escape the room in 19 minutes and 20 seconds (of a possible 60 minutes), which meant we had broken the room record by 2 minutes. The room was very dark and pretty scary and we spent most of it handcuffed to a fellow team member. The puzzles all very much matched the theme and were a lot of fun to solve.
Atonement (Room 240)
Atonement was another pretty scary room, although it didn’t contain the jump scares or live actor interaction that we encountered in The Executioner’s Toolshed. Something our team is incredibly proud of is that before the intro to the room had finished being explained to us, we had already made our way into the second room(!). We were told by Keziah that that was a first 😊
The room was uber spooky without the jump scares. One aspect of Atonement that was interesting is that before going in, players draw tarot cards and they then have to follow instructions on those cards during the game. This might explain why at one point I was dancing (which I am not known for)….
There are some really bespoke elements of Atonement which we all REALLY liked too. We escaped Atonement in 26 minutes and 57 seconds (of a possible 60 minutes), which meant we had broken the room record by about 5 minutes.
Final thoughts
The rooms at Seraphim were all awesome. They offer a nice range of family-friendly rooms right through to pretty scary adult rooms.
We really enjoyed all of the puzzles, which were really varied and fun to solve. The standout aspect of the Seraphim Rooms experience though is that our game master Keziah spent her time during our experience typing up very detailed notes of our every move – what funny things we each said, the unusual ways that we solved puzzles, what our time was at each of the main puzzles. It was something truly unique – I have never seen this level of detail in a debrief anywhere else to date. And as well as our game master reading through the notes at the end, the notes were handed to us to take away with us as a memento.
Also, in good news Seraphim Escape Rooms is not closing down after all and has instead found new owners. If you’re heading to Brisbane or Ipswich, I highly recommend checking out their rooms!
Where: 1 Prasser Lane, Ipswich
Duration: 60 mins
Themes: 3 themes
Cost: $55 per person (assuming team of 4)
Overall Rating: From Christmas fun to a scary executioner!
More details: https://www.seraphimescape.com.au/
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