Moriarty’s Game: The Professor’s Invitation is an outdoor walking trail that sets off from Marylebone and takes around 3 hours to complete. But I wanted to mention all this as I have a slightly unique view of the game, and I’m reminded of this quote: “If you can’t handle me Moriarty’s Game at it’s worse, you don’t deserve me Moriarty’s Game at my best” Companies still need to make money, and I’m glad that selling their treasure trails, even if they were a reduced version of them, meant that they could survive the pandemic and reopen the original, brilliant experience. It’s simply not fair for me to judge a game at a time when the business hosting the game was struggling the most. First in May 2021, and then again in April 2022. Since I knew in my heart that a mid-lockdown version of the game wasn’t representative, I went ahead and booked Moriarty’s Game TWICE. Another shame, given the only thing us enthusiasts could do during the lockdown was walk around outside…Īll this is to say that after writing a review for The Enchanted Mirror (lockdown version), I decided not to make the same mistake twice. But, regardless, they’re still on the more expensive side of the London puzzle trail market, and I couldn’t in good conscience recommend them during the lockdown. The cost per player was £19, reduced from £25 during the lockdown, which took away the sting a little bit. But without those bells and whistles it became hard to justify the high price on the market. For obvious reasons… It was a global pandemic. …Except, that during lockdown their trails remained live and bookable, but all of the exciting bells and whistles that make Hidden City so special were removed. At the end of each Hidden City game players often receive an edible prize. These walking games often take you into famous landmarks to discover cool and unusual facts, and pubs and cafes to whisper secret codewords to the staff and receive packs of information. As I’ll repeat from my other review of The Enchanted Mirror, I had fond memories of playing Hidden City games that involved indoor locations BEFORE the pandemic.
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