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Check your membership cards! Eccentric businessman and Harvest Moon Video store owner, Joseph Boddy , is set to retire. He has decided to randomly select several membership cards from his Video Store database and has issued special “golden tickets” to a lucky few. A local newspaper, The Sleepy Hollow Patch, is reporting that Mr. Boddy has laid out a series of challenges throughout his beloved video store for the chosen few, and if successful, the team will be rewarded THE DEED to the store. Mr. Boddy feels it is time for a change in ownership, one that can bring a fresh new upgrade to Harvest Moon Video as a new generation takes the helm of the film world. HMV has always been a prominent fixture on Main Street in the quiet village of Sleepy Hollow, New York. This quaint store continues to be the hot spot in town on a Friday night, as locals fill the aisles look for movies to rent. YOUR membership card has been drawn, and you and your team are anxiously waiting outside the store for further instructions. As you feel the crisp, cool air and take in the smells of the fall season, you listen to the passing cars, wondering when Joseph Boddy will arrive. At exactly 10:31 pm, a video beings to play inside the store. Your instructions are simple. You must gain entrance to the store and complete the tasks within an hour. If you are successful, you will be granted the deed to Harvest Moon Video. However, if you cannot complete his game in time, your car will be towed, and the next team of lucky golden ticket winners will get their change at this one-in=a=lifetime opportunity.
- 2-8
- 60 mins
- Not scary
All ratings (367)
Very positive
Gameplay
Overwhelmingly positive
Atmosphere
Overwhelmingly positive
Customer service
Overwhelmingly positive
Reviews
waynelynch
50 escape rooms
Very nostalgic. Think blockbuster video
cwilliams
53 escape rooms
Wow! The nostalgia was strong with this one! The Video Store was a unique room with a theme I’ve never experienced at any other escape room. The tricks were very theme centered, although our group ran into some trouble towards the end of our experience. It seems that a piece of a prop that was used for one of the tricks in the room was not reset properly, and hindered our experience. We didn’t actually find out that we were missing that item until after we escaped when our game master explained what happened. It was kind of a bummer because we spent about 10-15 minutes on that specific trick with no help from the staff. Aside from that slip up, we had a good time and were able to make it through the entire game.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Story
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
6
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
13
Was anything broken?
Yes
One of the props in the room wasn’t reset properly, causing us to waste about 10-15 minutes on the trick. We found out after the game that we were missing a prop that was used for that specific trick the whole time.
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
swolf
15 escape rooms
Very fun! Nostalgic! This game was fun for all ages! Lots of effects and puzzle solving I haven’t come across yet!
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
timothyhunt
38 escape rooms
Nostalgic game play! One clue didn’t make very much sense and our game master agreed, but otherwise, a fun game with excellent throwbacks to the 90s!
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Story
Difficulty
Easy
Game tech
Mechanical
Scary
Not scary
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
allen23
62 escape rooms
What to even say about this game, it was like seeing an old video store right in front of us. Challenging but fun! Great game masters and space.
Gameplay
The puzzles were so unique and fun
Atmosphere
It looked like a blockbuster video store it was incredible
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Story
Difficulty
Hard
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
17
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Accessibility
Somewhat Accessible, tight corners
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
michaelmunoz
43 escape rooms
I can’t say enough amazing things about this room. This has jumped up near the top of my list of favorites. The theming was fantastic, absolutely wonderful, especially loved the nice dose of nostalgia. The puzzles were so wonderfully themed as well and they incorporated some unique uses of tech we really enjoyed! There were a lot of puzzles to this room! They varied from fairly simple to some thought provoking more complex ones. We had such a blast working through this room! We escaped with about 5 mins left and just two of us. There is definitely enough puzzles for multiple people to work on at once without tripping over each other. However I wouldn’t suggest more than 4 people as I think it would get a little tight. Highly recommend!
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
patrickdavis
120 escape rooms
NOSTALGIA, OMG brought back some fun memories. Not hard, but not easy either. This was such a fun room with puzzles I’ve never seen before. If you are under 30 years old you won’t fully appreciate the environment or set design. For the rest of us 30+ this will bring back childhood memories just don’t squirrel out reading the boxes or watching the movies (it’s really easy to do, NOSTALGIA) it is still an escape room.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
If you’ve ever been to a Blockbuster store or video rental store you will instantly go back in time. It’s a small space but so well done
Customer service
Owner and all the GMs were awesome
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Can’t say I’ve ever played an escape room set in a blockbuster store before.
Story
All the games at Dare 2 Escape follow a similar storyline characters etc.
Difficulty
Medium
Not particularly difficult unless of course you weren’t alive during the blockbuster video days there are relic equipment items that will have you scratching your head 😂
Game tech
High tech
Little bit of both but I wouldn’t have it any other way
Ideal number of players
3
2-3 enthusiasts or 4-5 beginner-intermediate players. It’s a very small space though so to many players and you will be bumping elbows all game
Scary
Not scary
Not at all scary
Minimum age
8
The environment is child friendly but the puzzles are kind of difficult and unless you are over 30 years old you probably won’t even know what most of the stuff is
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
nmiller
29 escape rooms
This was my first room with Dare 2 Escape and I must say, it got me hooked. I love the atmosphere of the building the rooms are in and the room itself did not disappoint. Our GM Bri was absolutely hilarious, at the beginning of our time she tipped out of a rolling chair and that was when we knew it was gonna be a great game. The puzzles were unique and complex and all really flowed with the room theme and story line. I won’t spoil anything but it did really itch the part of my brain that misses blockbuster.
Gameplay
The puzzles in this room were really unique!
Atmosphere
Customer service
Our GM was amazing and the rest of the staff was just as friendly
Game tech
Mechanical
A lot of physical puzzles and locks which was nice considering a lot of rooms I’ve played recently have dealt with more screens than anything but that wasn’t the case for this room.
kevin46
27 escape rooms
Great room , very interesting theme There were 3 of us and we had to move very fast to make it out in time
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Physically active
Somewhat
ocollins
121 escape rooms
This room was right on the border between a like and love rating for me, but I ended up going with love because is some clever puzzles, the set, and the nostalgia.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Story
Difficulty
Hard
Ideal number of players
5
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
9
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy
Editorial
“A lighthearted and nostalgic video store game that would be fun for all ages.“
Escape Rumors
“A nostalgic escape room, crafted with a devotion to the subject matter“
Room Escape Artist