Civil War Escape Room Report

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I participated in an escape room for my social studies field experience. This particular escape room was titled “Civil War.” Breakout Lawrence, the place that we went to, summarizes the escape room on their website by saying “You and your fellow soldiers have been captured and placed in an enemy bunker. You receive word that there is a way out, but you only have an hour before your captors return from a scouting tour. Act fast, or it's taps for you!” The room consisted of hidden underground tunnels, magnetic maps, a telegraph machine with morse code messages, secret compartments, dimly lit lanterns, eight bottles of moonshine, and lots of historical inaccuracies. Upon entering the dark room, you and your 5 fellow “soldiers” are presented with a table, a bottle of moonshine, multiple softly lit electric lanterns, a mounted deer head, and various framed pictures of generals and their platoon. A scenario similar to this would be unheard of during the civil war. First off, holding cells for prisoners held many more than just 6 men, they most definitely would not have had electric lanterns, and would not have …show more content…

There are even magnetic maps that, when figurines are placed in certain places, trap doors open up. In civil war times, magnetic maps, trap doors, underground tunnels, and expertly placed escape clues would not have been a possibility. Once all of the puzzles have been solved, all of the codes cracked, and all of the locks unlocked, your group is presented with a rifle that had been locked in a cage along with a drawing of a man shooting a lock on a door with a rifle, clearly indicating what the purpose of the gun is. Each clue is cautiously and intelligently placed, yet in order to actually escape, you must use the loudest and least stealthy escape

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