Sherlock: The Game Is Now
Escape room based on the television programme
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Sherlock: The Game Is Now is an escape room based on the television program Sherlock.[1] Created by Sherlock creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the game features audio and video scenes with "original Sherlock cast members"[2] including video scenes with Martin Freeman as John, Andrew Scott as Jim Moriarty[3] and Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, the latter of which only appears in audio form.[1]
The experience is built in the West 12 shopping centre in Shepherd's Bush and designed by the creators of London's Time Run.[4] Software distribution company Buzzshot provided the administration system software for the game.[5]
Game play
Players are auditioning to join The Network, a team led by Mycroft Holmes.[1] Beginning at Doyle's Opticians, a video briefing featuring Mycroft Holmes in 221B Baker Street starts "a series of classic escape-room puzzles themed around the world of Sherlock".[1] Teams of four to six people progress through three rooms to solve the 60 minute game.[4]
After a 10-minute debriefing[4] where the team's skills are assessed,[1] the game finishes at a Sherlock themed pub called "The Mind Palace".[1]
Reception
Gatiss himself claimed to be very pleased with the result, saying, "We tried it today – and were useless. It's great fun and Sherlock fans and non-fans alike will take great pleasure in it."[4]