About this venue
De Ducdalf is a café-restaurant along with bowling and activity centre in Espel and in 2017 was the first business in the Noordoostpolder to have an escape room. In Don Quichot you must repair a broken polder mill within an hour to prevent flooding; the room is deliberately period-authentic with only 17th-century mechanisms — no key or digit locks. Additionally there is 2 on the Richter Scale, a competitive group room about Groningen gas extraction earthquakes, plus two escape boxes (De Watergeus and Duurzaam) for extra parallel capacity. Visitors praise the beautiful finishing, the sound design and friendly service (escapetalk: 7.3 for Don Quichot, service subscore 8.3), though puzzle logic is variable: some puzzles can be solved in unintended ways or are too vague, so the gamemaster sometimes has to assist. The whole thing is mainly sold as part of an afternoon or evening arrangement with buffet or gourmet dining.
Rooms
- Don QuichotRepareer de kapotte poldermolen binnen het uur en voorkom dat de polder overstroomt; puzzels met uitsluitend 17e-eeuwse mechanismen
- 2 op de Schaal van RichterGroningse aardbevingsschade: twee aannemersteams racen door de burgemeesterswoning om als eerste de klus te claimen (8-16 spelers)
What visitors say
- Detailed, beautifully finished sets with atmospheric sound design
- Friendly service (escapetalk subscore 8.3)
- Period-authentic puzzles without modern locks are refreshingly different
- Puzzles sometimes solvable in unintended ways or too vague; GM has to assist
- Experienced players find it on the simple side and not everyone thinks ~€90 is worth it
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From the reviews
Goed doordacht thema, Mooie afwerking en er is voor iedereen wat te doen.— Escaperooms Nederland
Deze Escape room krijgt van mij een 6 ik vond het geen 90 euro waard.— Escaperooms Nederland