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Not even watching 'Psycho' in a chapel at Halloween made me jump as many times as spending an hour trying to unshackle Lady Chastity's Reserve. The immersive team game isn't quite an escape game (not least because you're not really trying to escape) but is built on the same main premise: work as a team to solve puzzles and complete the challenge within an hour. It's also themed to an extent no other game I've experienced has managed, with an innuendo-drenched storyline woven throughout the clues, a cobweb-spattered spooky set and a creepily convincing (and hilarious) performance from the game's host, Gabriel. He's the one who had us yelping with terror at every blast of the smoke machine. The tasks in this experience are very linear, so it was difficult for the whole team to get stuck in at once, but they were also packed with original features and fitted the wonderfully silly storyline beautifully. There's no hope for Lady Chastity, really, because I highly recommend you get your hands on her reserve. East Londoners note: there's another Lady Chastity's Reserve in Hackney now, too.
Ashleigh Arnott
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