Breakout, Greensboro

With 60 minutes on the clock and a mystery before them, teams at Breakout Greensboro use their critical thinking skills to uncover hidden items, crack codes, and solve puzzles to escape before time is up. The real allure of Breakout Greensboro isn’t the challenging detective work, though. Rather, it’s the thrilling narratives behind each escape room. Read on to learn about the mysteries facing players:

• The Kidnapping: In the most intense scenario, players have been abducted and handcuffed inside an unfamiliar room. Using hidden messages from the previous victim, the team collaborates to escape before the kidnapper returns.
• Museum Heist: As former art thieves, the team's members are tasked with uncovering a collection of stolen artwork the night before a prestigious gallery opening. They must break into the thief's home and retrieve the rare treasures before time runs out.
• Operation: Casino: While investigating the disappearance of a secret agent, the team must follow a trail of clues in order to track and bring down those responsible for their colleague's vanishing.
• The Hostage: While on a flight, the team's plane is hijacked and everyone loses consciousness. Once awakened, the team finds themselves handcuffed to one another in the hijacker's headquarters and must free themselves, discover the details behind the hijacking, and escape before they run out of time.
• Do Not Disturb: A recent string of kidnappings has awakened old fears in the people of Breakout City. The team has tracked the Kidnapper to a rundown motel on the seedy outskirts of town. Unfortunately though, he's one step ahead, and now you're all entrapped in his web of twisted games. It's an investigation gone wrong that'll send your mind reeling as you try to save his next victims before you become one yourself.

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