Entrap Games, Wichita

No matter how good the graphics get, video games—even with the aid of those newfangled VR contraptions—will never be quite as enthralling (or convincing) as reality itself. Entrap Games plays on this fact, "locking" up to six players in a themed, meticulously decorated room filled with tangible props and set pieces, all designed to be touched, examined, and lovingly caressed. And to make the experience even more immersive, each room features its own backstory that requires guests to collectively hunt for clues and solve puzzles before the clock runs out. Below are a couple of the brain-ticking, adrenaline-raising scenarios you'll find at Entrap Games:

• Off Limits: Your group of friends have been invited to an extravagant party hosted by an eccentric trust fund kid, and have been given the run of the mansion, aside a single room, in which you were told to keep out of. Eventually, having looked about the rest of the premises, you all stumble towards the secret room. The door creaks open and the group steps inside. Moments later, the door shuts and locks! There doesn’t seem to be a way out – but surely there must be something! Mysterious items reveal a dark side to this room’s owner. Escape, before it’s too late!

• Missing Musician: Your mentor and one of the world’s premier musicians has gone missing. On the precipice of releasing his masterpiece that would put his name with the great musicians of the past. He’s always been a bit of a strange fellow, to have that kind of talent requires some level of insanity. Over the past few months he’s become paranoid and reclusive and now he’s vanished with the only clue being a letter directing you to his study. You decide to investigate but once in his study the door has shut and locked behind you. Was there foul play involved or has he simply run off to never be heard from again? It’s up to you to find out what happened to him and figure out how to get out of his study.