Smashing
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Date Played: April 20, 2024
Team size: 2-7; we recommend 4-5
Duration: 90 minutes
Price: from €38 per player for teams of 2 to €21 per player for teams of 7
Ticketing: Private
Accessibility Consideration: This game includes climbing ladders and crawling.
Mess Meter: 🧹🧹🧹 (out of 5)
Emergency Exit Rating: [F] No Emergency Exit
Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints
For more on our trip to Spain, here's our field report.
REA Reaction
We played District 111 on our first day in Barcelona, and it gave us a feel for the Spanish escape room style that we would experience throughout the trip.
District 111 had an approachable cold start, a gorgeous set, and creative, environmental puzzles. It required us to move our bodies and fully explore the space. Furthermore, as the game progressed, it escalated in scale and intensity. In this way, it set the tone for our week playing escape rooms in Spain.
It wasn't going to be the most intense, most epic, or most unusual game we'd play over the course of the week, but it pushed at all those boundaries in a really good way. We can see how this game likely inspired many of newer Spanish escape rooms.
The main problem with District 111 was that it felt old and under-maintained. I don't know when this game opened, but it felt tired and worn. One segment was so poorly maintained as to have become misleading cluing. It was also pretty dirty. Furthermore, there was a sloppiness to the execution of little details, for example, in transitions, that had a negative impact on the otherwise impressive world-building.
We enjoyed District 111, although not as much as we probably could have. We continue to recommend it to (a) folks looking for a great game in close proximity to central Barcelona and (b) escape room tourists as a first stop on what will be a stacked itinerary of the best Spanish escape rooms. If you fit into either of those groups, District 111 would be a great choice for you.
Who is this for?
- Adventure seekers
- Puzzle lovers
- Scenery snobs
- GENRE fans (i.e. Sci-fi, horror)
- Best for players with at least some experience
Why play?
- Novel, environmental puzzles
- Impressive set with a wonderful door
Story
In a post-apocalyptic world where everyone is struggling for survival and resources, we were inhabitants of a city divided into two factions: the ruling Federation, and the rebellious Fireflies. We had to venture into Firefly controlled territory and complete a secret mission.
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