VIDEO. An escape game on the theme of the Olympic flame offered in Rouen

The Olympic flame will pass through Rouen (Seine-Maritime) on Friday July 5, 2024. In this context of a summer event in France, un escape game drawing from the sporting world is offered to Free timethe third place installed in former railway spaces on the left bank.

A general public and family game

At the helm of this new game, we find the company Look atlaunched by Marion Boitout, already the creator of an escape in a real bus at the Quartier Libre. The scenario is simple: the Olympic flame has been extinguished, the players are tasked with relighting it… before the opening ceremony. To do this, you have to solve a whole series of puzzles.

Riddles related to sports, of course, but you don’t need to be special in one of them, the game is for the general public. There is also a version of this treasure hunt for younger children, and schools have even come to play it. “The children were super motivated,” Marion rejoices.

The puzzles are spread across five thematic locations (cycling, football, boxing, basketball and pétanque), located throughout the Quartier Libre. Participating in this escape game is also an opportunity to discover the places. Allow approximately 1 hour 15 minutes of play. This escape game is available on Wednesday and Saturday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., otherwise it is on order.

A new murder party

Alongside this new escape game, Look at is offering a new murder party. The theme: a drag queen was murdered during a, six people play the role of the potential murderer, it’s a question of discovering who. “It’s between an escape game and a theater”underlines Marion Boitout.

Escape game the Olympic flame, at Quartier Libre in Rouen until September 2024. Reservations with Marion Boitout on 07 81 12 15 29, by email at [email protected] or even directly online.

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