If you lose, you’ll be splattered with paint from head to toe.
If it ’s an adrenaline rush you ’re after , it ’s an adrenaline upsurge you ’re going to get at DC ’s novel escape cock roomBeat The Bomb .
Billed as an “ immersive societal television game , ” groups of up to six are outfitted in hazmat suit and task with solving puzzles and beat obstacle before clock time runs out and a monolithic paint bomb blare you with a plethora of color . The experience , which opens this week , is like an leakage room take on paintball — combining two bodily process for a new , funthing to dothis wintertime .
The challenge takes place in an expansive 10,300 - substantial - foot venue in Ivy City with five technical school - enabled play elbow room that teams will have to work through as a social unit . Each room is equipped with touch filmdom , apparent movement camera , laser , and more , all designed to test your team ’s ability to communicate , cooperate , and align . In the fifth ( and terminal ) challenge , your team will have to disarm the pigment bomb , or be disarmed ( and covered with rainbow colored blusher ) yourselves . candidly , though , it ’s punishing to tell if it ’s more fun to mystify the clock or have the clock beat you .
Photo by Marcus Ingram
Before you assume that getting through all five room is small fry ’s turn , be warn : the venue says only 10 % of squad manage to make headway on their first endeavour .
When you are able to dispatch the challenge , puzzle the Bomb has another secret plan up its arm called Mission 02 , where competitors don black hazmat suits and hear to disarm a foam bomb at the end of the missionary post . And beyond the major challenges , Beat The Bomb ’s DC location also boast six pocket-size arcade that declare oneself dissimilar games .
To keep you fueled up pre- and post - mission , the quad is also home to a beer garden called the Bomb Bar , featuringlocal craft beer , icy mezcal margaritas , and shareable bites like nachos , pretzel bite , hot Canis familiaris , and pizza .
The enormous DC venue has a private event quad for birthday parties or society events , ended with catering and bar service packages . And leave the nidus on technology throughout the play room , Beat The Bomb DC design to pop the question STEM workshop in partnership with local schools to encourage other engagement in engineering , technology , and gaming .
Early bird tickets are presently on sale for 25 % off with the code DC25 . missionary station start at $ 44.95 per person for a company of four to six , while entranceway and colonnade experiences ( which covers unlimited games ) start at $ 14.95 per person .
Photo by Anthony Cunanan
Photo by Anthony Cunanan
Photo courtesy of Beat The Bomb
