Belfort: An escape game to get children's brains working at Tower 27
A popular puzzle among adults, escape games continue to attract a clientele eager to solve mysteries. In some rooms in the region, these complex challenges are being revisited to allow younger customers to participate, whether with children or families, as is the case at Clé du Bastion in Belfort.
In Tower 27, Matteo Chambard opens the doors to the "1916" room, dedicated to the First World War. A guide to games of Clé du Bastion for four years, he heads toward a small, padlocked metal chest. The lid reads, in capital letters, "For the Little Soldiers." This box is actually a device designed to allow children to participate in this game, which is generally reserved for adults due to its level of difficulty.
In the region, several establishments offer this concept, which allows young people to be left to their own devices or to be included in the games played by older children. At Clé du Bastion, several options are available for 6- to 10-year-olds who want to become brilliant investigators.
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While the older children tackle the puzzles within the walls of Tower 27, the younger teams move to a different location to launch the Corridors of Time investigation. At the citadel, in a dedicated room along the Great Underground Path, they travel through different eras, from Vauban to Renaud de Bourgogne to Bartholdi.
On a map, "they must place monuments from the city of Belfort that were built during the era they are in," explains Matteo Chambard. The presentation will take about ten minutes, a ten-minute briefing, and an hour of play. An option allows those celebrating their birthday to extend the experience by about thirty minutes with a birthday snack.
Adults who wish to share the experience with their children in the same room can participate in the "family" format. In this case, there is no separation. The older children take care of the "official" version of the game while the younger ones work to solve their own puzzle in the same room. While a salad basket is to be found in the "1916" room, a reconstruction of animals will be the objective in " Bartholdi 's Workshop." Nothing prevents a young person from coming to help their companions. "Sometimes adults make things too complicated. The children will see the thing, they will say to themselves, maybe it's really simple, we have to do it like that and they will notice small details" that the adults missed, notes Matteo.
Namely, in this family format, the success of the adult group and that of the children is independent. Each can succeed in their challenge while the other fails. It's an opportunity for the little ones to show who's the strongest!
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