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Planning a Big Group Outing? Here’s How Multi-Room Bookings Work

Bachelor and bachelorette parties, big family reunions, friend groups visiting from out of town — none of them fit neatly into a single room built for up to six people. Here’s how we handle bigger numbers.

Split into teams

Instead of squeezing everyone into one room, book two rooms in the same time slot and split your group into teams. Everyone plays at once, and you compare notes — and times — afterwards.

Same story, different rooms, or two different rooms entirely

You can put two teams in two different experiences if your group has mixed tastes, or run the same room twice back-to-back if you’d rather everyone play the exact same thing and compare fairly.

Booking it

Multi-room bookings work the same way as a single booking — just add a second room and time on our booking page, or message us directly if you want help coordinating a larger event, like a birthday or corporate group.

A tip for competitive groups

If bragging rights matter to your group, ask your host beforehand about how ties are usually broken — hints used and time remaining both come into play.

How multi-room bookings work

When your group is bigger than one room can hold, we split you across two or three of our rooms — Prison, Nuthouse, and Hannibal — running at the same time. Everyone starts and finishes together, so the group stays in sync even though each team is playing a different room.

Turning it into a competition

Multi-room bookings naturally turn into a race, whether or not that was the plan. We track each team’s time and can share results at the end, which tends to spark a friendly rivalry that outlasts the visit itself — plenty of groups end up debating who really won over dinner afterwards.

What to expect on the day

We stagger arrivals slightly so briefings don’t overlap, then bring everyone back together once all rooms have finished for photos and results. If your group includes people of different ages or experience levels, we can match rooms to sub-groups rather than splitting randomly — just mention it when you book.

Booking ahead

Large groups need more lead time than a single booking, since we’re coordinating multiple rooms and staff at once. Get in touch through our contact page as early as you can, especially for weekend slots. Whether it’s a birthday, a work outing, or a big family reunion, a multi-room booking is usually the easiest way to keep a large group together without anyone sitting out.

Splitting fairly across rooms

We try to balance groups by mixing experience levels across each room rather than putting all the first-timers together, so no single team is at an obvious disadvantage. If your group has strong opinions about who plays where — work departments who want to stick together, for instance — just tell us when you book and we’ll build the split around that instead.

Making it a full group event

Some large groups extend the day beyond the rooms themselves — booking a nearby restaurant afterwards for the debrief and results, or timing the visit around a birthday or work milestone. We’re happy to recommend nearby spots if you’re building a full itinerary around your visit, just ask when you book.

One point of contact

For groups this size, we assign one point of contact on our end who handles the whole booking from first enquiry to the day itself, so you’re not explaining your group’s needs to a different person every time you call. However many rooms your group needs, the goal stays the same — everyone plays, everyone finishes together, and nobody’s left waiting on the sidelines.

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