Missie Undercover

In our latest trip to Belgium, we played this unusual game. This game falls under the category that in Spain is called “hall escape”. It is usually a game for somewhat larger groups, there is no classical room progression and the game takes place typically in the same space, sometimes around a box or similar. Generally, the decoration is not as elaborated as in a classic escape room and it allows for different game dynamics. An example of this kind of games in Spain would be Megachef.

In this game the excuse is a police training and after getting the proper equipment we are conducted to private boxes to fill in a questionnaire. Unfortunately, this part as well as several texts in the game are only in Dutch, but I hope they completely translate it to cater for international players. The questionnaire is a way to determine who will be the traitor in the game, as the game essentially is based on reality shows such as “The mole”, which I have not seen, but apparently has been broadcasted in local versions all over the world.

The game comprises a series of tasks which depending on how fast they are solved will give points to the group and the mole will essentially try to sabotage this. This results in a hilarious game in which you cannot trust anybody while you are working together. Of course, not everybody can enjoy this kind of “treason games”, but those who do will certainly love it. As a side note I would say that this game makes the most fun if you play with people you know very well.

Our mole did a great job and most of us put the blame into an innocent player. We failed one task in which we thought it was due to sabotage, but funnily enough we sucked on our own.

If the game is fully in English, I would certainly recommend playing it in a Belgium trip, as the nature of the game renders it quite unique, however the bare minimum is 5. We played it with 7 and that is in my opinion a good number. I felt constantly busy and the time allocated for the tasks always felt barely enough.