theguardian.com/travel/2014/ … e-budapest
quote Oszvald is founder of Claustrophilia (claustrophilia.hu), TripAdvisor’s top-ranked thing to do in Budapest, and part of a tourist craze sweeping Europe: room escape games. Essentially live-action puzzles (think the Crystal Maze or, for readers of a certain age, Knightmare), the games combine riddles and physical tasks, with the aim being to, well, escape from a room.
Teams of up to five usually get an hour to make a successful exit, paying between £13 and £30 depending on the game. Few succeed. Since late 2012 Claustrophilia has been “beaten” by just 11 teams unaided, of the “many hundreds” Oszvald claims have played. He sometimes takes pity on contenders and hollers hints via a speaker.[/quote]
Yes, they even call it a larp. But I expect it would take a lot of logistical effort to arrange. Still, inspiration for some of our artier friends for something to do at Fringe?