Escape From the Minotaur (Season 2): An Escape Room About Greek Mythology

Back into the Labyrinth!  The Minotaur has returned and he's not happy with all the people that escaped his maze last time.  The escape room has been updated with 100% new puzzles within the same layout.  There are also challenging "hidden" puzzles that provide magical artifacts if found and solved.  Finally, the Minotaur, himself, might just decide to take matters into his own hands with a challenging boss fight!  But never fear, if you can locate the hidden puzzles scattered around the maze, you might have what you need to escape!

Students who played the previous version of Escape from the Minotaur will enjoy the updated game; however, it is not necessary to have played through Season 1 in order to enjoy this game-based lesson.  

Once in the maze, students will be given 60 minutes to work together to solve puzzles collaboratively.  A token system will be used to make sure that every student has an opportunity to contribute to solving the puzzles.  

A knowledge of Greek mythology is helpful (although not necessary) to solving the puzzles.  This game is more about puzzle solving than Greek mythology, which is mostly the theme/flavoring for the game.  That said, we do spend some time discussing Greek mythology for any group that finishes early.  

The puzzles will consist of riddles, lateral thinking (outside-the-box thinking), logic puzzles, word puzzles, and mazes.  Each group has a total of three hints that they can ask for during the lesson.  For the most part, I am there to set the scene, coach/encourage them, and clarify anything they don't understand about the setup.  That said, not every group will necessarily escape.  Any group that DOES escape will have their team name go on the high score board, which I will post on the course listing and in future offerings of the lesson.

Below, I'll post the high scores of groups that have gone through the Labyrinth:

2022 High scores:
1)  Minotaur Busters 2.0 - escaped after 34 minutes - 7/27/22
2)  The Titans - escaped after 42 minutes - 6/28/22
3)  The Olympians - escaped after 45 minutes - 7/20/22
4)  The Chimera - escaped after 49 minutes - 6/23/22
5)  The Warriors - escaped after 53 minutes - 4/19/22
6)  Pegasus Riders - escaped after 54 minutes - 2/22/22
7)  Cats are amazing! - escaped after 57 minutes - 8/3/22
8)  The Scouts - escaped after 59 minutes (!) - 5/24/22

2021 High scores:
1)  The Heroes of Mt. Olympus - escaped after 46 minutes - 3/16/2021
2)  Arachne's Widows & Team Olympus - escaped after 48 minutes - 8/2/2021 & 6/21/2021
3)  Team Odysseus - escaped after 50 minutes - 9/16/2021
4)  The Magnificent Minotaurs - escaped after 55 minutes (and they didn't use 1 clue or Athena's Owl) - 1/28/2021
5)  The Greek Geeks - escaped after 56 minutes - 5/10/21
6)  Team Zeus - escaped after 57 minutes - 5/24/2021
7)  Team Poseidon/The Sweaty Nerds - solved 21 puzzles - 6/7/21

2020 High scores:
1)  Hydra Slayers - escaped after 32 minutes - 12/22/2020
2)  Michael Scott - escaped after 40 minutes (w/out using Medusa's head - AMAZING!!!1!!) - 10/23/2020
3)  Athena's Owls - escaped after 41 minutes - 12/12/2020
4)  Cerberus & Pizza People & the Minotaur Maulers - escaped after 43 minutes - 8/24/2020 & 12/11/2020 & 12/29/2020
5)  Nike & The Gamers & The Gummy Bear - escaped after 46 minutes - 9/24/2020 & 10/18/2020 & 10/29/2020
6)  The Satyrs - escaped after 51 minutes - 8/19/2020
7)  Max & Nicole - escaped after 52 minutes - 11/29/2020

NOTE:  In order to make sure this class is fun, safe, and productive with everyone, parents and learners should familiarize themselves with the Outschool Community Standards before signing up for this class and follow them once class starts (https://support.outschool.com/en/articles/16039-community-standards).   I reserve the right to move students to the waiting room or remove them from class if they depart from the standards.
8)  Ares - escaped after 56 minutes - 8/12/2020
9)  The Potato Gods - escaped after 58 minutes - 11/28/2020
10)  Hydra - escaped after 59 minutes - 12/18/2020