A gas lamp glowing against wet brick on a Hot Springs side street at night, with spring steam drifting past it.
Hidden Springs
Hot Springs, Arkansas · For groups

Book a Private Case

Your group gets its own run of a Hidden Springs chapter on Central Avenue, with its own private board.

Text me to bookYour messages open with the note started

501-575-8017 · I'm one guy and I answer every text myself.

The public mystery is free. Optional private experiences like this one cost extra. Nothing in the public game needs them: no chapter, door, shop reward or ending is held back for anyone who doesn't book.

The price
$25a person

A group of 20 is $500: four teams of five, four phones.

Who it's for

How it works

  1. 1A phone held up on a brick sidewalk on Central Avenue.
    Text me a date and your group size.The button above starts the text for you. Fill in the blanks and send it.
  2. 2A cream envelope with a red wax seal on wet red brick.
    I text you a card link.Card, PayPal or cash. Nothing to sign up for.
  3. 3A brass key on a worn leather ledger beside a brass lantern.
    Your Chief gets a private case code.The Chief is whoever's organizing. I send them a 6-letter code and the link to your group's board.
  4. 4A brass rubber stamp standing on an old map.
    On the day, each team opens the case with the code and races the clue chain.Each team's clock starts when it joins and stops at the last door.

Your private board

It shows each team's finish time and how many hints it used. It's for bragging only: no prizes, and no luck involved. Every team gets the same story and the same locks.

Example
Private Case · Chapter 1

The Courier's Ledger

Example group · Saturday
  1. 1The Night Owls1 hint1:08:12finish
  2. 2Team BiscuitNo hints1:14:40finish
  3. 3The Overcoats3 hints1:21:05finish
  4. ·Hattie's HelpersOn the casestill walking
A hint counts when a lock had to show its hint or its answer.

Good to know

Text me to bookTell me the date and about how many people
Making it for one special person instead? A Case Made for Someone Already have a case code? Open your case