Escape the Room Challenge in West Chester adds new attraction

The new “Uncle Ernie’s Millions” launches Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, at Escape The Room Challenge in West Chester Twp. ERIC SCHWARTZBERG/STAFF

The new “Uncle Ernie’s Millions” launches Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, at Escape The Room Challenge in West Chester Twp. ERIC SCHWARTZBERG/STAFF

New escape room “Uncle Ernie’s Millions” opens today, Feb. 17, at Escape The Room Challenge at 7390 Squire Court in West Chester Twp.

Escape The Room Challenge opened in April 2015 just east of Interstate 75’s Tylersville Road interchange.

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The new “Uncle Ernie’s Millions” opens today and will join three other themed escape rooms there, including Esmeralda’s Curse, Escape the Mob and Double Agent Dilemma.

Game players must find “Uncle Ernie’s” last will & testament, which he hid in the game room of his mansion. The fictional character’s will leaves an imaginary $50 million to players if they can find it in one hour by solving clues and puzzles.

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Escape Rooms find participants locked in a large, themed room, where they must use their collective brainpower and work as a collaborative unit in a team effort to unravel clues and solve puzzles in order to escape the room in one hour.

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