Xterious Escape, Las Vegas

Solving a puzzle is difficult—solving a puzzle against a ticking clock even more so. But that's the whole point at Xterious Escape, where elaborately themed rooms filled with clues, puzzles, and codes test your ability to work quickly under pressure. A set time limit only adds to the tension, meaning you and your team must work together in order to complete the mission at hand. Here are just a few of the scenarios you might encounter at Xterious Escape's Reno Ave. location:

• Casino's Dark 11: While visiting Las Vegas, you and your crew party a bit too hard one night and lose your friend Lucy. The following day, you receive a call—Lucy's been kidnapped, and the only way to get her back is with diamonds. You must break into the Starcore Casino's vault, grab the loot, and make a trade with the kidnappers before it's too late.

• Code 13: The year is 2028, and the Code 13 virus has already killed millions of people and infected your entire group. With time running out, you need to break into a secret lab and retrieve an experimental antidote in a last-ditch effort to survive.

• Bugsy's Nightmare: Las Vegas, 1945. A notorious criminal named Bugsy has acquired secret prints of the city, and with them, a dangerous amount of power. While he's away at a meeting, you must sneak into his office and retrieve the prints before he returns and has you swim with the fishes.