Gastown — The Whisky Conspiracy
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Chinatown, VancouverGastown — The Whisky Conspiracy
📍 Chinatown, Vancouver·🕐 1h30 – 2h·📍 ~2.2 km
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Gastown — The Whisky Conspiracy

Uncover the 1920s bootlegging conspiracy that flooded Gastown's alleys with illicit whisky. Decode hidden clues at historic landmarks to expose the smugglers' network and seize the lost shipment before it's gone forever.

📱 1 to 10 phones · 1 team per phone · Independent codes

Difficulty
·From age 10 years
Starting point :Jack Chow Building, 1 West Pender Street

In the shadowy alleys of 1920s Gastown, Vancouver's wild frontier heart, a ruthless conspiracy brewed

8
stages
~2.2 km
route
1h30 – 2h
at your pace
🚶
walking

Gastown — The Whisky Conspiracy

🎭Your Mission

You are a private investigator, operating out of a discreet office in 1925 Vancouver, tasked by a mysterious client to unravel a whisky smuggling conspiracy plaguing the historic Gastown district

Dive into Prohibition-era Vancouver, where whisky vapors and whispers of the past shape Gastown's alleys.

Far more than an escape game

A game, a guided tour and a heritage guide — all in one

You're not just buying an escape game. You're carrying a living guide — historical anecdotes, forgotten legends, key monuments, hidden architecture — unfolding as you go.

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Hidden historical gems

At each stop, places ordinary guides miss — secret façades, sculpted crests, alleys steeped in history.

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Anecdotes & legends

Every riddle is rooted in a real historical fact or local legend. You leave with dozens of stories to tell.

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Architecture & heritage

Learn to read buildings — flamboyant Gothic, Baroque, Art Deco — like a real art historian, while having fun.

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Immersive wandering

Walk through the city like a novel's character — every alley becomes a stage, every square a theatre.

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Immersive audio narration

A voice walks with you at every step, tells the story of each place, reads clues, adds a cinematic feel.

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Yours forever

Keep access to the guide & game for 1 year. Come back any time, share it with friends.

« You will not leave this city the way you entered it. »

How does it work?

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Outdoor escape game

Explore the city on foot solving puzzles based on real historical facts. No locked room — the city is your playground.

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On your smartphone

No app to download. Play directly from your browser. Guided step by step, at your own pace.

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Unlimited players

One purchase per phone is enough. Play with family, friends or as a couple — everyone participates.

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Augmented reality

Point your phone at the façade: a historical character appears and speaks to you in your language. Golden letters magically write themselves on the wall to reveal the puzzle answer.

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AI that helps you

Stuck? Progressive personalised hints. The character repeats the puzzle on demand — at your own pace.

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32 languages

French, English, German, Spanish, Italian + 27 other languages auto-translated by AI.

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Want to go deeper?

Places tied to your adventure — optional entries, totally up to you · per person

Vancouver Police Museum & Archivesoptional
€12. Explore exhibits on Vancouver's criminal history, Prohibition, and investigations that have shaped the city since 1886.
Optionnel
/pers.
Chinatown Storytelling Centreoptional
€15. Discover the history of Vancouver's Chinese communities, their role in the city's development, and challenges during the Prohibition era.
Optionnel
/pers.
Canadian Whisky Tastingoptional
From €25. Join a guided tasting of local whiskies in a historic Gastown bar, to better understand the allure of this drink during the smuggling era.
Optionnel
/pers.
Gastown Ghost Touroptional
€20. Explore urban legends and ghost stories haunting Gastown's cobblestone streets and Victorian buildings, adding a mysterious dimension to your investigation.
Optionnel
/pers.
Budget if you do them all / pers.~0

The story that haunts this land

Votre enquête débute près du Jack Chow Building, à l'ombre du Dominion Building, Vancouver, un édifice achevé en 1910 qui fut le plus haut de la ville avec ses 53,3 mètres et 13 étages. Son style Edwardian Baroque, signé J.S. Prchal, lui a valu sa désignation au patrimoine en 1988. Ce géant de pierre a non seulement survécu au Grand Incendie de 1886, mais il a aussi servi de centre financier névralgique durant la Prohibition, période clé pour votre affaire de contrebande. Vous y observez encore les cages d'ascenseur en laiton d'origine et les intérieurs de marbre, témoins silencieux des transactions secrètes qui s'y déroulaient.

En poursuivant votre chemin vers Waterfront Station, ouverte le 1er août 1914 comme terminus occidental du Canadian Pacific Railway, vous pénétrez un site d'importance capitale. Désignée Heritage Railway Station en 1991 par le Gouvernement du Canada, cette gare de style Beaux-Arts, d'une superficie de 13 500 m² avec 8 quais, fut un carrefour vital. Elle a vu transiter plus de 25 millions de passagers durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un flot constant qui facilitait bien des trafics. Les quais pourraient receler des indices sur les réseaux de distribution de whisky qui prospéraient dans la Colombie-Britannique durant la Prohibition.

Votre parcours vous mène ensuite à Victory Square, établi dans les années 1930 comme mémorial de guerre de Vancouver, nommé en l'honneur de la victoire de la Première Guerre mondiale. Le Cenotaphe de Victory Square, dévoilé en 1936 et haut de 9 mètres, se dresse au centre, entouré de bâtiments historiques datant de 1890-1910. Ce cœur de l'ancien Granvilletownsite, site de la reconstruction après le Grand Incendie de 1886, accueille encore les cérémonies du jour du Souvenir. Les fantômes des soldats et des pionniers pourraient vous souffler des secrets enfouis sous les pavés de ce lieu de mémoire, essentiel à l'histoire de Vancouver.

L'exploration du Gaoler's Mews, une ruelle pavée des années 1880, vous plonge dans le passé carcéral de la ville. C'était l'emplacement de la prison de 1886, nommée d'après le geôlier Thomas Ray. Restaurée en 1971 comme voie piétonne patrimoniale, elle est bordée de structures en briques et conserve des anneaux de fer originaux utilisés pour retenir les prisonniers. Ces murs ont vu passer bien des destins, des criminels aux contrebandiers, et leurs secrets sont peut-être inscrits dans les graffitis éphémères que l'AR révèle. C'est ici, dans l'ombre des anciennes cellules, que la vérité sur la conspiration du whisky pourrait se dévoiler.

Votre enquête s'achève à la célèbre Gastown Steam Clock, installée en 1978. Souvent prise pour une relique du XIXe siècle, cette horloge de 5 mètres de haut, pesant 1 000 kg, est alimentée par la vapeur du système de chauffage de Vancouver et sonne les quarts et les heures avec quatre sifflets. Positionnée à l'intersection de Water Street et Cambie Street, elle marque le cœur du Gastown Historic District. Elle est le symbole d'une ville qui se réinvente sans oublier son passé. Vous avez désormais toutes les pièces du puzzle pour démasquer les coupables et comprendre comment Vancouver, « By Sea, Land and Air We Prosper », a su prospérer même dans les zones d'ombre de la prohibition.

1917
Prohibition begins in British Columbia
1922
Formation of the Kelly-Tongs alliance
1923
Assassination of Inspector Robert Kelly Jr.

The Route

8 stages through the city

The gameplay: AR, camera, hidden clues

📱Search clues with your cameraRA

At each stop, open your phone camera: an augmented reality character appears on the façade and speaks your language. Hunt the clue — it materializes as golden letters on the real wall or floats in front of you. When you find it, the phone vibrates, an AR chest opens and reveals your answer fragment. 8 stops, 8 clues to find with the camera, 1 final code.

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The stops on your route are a surprise. You'll discover them one by one, guided by your phone, starting from the meeting point.

8
original puzzles
24
min of narration
🪙 24
TripCoins granted
16
GPS waypoints

How does it work with a group?

One phone = one team. Pick the number at checkout (1 to 10).

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1 phone

Solo, or a group sharing the screen. One team, one code.

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2-3 phones

Family, couple, or 2-3 teams competing. Each phone has its own code and its own score.

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4 to 10 phones

Friends, bachelor/bachelorette, small office outing — each their own code, each plays at their own pace. Tiered pricing then €6 flat per phone from the 6th.

  • All codes are independent — play at the same time OR separately, each team advances at its own pace.
  • Leaderboard between your teams + global game leaderboard — each score appears in the public ranking.
  • More than 10 phones or need a personalized quest? Discover custom tours.
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Practical info

Starting point
Jack Chow Building, 1 West Pender Street
Directions on Google Maps
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Duration
1h30 – 2h
At your own pace
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Players
Unlimited
From age 10
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Distance
~2.2 km
Chinatown-Gastown
Accessibility
Full
Sidewalk route
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Languages
17 languages
Built-in translation

Why this route?

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Prohibition era

Relive the roaring years of alcohol smuggling between Scotland, Hong Kong and Vancouver

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Police investigation

Lead the investigation as an inspector tracking a political conspiracy

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International alliance

Discover the unknown history of connections between Scottish immigrants and the Chinese community

Unravel the Kelly affair

Father and son in a smuggling war

★ Innovation 2026

9 features nobody else has

OddballTrip combines gamified play, augmented reality and AI. All our competitors deliver 1 or 2 of these angles. We deliver all 5.

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AR treasure chest

A golden chest floats in front of the monument. Tap → opening animation → reveals a secret message.

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AR narrator character

Point your phone at the façade: a knight, witch, monk, sailor, detective or ghost appears full-screen and speaks to you in your language with their dedicated ElevenLabs voice (each character has their own unique voice) — your living guide.

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Magic golden letters

At the puzzle climax, golden letters magically write themselves on the real wall — that's the puzzle answer. An unforgettable visual effect.

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Written + audio narration

Every puzzle available as text AND voice-over: read at your own pace or listen eyes-free while walking. Great in groups and for accessibility.

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360° radar + vibration

A mini-radar shows the target even behind you, and the phone vibrates when you aim in the right direction.

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Heritage storytelling

Every puzzle weaves in real historical facts (architecture, era, anecdotes). You learn by playing — like a gamified audioguide.

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Progressive AI hints

3 levels of AI-generated help: vibe → where to look → answer format. You're never stuck.

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AR selfie memento

At the end of the game, capture a selfie with OddballTrip banner + mascot, shareable on Instagram, TikTok.

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Zero app to install

PWA technology: open the link, it plays in your browser. Same quality as an app, no App Store hassle.

Frequently asked questions

Q01Do I need to download an app?

No, never. You get a link, you click, it plays in your browser. That's the point of a PWA: same as an app, without the hassle.

Q02Does it work offline?

GPS yes (handled by your phone). Maps yes (tiles cached). AI and hints need an intermittent 4G connection.

Q03How long does a game take?

1 h 30 to 2 h 30 depending on your pace. The timer runs but only for the leaderboard — you play at your own tempo.

Q04What happens if I'm stuck?

You get 3 levels of hints per puzzle (increasing penalty). If truly stuck, you can skip the step (45-min penalty but you keep going).

Q05What's the age range?

From 12 without an adult, from 6 with an adult reading puzzles. Works for families, couples, friend groups, companies.

Q06What if my city isn't in the catalogue?

Pre-register or contact us — we'll email you as soon as your city is live.

Q07What is augmented reality exactly?

Point your phone at the façade: a historical character appears full-screen and speaks to you in your language. At the puzzle climax, golden letters magically write themselves on the real wall — that's your answer. After each puzzle solved, a treasure chest floats in front of you. Seeing is believing.

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Dive into Prohibition-era Vancouver, where whisky vapors and whispers of the past shape Gastown's alleys.

12€
1 phone
23€
2 phones
33€
3 phones
42€
4 phones
50€
5 phones
56€
6 phones
62€
7 phones
68€
8 phones
74€
9 phones
80€
10 phones

1 purchase = 1 phone. Play several on the same device.

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