Elite Event: Adventure Quest + Tacos @ Boda Borg

Even though I arrived late (due to work) and missed the tacos portion, it was still amazing and fun! Each room/​quest is designed for a group of min. 3 — 5 people max. With limited time, we kept trying for the hardest quest (in my opinion, resembled the game show «ninja warrior»)
I would love to check out the rest of it all; it’s huge with two floors! 2 hours for $ 18 or $ 28 for all day pass, I think I’ll have to keep a day free in attempts to complete all quests!
Super thanks to Damien, Unilocal & Boda Borg for this awesome event! «I’ll be back»

This was such an awesome event.
The tacos were good but let’s face it, the night was all about Boda Borg quests. You and 2 – 4 people go into quests and try to solve a series of rooms within a given amount of time. You will run, jump, crawl, stretch, climb, sneak around. Some quests felt like aerobics class, others like a trip to a rock climbing gym. Of course you have some quests which are more puzzle-​based than physical. Those are just as fun-they’re just not likely to leave you panting!
I can’t talk too much about the quests themselves without spoiling the fun. «Rats» was one of my favorites and though we didn’t finish «Spookhouse” – I’m coming back for you!
Some quests like «Tough, tougher, toughest» and «Super bannan» were plenty of fun but I may need to train a bit more ninja-​warrior style before I come back…
All in all, fantastic event! Food and some pretty intense games made for an awesome night!

This was my first Unilocal Elite event in Boston and WOW! This really blew it out of the water! As an avid lover of games, this event was pretty much my FAVORITE thing in the world! I can’t wait to return!
First, our night started out with an unlimited taco bar! Well calling them tacos is being modest. These were giant hunkin’ burritos! I took one tortilla, and a small sampling of the three protein options: beef, turkey, and tofu and I was stuffed! When you come here for real, it’s $ 10 for access to the unlimited taco bar, so there you go… food is sorted! Hunger pains will not stop you from conquering any quest!
Next, we hit up the lockers to check in our stuff. You’re not going to need anything and it WILL hold you back. Lose any sweatshirts, loose things in your pockets, etc.
TIP: We did get a tiny keychain flashlight when we checked in and that *did* help though, so utilize it on your quests!
TIP: Wear a comfortable work out outfit. Yoga pants are totally appropriate here. Slim-​fitting, elastic clothing will work to your advantage here!
Next, we formed a team of 3 – 5 people. The quests are designed to be completed with 3 people, meaning, on some quests, the extra people aren’t exactly doing a task, but will be helping with strategy. In my opinion, a team of 3 is probably optimal. On some challenges, having extra people was a hindrance.
There are I believe 20 quests to complete over two floors! This place has something for everyone as long as you love a challenge. There’s dance quests, trivia quests, strategy quests, carnival-​game-​esque quests, and of course, physical challenges.
In about 2.5 hours, we successfully completed 4 quests, and sneaked a peek at an additional 3 others. We were pretty into completing a challenge, so we kept returning to conquer a quest before trying new ones. In our last 10 minutes, that’s when we quickly had a look a few more.
The lines were pretty long here for some quests, and some quests were experiencing technical issues, which held up lines. This didn’t really bother us as we were having a great time, but we didn’t get to try some of the popular quests, but that’s okay so we’re saving those for next time!
I really can’t wait to come back! It’s a great deal too! It’s $ 18 for 2 hours of questing, but it’s a really great deal for $ 28 for an all day pass! Escape rooms cost more than that, and that’s for only an hour worth of fun. This is unlimited all day fun with 20 quests!
This would be great for team-​building activities, birthday bashes, and bachelor/​bachelorette parties! Obviously, it’s good for kids too, but I sure hope they have some adult-​only nights too planned. I think it might get really loud in halls when you’re waiting around to enter your quests with loads of hyped up, excited kids (couldn’t blame them though — this place rocks!).
Thanks so much for Damien, Unilocal & Boda Borg for having us! What a wonderful night I’ll be talking about for ages! I can’t stop hyping it up to people and can’t wait to come again!

BODA BORG! A chant heard echoing throughout the halls of this Malden building at night. Groups of 3 – 5 racing in and out of rooms like crazy people, clearly determined towards some crazed Swedish goal. Questing, something to experience not read about, but we continue.
Think back to the late 80s and early 90s television. Reality TV shows aren’t quite a thing yet but there are adventure shows like Legends of the Hidden Temple and American Gladiator where teams work together to showcase mental and physical prowess against the system or another team. Growing up you wanted to be those people and experience that life. Enter Boda Borg.
The Swedes took the elegant design mentality they possess and applied it to the adventure show concept. Rooms over rooms of «Quest» options ranging from Green more mental quests to Red for light physical all the way to Black for the true physical challengers.
Get yourself locked into Alcatraz and plot your escape. Enter yourself into a battle of the brains Quiz Show. Enter the Farmhouse, become a Spider, rock climb over a floor that is clearly made of lava. Do it all at Boda Borg.
$ 18 gets you a two hour quest experience per player. You’ll get yourself a hearty workout in two hours of questing. Want more adventuring? Bring it on with an all day pass for $ 28 each player.
Gather your team.
Prepare your minds.
Ready your bodies.
It’s Boda Borg time!

Well just got back from a grueling 3 ½ hours at this place. So it’s fun, hard, frustrating, rewarding and you fail a lot. So basically it’s like marriage… For the record I experienced all of those in mine. The staff was super great, helpful but not to the point that they gave away the quests. We finished 4 but literally should have finished 6 of them, because I’m an idiot and didn’t open up the damn box on one of them… I will definitely go back, but with a bigger team than just 3 people. I would say that this would be a great place for corporate team building etc… However; its definitely not limited to just that, kids, teenagers and people who aren’t afraid to tackle physical challenges as well as mental will enjoy this as well.
They have a taco buffet and drinks (no alcohol) got next door to All Seasons Table for that and the place is huge. The staff is eager to please, the place is clean and its real exciting that the first one in America is right here in Malden. I will definitely be going back, made a few friends tonite as well, exchanged phone numbers and we agreed to try to conquer all quests together…
Give it a try I think you will love it…

Insanely fun! There are over 20 «quest» rooms to complete, ranging from the cerebral to the physical. Split up into teams of 3 – 5 and work together to solve the puzzles of the room and achieve the objective.
I thought the directions were a little unclear. When you enter a room, the timer starts after the door closes. Opening the room before you complete the quest will result in an automatic failure. There is a screen in the room: if the quest is still ongoing, the screen will be blank. If you have failed, there will be a red dot. If you have completed the quest, there will be a green triangle and you can proceed. If the green triangle is blinking, there are people in the room ahead and you must wait.
Very similar in concept to Escape the Room. There obviously a lot more rooms to choose from, each with its own theme and requiring differing levels of physical fitness.
If you’re hungry when you arrive, they do have a taco bar (I think it’s $ 10?) and beverages for purchase. They also have lockers downstairs to store your crap. Really fun way to bond with people! I can see this being a good place for a corporate team building event. We formed a team with some strangers and left as best friends.
Insanely fun! There are over 20 «quest» rooms to complete, ranging from the cerebral to the physical. Split up into teams of 3 – 5 and work together to solve the puzzles of the room and achieve the objective.
I thought the directions were a little unclear. When you enter a room, the timer starts after the door closes. Opening the room before you complete the quest will result in an automatic failure. There is a screen in the room: if the quest is still ongoing, the screen will be blank. If you have failed, there will be a red dot. If you have completed the quest, there will be a green triangle and you can proceed. If the green triangle is blinking, there are people in the room ahead and you must wait.
Very similar in concept to Escape the Room. There obviously a lot more rooms to choose from, each with its own theme and requiring differing levels of physical fitness.
If you’re hungry when you arrive, they do have a taco bar (I think it’s $ 10?) and beverages for purchase. They also have lockers downstairs to store your crap. Really fun way to bond with people! I can see this being a good place for a corporate team building event. We formed a team with some strangers and left as best friends.

This was the most pure, unadulterated, non-​alcoholic fun I’ve had in a long time. I spent 4 hours here and they flew by. The victorious feeling of solving a quest and working through obstacles with your team is positively addictive. After I left, I was still hyped up on adrenaline for a good hour!
I was nervous going in though, and my fears turned out to be ill-​founded. I was nervous about the haunted house; it is not that scary. I was nervous about small spaces; I definitely would not recommend going here if you are claustrophobic, but you are rarely just hanging out in a small space — you move through them of your own accord.
The staff was delightful — fun, helpful (but not TOO helpful ;)), and they clearly love seeing people enjoy themselves.
My favorite quest was Spider — I loved sliding through the mazes of ropes. Tough Tougher Toughest is HARD but excellent for upper body strength.
This place will be an absolute madhouse once word gets out. My advice would be to go on off-​peak times so you don’t waste your time waiting! I think a day pass is the way to go. 2 hours feels like nothing.

This event was a gosh darn delight!
I LOVE puzzles, almost as much as I love trivia. On any given day, I’m crosswording, jigsawing, sudoku-​ing, you name it – gotta keep the mind sharp! This was some next level, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Nick Arcade business. Seriously, I loved Nick Arcade as a kid and when it got cancelled, I thought I’d never have a chance to play a real-​life video game. Joke was on me, because along came Boda Borg!
I don’t have to bore you with the details. Suffice to say, I will absolutely be back to get more stamps. Extra kudos to the staff, who were willing and helpful ears. There were a few calibration issues (Rats!), but with this many of us beta testing for them, I’m sure everything is in top notch shape now for the public opening.
The tacos weren’t great – stop lying to yourselves – but I didn’t go for them. I came for the puzzles! Happythankyoumoreplease.

YES!!! This was AMAZING!
Not knowing what to really expect, combined with not knowing anyone at the event added to the suspense, but luckily I paired up with some awesome ladies and had so much fun. The thrill of the unknown, the dread of the red light, the frustration when you can’t figure it out, and the excitement when you finally do… all of it… will bring me back. I am still sore days later from using random muscles I didn’t know existed. This has been said before, but
Prepare yourself for some waiting… It’s annoying/​frustrating when you are on a roll to have to stop and wait or move on to a different quest.
Wear athletic clothing and sneakers — (I was wearing Sperrys — not exacting rock climbing footwear)
The staff was super helpful in the most perfectly unhelpful way– «Ask us anything, but we won’t answer» but everyone one there was super hyped to be working there.
I can’t remember the last time I put my body and brain to the test this way and it is addicting. I didn’t want to stop to eat (but we did and the food is a great addition and was tasty and filling) and I really didn’t want the night to end! I can’t wait to go back and complete more quests and I’m pretty sure people are sick of hearing me talk about it because I won’t shut up.
I haven’t been to many events in the past few years (too busy having babies and all that.) and this was the BEST way to come back to Unilocal.

I was nervous when signing the safety waiver, but the most dangerous thing about this place is how much money I’m going to spend coming back to try to figure out the (many) quests that stumped me. I did have several minor injuries from crawling on floors/​walls/​doors, though, so comfortable clothes and shoes are a must.
The staff is incredible (and tacos are decent, particularly the guac!) Bottom line: this type of adventure is totally groundbreaking and addicting. I can’t wait to come back! I may have gone ³⁄₁₆ on quests but ⁵⁄₅ all day for this event!
Some tips for BB:
1. The fail sound is too soft – if you didn’t have a team member looking at the monitor you might not know you failed. I hope they’ll make the fail and success sounds (if success even has a sound) much louder to facilitate progress one way or the other.
2. The waiting is real for popular quests. I wish there was stuff to do in the halls while waiting. There’s also a good amount of lag to reset a room even when no one is waiting after you, which I hope will be minimized in the future.
3. Hallway water bubblers would be helpful. I was super dehydrated from not wanting to stop questing so I imagine that will be a problem for kids too.

This was my first Unilocal Elite event — and I had no idea what it was about. Originally, I thought it was just free unlimited tacos… and to my surprise, the food was not the main event (haha, I guess I should start reading the details).
Turns out the main event was QUESTING, which entailed a team of 4 – 5 people working together to solve intellectual and/​or physical puzzles and challenges. A quest has several levels or rooms — you have to be solve the puzzle or pass the challenge in the first room in order to move onto the second room, etc. If your team fails in the next room, you have to restart the entire quest. The catch in all of this is… your team has to guess what exactly the challenge is — no instruction is given to you on what the goal or objective is in each room. This forces you to get creative and think outside the box! And failing a level isn’t all that bad — it gives you more ideas/​strategies to beat it the next time. This is definitely a team building exercise and a fun activity whether it’s for kids or adults.
Overall, I enjoyed my Friday night here and I’m glad I was able to experience Boda Borg (& it’s the first location in the US — how cool is that!!). Thank you Unilocal Elite for lending me the opportunity to try this out and big thanks to the Boda Borg staff for being so welcoming! Can’t wait for my next Elite event :)
P.S.
The unlimited tacos, cake and beverages provided were greaaaat!

This was by far my favorite Unilocal event of all time!
First of all, the employees were so excited and into the quests that it ramped up our excitement even more. Their sly hints made us want to keep running in circles to beat another level.
The levels are all well-​thought out and connected in each room. They employ mental skills, physical agility, or both. I recommend wearing sneakers and maybe even bringing kneepads for a few.
The taco bar was delicious and the free cooler soft drinks made up for the lack of alcohol. Well, mostly the intensity of wanting to collect stamps paired with the frustration of failing when you are thisclose to solving the puzzle made up for the lack of alcohol.
I’d go again and again and again!

«Questing». It’s like playing floor lava with pillows when you were a kid but someone actually did it in a room with actual fire! *not real fire or lasers
Fun time with other Unilocalers and making new friends with challenges that made me want to stay much longer.
Some quests were easier than others, some more physical and some more mental.
Overall a really fun night!

BEST EVENT EVER!!!
Boda Borg is like Escape the Room, but even better! The staff is awesome, the quests are super fun, and I wouldn’t have changed a thing (well, I guess I could have stayed all night because the quests were so much fun)! Definitely coming back: my team got stuck in a few rooms and we’re going to figure out the solution at some point!
Thanks Damien and the Boda Borg team for an unforgettable night of adventures!

AH-​MAZE-​ING. While there were no traditional mazes per se, Boda Borg was a puzzle-​ful treat that engaged the whole body. I’m pretty surprised that I’m not sore this morning!
It took us a little while to figure out the success/fail/you-succeeded-but-can’t-open-the-door-because-another-team-is-in-the-next-room cues, but once we did we were on our way!
Over the course of about 2.5 hours, we only managed to conquer 4 quests. So lots to come back for! And in terms of the conquered quests, the physical challenges definitely have more replay value than the mental quests.
I have a feeling this will be one of my favorite Elite events, forever! Thanks for an awesome Friday night. :)

Amazing. AMAZING. My team joked about coming back the next day, but at the very least I’ll be taking everyone I know within the next two months. I can’t remember the last time I had that much fun (and anxiety) all at the same time.
To quote Damien, I wasted time eating when I could have been getting my 7^th stamp, but alas, that will be for next time. The tofu was really good though.
Staff were super helpful, within their limits of what they could say, abd sometimes going OVER those limits… dude totally got in trouble for a hint in the dance party.
The fact that I’m doing the review THE NEXT DAY also says something, usually I forgot for a bit or want to think it over. But there’s nothing to think about, this place and this event were amazing.

What a fun night!
Solving the Boda Borg quests require both mental and physical skills.
Believe it or not, it’s even fun when you fail a quest, because it gives you ideas for how to try to beat it next time.
I wish I’d worn yoga pants instead of jeans, because some quests involved crawling on the floor.
The food section (mmm tacos) turns over to dessert only at 8:30 pm. My team almost missed eating dinner because we wanted to keep playing quests.
My husband Dave & I are totally coming back to play as a team with his siblings!
Thanks Damien & Unilocal Boston for another wicked fun night out!

‘Twas amazing. We were treated really well and it is so much fun. We met really cool Unilocalers (I mean, of course) and set off on the «quest“s. Yes, we «wasted» some time not understanding the signals, but there were nice Boda Borg folks to point us in the right direction (i.e. follow us around and hold our hands). FARM was our first success and we were off from there.
We still left some puzzles unsolved (a great reason to go back) and we had a blast!
Go check it out – and go around Pleasant St by walking toward and around the City Hall. Finding the place from the T station is your first quest ;)

This is truly a great example of why I enjoy Elite events so much. Boda Borg was quite an impressive use of what looked like a old warehouse or store in a past life but now the smells of fresh paint & well lit celings show off a well planned use of the space. A true amusement park for adults & kids alike.
My team consisted of my finaceé & fellow Elites, one all the way from Austin, TX. We struggled at first but after getting our first stamp we had a blast struggling through all the different activities, some physical, some mental but all incredibly fun. We did a few more than half a dozen times after we figure out more clips on how to cool conquer it.
It was nice to have the taco buffet to fuel up on before our quests Plus access to all the various beverages from coffee to cola was quite nice. The staff was awesome & even went on the quest with us to evaluate how the puzzles were performing & took our suggestions very seriously.
We all had a blast & will plan on coming back soon. Good job Boda Borg!!!

Seriously the best Unilocal Elite event in the history of Unilocal Elite events.
The staff at Boda Borg was extremely friendly and being able to experience the soft opening was awesome. Not gonna lie, I was geeking out for the longest time after finding out Boda Borg was opening in Boston, and the place definitely lived up to all expectations.
The complimentary taco bar and drinks were a great addition to the Unilocal event, particularly the complimentary Smart Water after we started sweating a bit in the more physically intense quests.
All the challenges were unique and required thinking /​cooperation and I loved the fact that teams need to be groups of 3 – 5 people, which forced me and my +1 to mingle and get to know other people (Alex and Wes, you guys were so super stellar, plz be my friend).
Overall this was just a very well executed event, and the concept itself is so great. The 4 hours we spent at Boda Borg flew by and I definitely would come back to try and get more stamps. Who knew stamps could be so rewarding…