by Escape Plan (website)
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E16LA
2-7 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
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based on ratings from 27 users
combined with 11 pro reviews
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Escape Plan's Battle for Britain is a small but mighty escape room that packs a lot into its space. The puzzles are quite challenging compared to their other rooms, and incredibly varied, including logic, codebreaking, physical, and word puzzles. Sarah was yet again an excellent game host, who has a gift for naturally adding a personal touch to her clue delivery. The climax is a unique way to see how you scored, and it's sure to leave you feeling like you've made a difference. I'm already eagerly awaiting to see what Escape Plan's next escape room will be!
Managed to meet the high expectations from Roll out the Barrel and cements Escape Plan as the best venue in London for me. Puzzles are inventive and lots of fun to solve, plus the meta-puzzle of pushing squadrons around on a giant map is fantastic and well realised. Staff are really great as always - we had Sam who was well up for a chat after. This game is brilliant!
This is everything an escape room should be: from the moment the GM starts the briefing to the second you escape through the final door, you're transported back into WWII-era London. The puzzles are totally in-theme, they're interesting and varied, and give you a sense of satisfaction when solved. The story is exciting, and accentuated by clever use of ambient sound effects and props.
Special mention needs to be made to the beautiful "analog" lock mechanisms, which can only be described as high-tech in the most low-tech way possible. There's no anachronistic 4 digit keypads in this 1940s set - just beautiful, tactile, chunky locks that make this game feel like a consistent, complete package. What a delight.
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While Roll Out the Barrel still remains my favourite of their games, Battle for Britain is another string in Escape Plan’s ‘one of the best ERs in London’ bow. It has all the same loving attention to detail, hand crafted props and vast range of puzzle styles and challenges that have made their other games so popular. The slight twist on a traditional ER structure makes for an interesting change to the norm, while there’s also enough satisfying individual puzzles to keep even the most experienced of players entertained. To make the most of the room, I’d advise any ER enthusiasts to play with a max of 2-3 people so you get to see and play as many of the puzzles as possible, while for less experienced players, around 4-6 would make it easier to get everything done. And as a final piece of advice from a team that managed to shoot down 70 of the 71 planes – double check your workings before committing to the final challenge or that last Luftwaffe bomber might just escape to raid another day.
I'd seen this game go past time and time again as a must do game, and being not in London it's taken a while to get to. Well, what can I say we've been talking about this game ever since we did it, and I think my team mates are still in love with the amazing props and equipment this game utilises...
It's always sad to see a high quality game close, but the blow is softened when the reason is to allow the venue to create a new game in its place. That was the case with Escape Plan, whose much-loved first game shut down last summer to make way for its sequel.
Their new game is again set in the Second World War, but this time in Britain preparing for the final assault of the Luftwaffe. Your task is to get into the Operations Room and get as many air squadrons as possible ready to defend their ...
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See also
- Escape Plan: The Battle for Britain (South London) (closed)