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Axes & Escapes: Santa’s Workshop

Norfolk, Dec 2018

Escape rooms have become wildly popular in a a very short time, but team-solving a themed room full of puzzles in 60 minutes is far from the only quirky leisure activity available, and Axes & Escapes is notable for offering both a set of escape rooms… (more)

ClueCapers: A Curious Inheritance

Winchester, Dec 2018

Given the names of ClueCapers’ previous two games Winchintzy and Winchokey, I was surprised their third wasn’t named A Curious Winheritance. Fortunately, it turns out to be set in the Winsonian Museum, thereby maintaining a good level of Winchester-t… (more)

Escape For Real: Portal

Milton Keynes, Nov 2018

Any company that opens a sci-fi game named Portal is pretty much guaranteed to catch my attention, so when we found ourselves in the vicinity with a couple of spare hours I grabbed the chance to book in. Escape For Real’s room has no connection to th… (more)

The Panic Room: Wizard of Oz

Gravesend, Nov 2018

With so many rooms based on classic stories ranging from Alice In Wonderland to Sherlock and Dracula it’s perhaps surprising that there aren’t more escape rooms themed for The Wizard of Oz; aside from one play at home game, this is the first I’ve see… (more)

The Panic Room: The Sacrifice

Gravesend, Nov 2018

Sacrifice is one of a handful of games by other designers that The Panic Room have added to their stable. It’s a thirty minute game set in a van, and is also known as Van Escape, under which name it’s a mobile game available for event hire. When it’s… (more)

The Panic Room: The Happy Institute

Gravesend, Nov 2018

Two things to note up front for this review. Firstly, while it’s not a full on horror experience, The Happy Institute is definitely not suitable for nervous players. And secondly, much like the Gilman Hotel game it replaced, some elements of the game… (more)

The Panic Room: Secret of Pocahontas: The Lost Pages

Gravesend, Nov 2018

In the curious niche world of escape room enthusiasm, Gravesend is synonymous with The Panic Room. To the rest of the world, the town has a small claim to fame for its statue of Pocahontas, so it’s perhaps natural for the former to build a room honou… (more)

The Panic Room: Resurgency

Gravesend, Nov 2018

As junior bomb disposal technicians, you’ve been assigned some routine practice – which definitely won’t escalate into a more dangerous situation, no sirree. Resurgency is located in the space that once housed two player game Million Dollar Date Nigh… (more)

The Panic Room: Revolución Olé

Gravesend, Nov 2018

If you’ve heard anything at all about Revolución Olé, you’ll probably be aware that it’s a highly unusual sort of escape room with a unique game style. Exactly how it works was clearly explained to us twice, first by our host – who even switched from… (more)

Lock’d: The House of Alastair Moon

London, Nov 2018

After a remarkably long time with three open games and another five (!) listed as ‘coming soon’, Bermondsey-based Lock’d have launched their fourth game. The House of Alastair Moon is set in the house of a magician who turned to black magic after the… (more)