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Brain Game CPH: The Last Passenger

Copenhagen, Jan 2017

A linear, lightly themed game with plenty of padlocks, this room tries to incorporate some more creative touches but does so in an incoherent way that made it a frustrating game to play.

The theme is loosely based on Murder on the Orient Express, an… (more)

Eden Escape: Alien Rescue

Cornwall, Jan 2017

Alien Rescue is the Eden Project’s first live escape room, in collaboration with none other than Time Run’s Ben Mason and Dean Rodgers. The pop-up room has a one-month run until February 19th and tickets give valid day entry to Eden on the day of the… (more)

AIEscape: Kill M.A.D.

London, Jan 2017

Kill M.A.D. is a psychological thriller set in a hospital. It is one of those gems of a room where absolutely everything ties in with the story and theme, down to the smallest detail. It is deliberately and unapologetically linear, which usually isn’… (more)

TimeQuest: The Bank

Copenhagen, Nov 2016

TimeQuest are in a great central location with a nice waiting area inside. Staff were very professional and attentive. There are several rooms to choose from, we played The Bank with five players (the maximum).

The aim of game is to steal the world’… (more)

ThinkFun Escape The Room: Mystery at the Stargazer’s Manor

Room-in-a-box, Jan 2017

Stargazer’s Manor is the second ThinkFun boxed escape room we played, but is the first one they released, since in a fit of anarchic rebellion we decided to play them in reverse order.

Many of the comments on their other game apply here too, of cour… (more)

PANiQ-ROOM: Darkroom

Budapest, Aug 2014

This was the first large team (more than 5 players) room we did. I remember it as rather chaotic, and some of that must have been because of the larger number of people. But it also seemed more amateurish and less polished than the Claustrophilia and… (more)

Escape London: Da Vinci

London, Nov 2016

As you might expect in a Da Vinci room, the objective is to recover the Holy Grail. The action is set in a study and the decor tied in nicely with the theme. It is a fairly linear room so best done with a smaller team. Clues are requested by waving a… (more)

Escape London: Area 51

London, Nov 2016

This was my first Escape London room and while I found it enjoyable overall, there was nothing that genuinely stood out or got me particularly excited.

It is a very linear room and therefore best suited for smaller teams. As with most first-generat… (more)

UK Escape Games: The Diamond Caper

Leicestershire, Nov 2016

We signed up to a weekend 10am slot at this escape room venue in the heart of Leicestershire, mainly as it was en route to visiting family, but also because they proudly mentioned how couples were very welcome at the venue.

Based at the Twin Lakes … (more)

Thinking Outside The Box: Stranded

Peterborough, Dec 2017

New to the Cambridgeshire scene, Stranded is a desert island themed escape room, located in central Peterborough.

As usual for the local rooms, myself and ‘Mrs Chris’ signed up as a dynamic duo, hoping for a nice relaxing hour of escapism on a rath… (more)