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Quest Factory: Cannibal Island

Paris, Sep 2023

Rated 4.5 out of 5
The word ‘Cannibal’ is one I associate more with grim serial killer rooms, but this game is about as cheerful and upbeat as any game I remember that involves severed body parts. The cannibals here are tribesmen on an obscure island; don’t expect nuan… (more)

Quest Factory: Le Fléau du Druide

Paris, Sep 2023

Rated between 4.5 and 5 out of 5
A wise piece of advice for escape room designers is that technology for its own sake adds little to a game, but it expands the range of possibilities for what you can create. Quest Factory illustrate that principle by using technology to do several t… (more)

New UK escape rooms January 2024

January tends to be a quiet month, and that’s mostly true this year – but we also have no fewer than three entirely new escape companies opening their doors, as well as some companies expanding to new locations.

Deep Inside: The Magician of Paris

Paris, Sep 2023

Rated between 4.5 and 5 out of 5
If you follow the TERPECA rankings (and you should), then you’re more likely to have come across Magician of Paris as one half of ‘The Full Experience’; Deep Inside offer it in combination with their second game as a double-bill. We chose to play jus… (more)

The Game: The Far West

Paris, Sep 2023

Rated between 4 and 4.5 out of 5
I try hard to rate games in an objective way, to the limited extent that’s possible with something as inherently subjective as enjoyment of escape rooms. By which I mean, I attempt to put less weight on considerations that are specific to me or that … (more)

Lock Academy: The Examination

Paris, Sep 2023

Rated 4.5 out of 5
The premise of The Examination is unusual for Lock Academy – because this is your graduation exam. The test is overseen by an AI assistant, and assesses a variety of skills that have a suspicious degree of overlap with the skills needed to beat an es… (more)

Lock Academy: Revolt At Lock Academy

Paris, Sep 2023

Rated 4.5 out of 5
Each room at Lock Academy is different and distinctive, but after playing a few of them you start to recognise a house style to the puzzles and the game structure. I’m not going to give away the plot, but Revolt starts off with the (fictional) founde… (more)