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Escape Room Mendoza: El Refugio de la Montaña

Mendoza, Jan 2024

Mendoza is near the Andes, so I guess this theme is a natural fit for the location: stranded by bad weather, you seek refuge in a lodge that turns out to have dark secrets. Escape Room Mendoza is part of Argentina’s largest escape room chain, with tw… (more)

Sinapsis: The Forbidden Classroom

Buenos Aires, Dec 2023

Generally in Argentina, the claim ‘available in English’ needs to be treated with a pinch of salt; I think this game at Sinapsis was the first one we found in the country that genuinely didn’t need any Spanish knowledge whatsoever.

It starts you off… (more)

Game House: El Otro Lado

Buenos Aires, Dec 2023

El Otro Lado was the third room we played at Game House, and it’s based on the TV series Stranger Things. I’ve tried a few different escape rooms with that theme now, and it tends to work well – the setting provides some immediate distinctive element… (more)

Game House: Parana Airlines

Buenos Aires, Dec 2023

You’d think that there could be only so many puzzle ideas available in the familiar environment of a plane cabin, but perhaps because it’s a relatively rare setting, each new take on the theme seems to manage a new twist. In this case the freshest an… (more)

Eureka: El Atraco

Buenos Aires, Dec 2023

There are plenty of escape venues in Buenos Aires, but this branch of Eureka was just down the road from where we were staying, so we couldn’t not try one there. Their Facebook page suggested that El Atraco (The Robbery) was the newest of the ones av… (more)

Escape Obligado: El Reactor Atómico

Buenos Aires, Dec 2023

Having now played nine rooms in Brazil and Argentina, I’ve come to expect a simpler level of decor than what’s currently typical in Europe. So it was a pleasant surprise to find ourselves plunged into a convincingly high tech, atmospheric rendition o… (more)

Escape Obligado: La Caza de los Espíritus

Buenos Aires, Dec 2023

The second room at Escape Obligado, La Caza had only been open a couple of weeks when we played it, and we heard about it via the Argentina enthusiasts FB group. It was not available in English, but we booked into it anyhow, hoping that my meagre Spa… (more)

New UK escape rooms February 2024

A couple of final calls, an unfortunate (?) name collision, and a whole bunch of new games to make your wallet squeal in pain – it must be the new escape rooms update for February!

60 Minutos: Assalto ao banco

São Paulo, Dec 2023

Squeezing in a quick extra game before we left São Paulo, we booked into the hardest room at 60 Minutos at short notice. Most heist games involve breaking into a vault; in this one you’re trying to break out, though preferably still with the money.

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Escape Hotel: O Amuleto Mágico

São Paulo, Dec 2023

After not having been hugely impressed by this venue’s pirate game, it was a relief to find that the second half of the double bill we’d booked was a step up. The Magic Amulet is inspired by Harry Potter, with plenty of pretty blatant references to t… (more)