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Escape The Room Jordan: Black and White

Amman, May 2023

In most respects Black and White was an old fashioned but clever game with plenty of nice ideas – but which I hesitate to recommend for reasons entirely unrelated to any of the puzzles.

I couldn’t find many escape rooms available in Jordan; all the… (more)

Cryptic Escape: Magic School

Norwich, Jul 2023

Cryptic’s Rose Lane branch is on the third floor of a car park, which is a curious location and one that seems like it shouldn’t exist; finding an escape room venue instead of more cars seemed a little like finding a hidden platform at Kings Cross.

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Aenigma Escape Rooms: The Idol of Time

Naples, Jul 2023

We were standing lost in a dark street corner of Naples, looking round for the right address, when a door opened and a man stage-whispered at us: ppsst! escape room? Which to be honest is an excellent way for a game to start.

The story was so… (more)

Mad Machines: Birth Machine

Milan, May 2023

It’s always an encouraging sign when a venue creates games based on something a bit more unusual, instead of doing a prison break, lab or spaceship; and Mad Machines have build a game around a premise that I’ve not seen anywhere else in the world. ‘E… (more)

Mad Machines: Time Machine

Milan, May 2023

Mad Machines’ second game was the one we played first, and the venue impressed as soon as we entered – it’s a small thing, but still a great sign when the entrance to an escape room venue already puts you in an upbeat good mood with music and visuals… (more)

Escapepolis: The Creepy Toy Store and the Lost Souls

Athens, Apr 2023

An unplanned return trip to Escapepolis’s Galatsi location let us play one more of their games; slot availability determined that it would be The Creepy Store. This isn’t one of Athens’ many terror rooms: there’s no live actor and the emphasis is fir… (more)

No Exit: Wanted: Dead or Alive

Athens, Apr 2023

We played all three games at No Exit’s Elioupolis location (they have a couple more rooms at the Neos Kosmos address), and in all three the live acting was a major part of the experience. That’s par for the course in Athens, but where the actor in De… (more)

No Exit: Death Row

Athens, Apr 2023

Prison escape is probably the single most common escape room theme, and I’ve played dozens of variations on it in a great many different places; and No Exit’s Death Row is quite simply the best prison themed escape room I’ve played anywhere.

While I… (more)

No Exit: El Exorcista

Athens, Apr 2023

Athens is famous for horror games, and as a horror experience, El Exorcista is my favourite (of those I’ve played so far). If that’s sufficient to make you book it in, then I suggest you don’t read on until after playing it, because not knowing what’… (more)

Station 33: Wake Up

Athens, Apr 2023

The sheer variety of horror rooms available in Athens – and so many top-rated! – is a little overwhelming, and it’s not easy to decide which to play. Wake Up is a fear experience that I thought excelled in some ways (even against Athens’ high standar… (more)