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DarkMaster: OneWing Airlines

Crowborough, Nov 2021

I didn’t even notice the joke in the game’s name until the intro began, but if you’re quicker on the uptake then you’ll have guessed that the setting for One Wing is the most budget of airlines. While the in-world plane may be budget, the game itself… (more)

Meridian Adventures: The Travellers’ Guide to Little Sodaburg

Online, Nov 2021

Some games defy easy categorisation, and Little Sodaburg is one of them. I’ll give it a go, though: you could describe it as ‘an online digital game with a live host’, as ‘a comedy adventure full of team-based tasks’, ‘an unexpected gem’, or just ‘ma… (more)

Trapped Puzzle Rooms St Paul: Spirit Train

Online, Nov 2021

Spirit Train is a difficult game to rate – I feel that I’d score it very differently depending on who I’m talking to. Some teams will find it beautiful and magical, and others will be left unmoved. It’s unquestionably a lovely experience, crafted wit… (more)

Ultimate Quest: The Last Pyramid

Online, Oct 2021

Lockdown led to a flurry of innovation in online entertainment, and Last Pyramid is part of the small escape room adjacent genre of team challenge/puzzle game – The Crystal Maze remains the obvious point of comparison.

There’s a sci-fi theme and a s… (more)

The Escape Network: Armageddon

Online, Oct 2021

Armageddon is a point-and-click game set in Kelvedon Hatch nuclear bunker. Those familiar with the location may recognise that that’s the site of Clue HQ Brentwood, which runs a large-team game with the same name, on which this game is I believe at l… (more)

The Detective Society: The Cursed Exhibition: Episode 1

Room-in-a-box, Sep 2021

Now one of the best known and most successful subscription titles in the U.K., The Detective Society is now launching its third season, which like the previous two will consist of six games telling a single story. This one opens with a murder in a mu… (more)

Puzzled Frog Interactive: Captain Nemo’s Treasure

Online, Sep 2021

With physical escape rooms open once more, there’s only a trickle of new play from home games appearing – but Puzzled Frog are bucking the trend, with their first game being designed for remote avatar play. Note that it’s also unusual in using a publ… (more)

Bedford Escape Rooms: Laboratory

Bedford, Sep 2021

The third game we played at Bedford Escape Rooms was potentially the hardest, in that there was a choice of two difficulty levels – though we accidentally ended up playing the easier option, I think by default. The difference seems to be the addition… (more)

Bedford Escape Rooms: Murder Scene

Bedford, Sep 2021

Second of the games we played at Bedford Escape Rooms, I’d narrowly give the edge to Murder Scene over the others. As the name suggests, the theme puts you at the scene of a recent murder, in what’s essentially someone’s living room.

We rattled thro… (more)

Bedford Escape Rooms: Saw Room

Bedford, Sep 2021

There’s a common theme to three of the games I played at Bedford Escape Rooms: all were quite simple in design and appearance, but all were decent and enjoyable. Saw Room was the first of the three, and is designed as horror game – despite an opening… (more)