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Eltham Escape Rooms: The Temple of the Lost Spirit

Eltham, May 2021

Asked to describe Temple of the Lost Spirit, I might use words like compact, well-decorated, or entertaining; but first and foremost would be Too Dark. What lighting level is reasonable for a game varies a lot, by theme, types of puzzles, and by who’… (more)

Komnata Quest: Sherlocked

London, Sep 2021

In real life, being kidnapped by a criminal and left shackled in a box next to a ticking bomb would I suppose be a thoroughly unpleasant experience – so in that sense I guess you could say that Komnata have nailed the realism here.

Sherlocked is a 4… (more)

Komnata Quest: Maze of Hakaina

London, Sep 2021

Maze of Hakaina was for a time the well-reviewed flagship game at Komnata‘s New York branch, and was opened in London with a certain amount of fanfare. It’s easy to see how it could have caused some stir back when it was originally launched, with muc… (more)

Mr Tippleys: Murder At The Moulin Rouge

Online, Jul 2021

Moulin Rouge is a digital game set in Paris, where you’re investigating the murder of a young lady. This is a paid game with a guideline time of two hours, but note that there’s a free 15 min game from the company if you want to get a feel for the st… (more)

Enigma Fellowship: The Enigma of Lost Knowledge

Room-in-a-box, Jul 2021

Having launched in the early days of the pandemic, Enigma Fellowship is now well established with a range of five different box games, so I’m very behind the times reviewing their first one. The Enigma of Lost Knowledge has you commissioned to invest… (more)

Puzzle Room: Score-settling

Online, May 2021

The game name might have lost something in translation from the Portuguese; I didn’t notice much score-settling going on. Instead, the story is that you’re helping a young guy escape from the hideout of a notorious motorcycle gang before they return…. (more)

Online Escape Rooms Ireland: Spirit Seekers Ireland: The Clare Abbey

Online, May 2021

With increasing numbers of digital conversions of physical escape rooms emerging, The Clare Abbey is an innovation that seems obvious in retrospect: why limit yourself to digitising your escape rooms when you can digitise any environment and turn it … (more)

Escape Kent: Pirates of the Stormy Seas

Canterbury, Jun 2021

I’d been meaning to return to Escape Kent and play their pirate game for something like four years, during which time it’s gone from their exciting new game to one of the more venerable ones at the venue. There was a certain amount of buzz about it a… (more)

Escape Kent: The Haunting

Canterbury, Jun 2021

It’s often hard to know when booking a game with a spooky theme whether it’s going to be mildly creepy or sixty minutes of terror. But most nervous players should be fine with The Haunting – the fear factor here shouldn’t go above a degree of apprehe… (more)

Exit: The Sacred Temple

Room-in-a-box, Jul 2021

EXIT’s puzzle games are endlessly creative within a very tightly defined format, and while the difficulty level and theming vary, once you’ve played one you know what you’ll get from another. Except that The Sacred Temple takes the range in a whole n… (more)