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AIM Escape: Spy Heroes

London, Oct 2018

After playing AIM Escape’s first two games on an earlier occasion, we took advantage of a pre-Halloween offer to try their other two on a Friday lunchtime. First up was Spy Heroes, the sort of super-spy story where the bad guy is called Mr. Supervill… (more)

Unlock!: The Adventurers Of Oz

Room-in-a-box, Jul 2018

The Unlock! series of escape games is now up to nine games, with another three about to be released, plus various mini demo games. In Europe the main games are sold as boxed sets of three, and in each such set I’ve found the third game in the box to … (more)

Unlock!: Tombstone Express

Room-in-a-box, Jul 2018

It is very much to Unlock!’s credit that they keep experimenting with their format. Having established a game system that works, they could have easily settled into churning out identikit games. Instead, each new release seems to push the format in a… (more)

Unlock!: A Noside Story

Room-in-a-box, Jul 2018

The first Unlock! game I played was Squeek & Sausage, and that game’s characters return in this sequel, which has some joking references back to the original but which works perfectly well even if you haven’t played that one. It has the same bold car… (more)

Puzzle Card: Escape The Room

Room-in-a-box, Oct 2018

Having grown from live games to play-at-home boxes and books, the escape game juggernaut expands to a new format – the greetings card! Puzzle Card is exactly what it says on the tin: it’s a birthday card with a set of puzzles to solve, plus a smallis… (more)

Clue Finders: The Tomb

Liverpool, Sep 2018

The second room at Clue Finders is Egyptian themed, and has you in search of a secret tomb. I was a little cast down to find that we’d entered a room decorated as a study rather than anything more ancient in appearance, but the game has secrets to un… (more)

Clue Finders: Remy’s Room

Liverpool, Sep 2018

Now over three and a half years old, Clue Finders are practically ancient by escape room standards. It’s a fast-moving industry and many rooms that appeared early, however impressive at the time, often compare poorly to the latest openings. Remy’s Ro… (more)

Clue HQ: The Betrayal of Cluetankhamun

Wirral, Sep 2018

Two of the many things I’ve learned from escape games are: if you enter an ancient tomb it’s certain to be trapped and/or cursed; and any such trap or curse will take precisely sixty minutes to take effect. Clue HQ’s Egyptian theme is one of their mo… (more)

Clue HQ: Detonation

Wirral, Sep 2018

Many of Clue HQ’s games share a recurring villain by the name of Danny Badd, and Detonation’s premise is straightforward: you’re trapped in a building that this scoundrel has rigged to blow up. Fortunately, he’s a villain with a sense of sportsmanshi… (more)

Wirral Escape Rooms: The Curse of the Golden Lion

Wirral, Sep 2018

I was just a little bit nervous about playing and reviewing this game, because it’s designed and run by the escape room blogger behind Brit of an Escape Habit, one of the most prolific and well-known … (more)