Category Archives: International

Omega Agency: La Planque d’Ali

Ghent, Jun 2018

I tend to assume that any hint of an Egyptian theme in a game’s description means an Indiana Jones style tomb adventure, but this one is very clear that that’s not the case: you’re attempting to retrieve an artifact from the office of an egyptologist… (more)

John Doe: Casino Magnifico

Lille, Jun 2018

Our second game at John Doe had us on the trail of another missing agent, this time in the VIP lounge of a casino that might be a front for a nefarious drug gang. Your briefing instructs you that a particular celebrity is involved and you need to ide… (more)

John Doe: The Prison of Blue Castle

Lille, Jun 2018

John Doe’s company name comes from their overarching story device, which is that they’re a secret agency whose entire agent roster has recently been compromised; since their professional agents have all been outed, they’re reliant on you, promising m… (more)

ANTCollectief: De Kelder (The Cellar)

Ghent, Jun 2018

ANTCollectief’s website plays its cards close to its chest with an intriguing lack of information about their game’s theme; something about discovering the secrets of a cellar, and little more. It does indeed take place in a cellar, a found space tha… (more)

Locked: Kubus

Ghent, Jun 2018

Like Locked’s sister game Labyrint, Kubus is as much art project as escape room. Art is supposed to be challenging, and it’s certainly a challenge to review – what this venue builds is so very unique it can’t really be measured by the criteria I’d ap… (more)

The Paradox Project

Athens, Jun 2018

Your uncle used to run a mine in Africa. Now “the Bitter Truth” is hidden inside his flat. Your job is to find it and make sure it’s safe.

The paradox project is an unusual escape game in a number of ways. First, both the reception area (with refre… (more)

Escapepolis: Roswell 1947

Athens, Jun 2018

You are a reporter in 1947 and your girlfriend who works as a nurse in the nearby Roswell airbase morgue has gone missing after telling you she had discovered something exciting.

The room manager spoke with some passion about how stories drive his … (more)

Citiclue Athens: Dragon Quest

Athens, Jun 2018

Your lord has assigned you the task of stealing three dragon eggs in the castle, by gaining information about rival factions. This, then, is an unashamed rip off of a well known fantasy franchise.

The room has a nice amount of physicality to it, in … (more)

Sherlocked Homes: Sherlock Maze

Athens, Jun 2018

You’ve located and broken into Sherlock Holmes’ secret Athenian Office, but it’s booby trapped. You have 60 minutes before you are permanently trapped in the “labyrinth of his mind”.

On entering there are two notable features: a big final physical p… (more)

Sherlocked Homes: The Cursed Willy

Athens, Jun 2018

It’s 1719 and you’re hunting a secret tune which is rumoured to grant all who hear it eternal life. Willie the pirate stole it from some natives (who cursed him), and no-one since has come back from his lair alive. Whilst searching for the tune the … (more)