Category Archives: International

Reality Game: Radiation

Tallinn, Jul 2017

The game begins with a briefing about an upcoming terror attack on a power station. Terrorists plan to send the facility critical and so trigger an explosion.

In the first room, however, you discover that the power station is in low power mode. We q… (more)

Paradox Questroom: Mission 007

Tallinn, Jul 2017

The name’s Bond. James Bond.

You’re given a mission brief by a video which was possibly the highlight of the game, appealing to my sense of humour.

Once into the room, you find out the mission had been compromised and you have 60 minutes to solve … (more)

The year is 1969. You and your team of surveyors have been stranded in the Himalayas without any equipment. Whilst seeking shelter you come across an isolated hut and decide to shelter… and stumble upon the fabled “Shambala”.

After the initial cha… (more)

Real Quest: Breaking Bad

Riga, Jul 2017

The room’s decoration is not awful, and reminiscent of that episode. If you’ve seen Breaking Bad, you know what I mean. If you haven’t, don’t worry. As episodes go, it does lend itself to an escape room, but unfortunately the room itself reall… (more)

Real Quest: Abandoned Research Complex

Riga, Jul 2017

Abandoned Research Complex has a rather generic name that doesn’t entirely do justice to its premise. In a post-apocalypse world your group of survivors are in an underground bunker, which – whoops! – contains a bomb that’s due to detonate in one hou… (more)

Nogame: Psylab

Riga, Jul 2017

It’s clear that some effort went into the decor and atmospherics here, with some dark and murky corridors – and a lot of blood splatter on the walls! The game itself was a bit of a disappointment. Some of the atmospheric videos that formed part of th… (more)

Nogame: The Mystery of the Mad Scientist

Riga, Jul 2017

Mad Scientist had a very unusual beginning to an escape game. Unfortunately, it wasn’t by design. The operator let us into the room and shut the door behind us, leaving us in near complete darkness, with no torches and with a digital clock on the wal… (more)

GetOut: Robbery at the Museum

Riga, Jul 2017

Another Riga heist game, and this time we had to steal a diamond hidden in an art gallery.

The decor was mixed; the first sections felt reasonably authentic, whereas the last two rooms definitely felt artificial.

There was a a good mixture of puz… (more)

GetOut: Maniac

Riga, Jul 2017

Firstly, be warned that this game includes very explicit and graphic imagery of nudity and mutilation – if you don’t have a strong stomach or are uncomfortable with confinement, this may not be the game for you.

I’m not a big fan of slasher horror g… (more)

Escape Room: “Mona Lisa” Affair

Riga, Jul 2017

It seems the good people of Riga are rather obsessed with theft based games, since this was the fourth heist themed game that we played. In this instance, you’re given a pre-burglary briefing with various bits of equipment and instructions to follow…. (more)