Category Archives: International

Fox in a Box: Bunker 17

Munich, Aug 2017

Fox in a Box has grown into a significant international franchise, but until now I’d never quite managed to play one of their rooms. The branch in Munich seemed like a good chance to change that, and we booked into their Bunker 17 game.

The bunker i… (more)

Escape Room: The Mummy

Tallinn, Jul 2017

With a couple of hours spare before leaving Tallinn, naturally we squeezed in one final escape game, and the only venue who could provide a game in the narrow time window we had available was Escape Room, who we’d visited on a previous trip. The only… (more)

Claustrophobia: Gravity

Tallinn, Jul 2017

A year ago I visited Tallinn’s Claustrophobia branch and saw the beginnings of their Gravity game under construction. It sounded so remarkable and unique that this year while playing games in Riga, we tacked on a return visit to Tallinn expressly to … (more)

Claustrophobia: 221B Baker Street

Tallinn, Jul 2017

For some reason Sherlock Holmes keeps leaving in the middle of a case and so we find ourselves again clearing up his mess in another unsolved mystery.

The entry way is delightful, featuring a beautiful dog with lovely eyes (albeit looking slightly a… (more)

Affect Laboratories: Interview

Tallinn, Jul 2017

First things first, this is the sort of game where you may prefer to know as little as possible about it before playing it. So you might want to stop at the one sentence version of this review, which is: this is a remarkable game that you should go p… (more)

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)

Imaginaris: Shambala

Tallinn, Jul 2017

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)