Category Archives: International

Mind Maze: An Incredible Story of Nautilus

Prague, Aug 2023

Rated 4.5 out of 5
These days Mind Maze has three separate locations; conveniently for visiting enthusiasts, the two TERPECA-nominated rooms are both at the same address. We played both, starting with Nautilus.
You’d guess from the name that Nautilus is a steampunk-st… (more)

LostExit: Kino Úsvit

Prague, Aug 2023

Rated 4.5 out of 5
The escape room industry is always advancing and becoming more sophisticated, so there’s little place for nostalgia, no golden age to look back to, when the cutting edge just keeps improving. Even so, Úsvit Cinema struck me as showcasing several virt… (more)

Mystiqueroom: Cube

Budapest, Aug 2023

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
I picked Cube for our second game at Mystiqueroom because it was their highest rated, without really knowing what the theme was. As it turned out, the stronger half of the room design clearly takes inspiration from the sci-fi movie of the same name, … (more)

Mystiqueroom: Pirate Bay

Budapest, Aug 2023

Rated between 3 and 3.5 out of 5
There are at least three pirate-themed rooms in Budapest, giving you a choice of Ship, Bay or Cave; Mystiqueroom’s version is the Bay, and we found it visually impressive but a bit temperamental on the puzzle mechanisms.
Our mission was to get the W… (more)

Aroom: Sky Heist

Budapest, Aug 2023

Rated 4 out of 5
Aroom and Locked Room are different venues that are part of the same company and a single website, but Aroom is the one that tends to get the more favourable reviews. I’ve only previously played their zombie theme Deadland, but enjoyed it enough to m… (more)

Mad Machines: Birth Machine

Milan, May 2023

Rated 5 out of 5
It’s always an encouraging sign when a venue creates games based on something a bit more unusual, instead of doing a prison break, lab or spaceship; and Mad Machines have build a game around a premise that I’ve not seen anywhere else in the world. ‘E… (more)