Category Archives: International

Mad Machines: Time Machine

Milan, May 2023

Mad Machines’ second game was the one we played first, and the venue impressed as soon as we entered – it’s a small thing, but still a great sign when the entrance to an escape room venue already puts you in an upbeat good mood with music and visuals… (more)

Escapepolis: The Creepy Toy Store and the Lost Souls

Athens, Apr 2023

An unplanned return trip to Escapepolis’s Galatsi location let us play one more of their games; slot availability determined that it would be The Creepy Store. This isn’t one of Athens’ many terror rooms: there’s no live actor and the emphasis is fir… (more)

No Exit: Wanted: Dead or Alive

Athens, Apr 2023

We played all three games at No Exit’s Elioupolis location (they have a couple more rooms at the Neos Kosmos address), and in all three the live acting was a major part of the experience. That’s par for the course in Athens, but where the actor in De… (more)

No Exit: Death Row

Athens, Apr 2023

Prison escape is probably the single most common escape room theme, and I’ve played dozens of variations on it in a great many different places; and No Exit’s Death Row is quite simply the best prison themed escape room I’ve played anywhere.

While I… (more)

No Exit: El Exorcista

Athens, Apr 2023

Athens is famous for horror games, and as a horror experience, El Exorcista is my favourite (of those I’ve played so far). If that’s sufficient to make you book it in, then I suggest you don’t read on until after playing it, because not knowing what’… (more)

Station 33: Wake Up

Athens, Apr 2023

The sheer variety of horror rooms available in Athens – and so many top-rated! – is a little overwhelming, and it’s not easy to decide which to play. Wake Up is a fear experience that I thought excelled in some ways (even against Athens’ high standar… (more)

Last Wish: Omertà

Athens, Apr 2023

Having enough horror rooms on our Athens schedule already, we passed up The Cellar at Last Wish and played only their Mafia room, Omertà. Athens is famous for long games, and even so this is a beast of a room, with a time limit of 140 minutes.

You m… (more)

Lockhill: Chapel & Catacombs

Athens, Apr 2023

Anyone reading this has probably heard of Chapel & Catacombs: it’s currently the top ranked escape room in the English-speaking world, according to the illustrious TERPECA rankings. That prestige comes with a health warning: hype can kill enjoyment, … (more)

Mystic Corporation: Mystic Project

Athens, Apr 2023

This was the third scary game we played in a row, but was a change of pace in several ways. For a start, it was considerably more of a puzzle challenge. And I felt that it wasn’t designed with the aim of scaring the players via chasing them or jump s… (more)

Disappear Escape Rooms: The Sacrifice

Athens, Apr 2023

We played The Sacrifice straight after Woman In Black, which I wouldn’t recommend doing despite the two venues being quite close to each other, because there’s considerable overlap in the style of set and scares: they both have supernatural spirits h… (more)