Category Archives: London

Escapemobile: Houdini’s Last Trick

Mobile, Feb 2017

Houdini’s Last Trick is an escape room in a van, which at time of writing is part of the Waterloo Vault festival; and is a 25 minute mini-escape not a full hour. (The site stated 20 minutes, but the operator told us 25, so they may have extended the … (more)

Breakin’ Escape Games: Heist Plan: The Garage

London, Feb 2017

‘Escape the garage’ might not sound like the most thrilling of themes, though this actually has a Fast & Furious style plot of fast cars and bank heists. But once it gets going it’s an engagingly physical and just plain fun escape game that left me w… (more)

Breakin’ Escape Games: Blackwing’s Cave

London, Feb 2017

Breakin’ claims to be “the most immersive Escape Room experience in London” – do they deliver?

The first of their six rooms I tried was the superhero-themed don’t-say-Batman game. What’s clear from the outset is that this is a high tech build, with … (more)

AIEscape: Kill M.A.D.

London, Jan 2017

Kill M.A.D. is a psychological thriller set in a hospital. It is one of those gems of a room where absolutely everything ties in with the story and theme, down to the smallest detail. It is deliberately and unapologetically linear, which usually isn’… (more)

Escape London: Da Vinci

London, Nov 2016

As you might expect in a Da Vinci room, the objective is to recover the Holy Grail. The action is set in a study and the decor tied in nicely with the theme. It is a fairly linear room so best done with a smaller team. Clues are requested by waving a… (more)

Escape London: Area 51

London, Nov 2016

This was my first Escape London room and while I found it enjoyable overall, there was nothing that genuinely stood out or got me particularly excited.

It is a very linear room and therefore best suited for smaller teams. As with most first-generat… (more)

Agent November: Major X Ploe-Shun

London, Jan 2017

Agent November is unusual in that they run outdoor escape games (though some of their other games are run indoors). Naturally, we played on a cold, rainy afternoon in January, which must be close to the worst conditions to play it in; and despite tha… (more)

Operation Escape: The Ops Room

London, Jan 2017

Operation Escape is a 15 minute journey from Bromley South station by car/bus and is co-located in a business block, where you just follow the signs to reception. Operation Escape is WWII themed, you start by being plunged into darkness, but you soon… (more)

Lock’d: Perpetuum Mobile

London, Jan 2017

Perpetuum Mobile starts in a reasonably sparse room. The premise is laid out in a little speech: The key to stopping a perpetual motion machine that could destroy the planet lies hidden in the professor’s room. The website advertises it as “the most … (more)

Lock’d: Grandpa’s Last Will

London, Jan 2017

The theme here is straightforward. Your recently deceased grandfather has left you a fortune – but the old man clearly had a sadistic streak, since he’s hidden it behind a series of puzzles and given you an hour to find it before you’re arrested for … (more)