Category Archives: London

Enter the Oubliette: Escape from New Pelagia

London, Mar 2016

It is a tragedy that this room had to close after losing their venue, since it was probably my most highly recommended escape room – fingers crossed they manage to re-open somewhere else.

The immersion and attention to detail was at a whole differen… (more)

Handmade Mysteries: Lady Chastity’s Reserve

London, Aug 2015

Instead of trying to escape, you’re trying to retrieve a bottle of wine; while that makes little practical difference, it’s nice to vary the genre a little. The room is one of the physically smallest I’ve done, though we had a team of five and it fel… (more)

Escape Hunt Entertainment: Theft from the Laboratory

London, Jun 2015

To be honest, I don’t remember this room particularly clearly, though I do remember thinking it was fairly average at best. And since it’s now closed down, I’m going to leave it at that, at least until I get a chance to play one of their many, many f… (more)

Trapped In A Room With A Zombie

London, Feb 2015

This is, of course, a rather different kind of escape room. Avoiding the zombie, and distracting the zombie so that you can access objects in the far side of the room, becomes as much of a focus as the puzzles themselves.

The zombie himself was outs… (more)

Cluequest: Operation: Blacksheep

London, Jun 2016

Cluequest are clearly a professional outfit and whilst the initial welcome might be a bit rushed, the staff clearly try to take care of you once you get going. Blacksheep is the second of their 3 rooms. It was a marked improvement on their first in t… (more)

Cluequest: PLAN52

London, May 2016

Cluequest are clearly a professional outfit and whilst the initial welcome might be a bit rushed, the staff clearly try to take care of you once you get going. Plan 52 is the first of 3 rooms, and it’s worth saying that whilst I could take or leave t… (more)

Hint Hunt: Zen Room

London, Oct 2016

This is Hint Hunt’s second room and you can clearly see the difference from the first. Like the first room, you should expect quite a lot of searching, and the room is suitable for beginners. They have introduced some physical and mechanical puzzles … (more)

Hint Hunt: The Office of John Monroe

London, Sep 2016

One of the first rooms in London, I came to Hint Hunt quite late. As the name suggests, it is more focused on searching than other rooms. This is a good room for beginners with a mixture of puzzles and some fun use of technology. The theming is reaso… (more)