Category Archives: UK

Don’t Get Locked In: The Vault

Bedford, Sep 2021

The Vault was for me the second half of Don’t Get Locked In’s Audacious experience, though it’s also available to play stand-alone; and in retrospect I think I would have preferred to play it separately, since as it was we started off already frazzle… (more)

Don’t Get Locked In: Return To The Rock

Bedford, Sep 2021

At Don’t Get Locked In, I found the hosts friendly and enthusiastic, the venue nicely presented with a little bar and lounge area – and the games quite disappointing, at least the two that I tried. I actually played their double-header experience Aud… (more)

Museum of the Order of St John: Treason!

London, Mar 2022

London is blessed with many museums large and small, and The Museum of the Order of St John is one I’d never heard of before they opened an escape room. The Order of Saint John, it turns out, has a history spanning centuries, from a medieval chivalri… (more)

Clue Adventures: Jet2Space

London, Sep 2021

Two player games are a bit scarce on the ground, but Clue Adventures is an exception – Jet2Space is their second game that not only is playable by two, but which requires exactly two. This one takes the players on a ‘WheesyJet’ automated journey on a… (more)

Eltham Escape Rooms: Nightmare on Ripper Street

Eltham, May 2021

The second room we played at Eltham was their Jack The Ripper game, which involves a little gore and jumpiness but is a sufficiently mild form of horror that most players should be fine with it.

You’re trying to capture the Ripper and believe you ha… (more)

Eltham Escape Rooms: The Temple of the Lost Spirit

Eltham, May 2021

Asked to describe Temple of the Lost Spirit, I might use words like compact, well-decorated, or entertaining; but first and foremost would be Too Dark. What lighting level is reasonable for a game varies a lot, by theme, types of puzzles, and by who’… (more)

Komnata Quest: Sherlocked

London, Sep 2021

In real life, being kidnapped by a criminal and left shackled in a box next to a ticking bomb would I suppose be a thoroughly unpleasant experience – so in that sense I guess you could say that Komnata have nailed the realism here.

Sherlocked is a 4… (more)

Komnata Quest: Maze of Hakaina

London, Sep 2021

Maze of Hakaina was for a time the well-reviewed flagship game at Komnata‘s New York branch, and was opened in London with a certain amount of fanfare. It’s easy to see how it could have caused some stir back when it was originally launched, with muc… (more)

Escape Kent: Pirates of the Stormy Seas

Canterbury, Jun 2021

I’d been meaning to return to Escape Kent and play their pirate game for something like four years, during which time it’s gone from their exciting new game to one of the more venerable ones at the venue. There was a certain amount of buzz about it a… (more)

Escape Kent: The Haunting

Canterbury, Jun 2021

It’s often hard to know when booking a game with a spooky theme whether it’s going to be mildly creepy or sixty minutes of terror. But most nervous players should be fine with The Haunting – the fear factor here shouldn’t go above a degree of apprehe… (more)