Category Archives: UK

Make Your Escape: Utopia

Derby, Nov 2019

Utopia is the sister game to Dystopia, its complement and its inverse. Where Dystopia’s decor is urban decay, Utopia is all sleekly gleaming computer panels; where Dystopia’s puzzles tend more to the physical, Utopia’s use touch-panels and screens an… (more)

Make Your Escape: Dystopia

Derby, Nov 2019

Arriving at Make Your Escape for our booking, we were welcomed in by a sardonic overall-wearing janitor from a dystopian future. It’s always a nice touch when a game’s host is in character from the outset, and he maintained the persona throughout the… (more)

Komnata Quest: Doctor Frankenstein

London, Dec 2019

Well known in the U.S., Komnata made it to London last year and has been steadily opening games since. Doctor Frankenstein is one of two games at their initial location on Drury Lane, and is a theme that’s impossible to describe without repeated use … (more)

The Riddle Within: Flight 338

London, Feb 2020

The Riddle Within announced their debut game with plenty of fanfare: an escape room on an actual plane. Space in London is hard to come by, but their location in North Greenwich has not only a yard big enough for an airplane but an entire ex-n… (more)

LetsXcape: Sacred

Newark, Nov 2019

LetsXcape are certainly fortunate in their location; not only is Kelham Hall a huge and lovely Victorian mansion, but it boasts some interesting history which makes for good inspiration for the company’s escape rooms. Sacred is inspired by the Hall’s… (more)

LetsXcape: The Rig

Newark, Nov 2019

After so many escape rooms hidden away in dubious industrial estates, it’s a bit of a shock to reach LetsXcape, driving through acres of landscaped gardens up to the very grand country house that is Kelham Hall. This building has recently become a ho… (more)

Escape Lincoln: The Magic Emporium

Lincoln, Nov 2019

As the number of venues and games in the now-huge Escape franchise increases, they now sometimes have more than one game design using a similar theme, so for clarification The Magic Emporium is an entirely different game to the Witchcraft and Wizardr… (more)

Deadlocked Escape Rooms: The Time Machine

Reading, Jan 2020

Time Machine is definitely the first game I’ve seen that claims a 60 second time limit – but of course there’s more to it than that. The time-warping plot actually has a 90 min limit in total; I won’t spoil details of the 60 second thing, but … (more)

Deliverance: The Hideaway

Lincoln, Nov 2019

Although you can play it stand-alone, Hideaway is a direct sequel to Deliverance’s first game Cabin In The Woods, and their website encourages you not to read the game description if you want to avoid spoilers for the previous game. Your role is no l… (more)

Deliverance: Cabin In The Woods

Lincoln, Nov 2019

The woods must be packed with small sinister cabins, each inhabited by its own bloodthirsty maniac; and inevitably we end up wandering into one after another. Increasingly often escape rooms with this theme start you off outside the cabin; that’s the… (more)