Category Archives: UK

Escape Nation: The Citadel

Stafford, Apr 2019

A hat tip here to the review blog Brit of an Escape Habit, since without their recommendation I probably wouldn’t have decided to make a stop at Stafford on my journey north, and in the event I very much l… (more)

Escape Quest: Henry Fortune’s House of Illusion

Macclesfield, Apr 2019

I don’t get many chances to visit the north west, and when I finally got an opportunity to do so a return visit to Escape Quest was top of the agenda. As with their Curious Encounters game, this meant playing with a team of two despite the official m… (more)

Escape Quest: Curious Encounters

Macclesfield, Apr 2019

Curious Encounters has been running at Escape Quest for several years now, but with a significant revamp in 2017. I never played the original version, so can’t comment on whether the changes amount to an entirely new game; if in doubt check with the … (more)

London Escaped Ltd: Vampire Slayers

London, Apr 2019

Walking into the game that London Escaped bill as their hardest room, my first impression was entirely positive – a spacious room with both atmosphere and character. I mention that since pretty much all of my subsequent impressions of the game were m… (more)

London Escaped Ltd: Wizards Cup

London, Apr 2019

‘Magic School’ has become one of the most popular and widespread escape room themes, with varying levels of discretion about their references to the Harry Potter franchise. London Escaped have doubled down on this by opening two different games of th… (more)

London Escaped Ltd: White Walker

London, Apr 2019

Having had some mixed experiences with London Escaped previously, I returned with some trepidation to try their most recent three games. White Walker is a curious offering: if you’ve visited the venue since the game’s installation you can’t have fail… (more)

Doomsday Games: Pathogen

Colchester, Apr 2019

The 60 minute time limit is near universal for escape rooms, with only a handful of longer or shorter games in the U.K. As it happens, every extended length game I’ve played has been at least very good – perhaps because longer games tend to be less p… (more)

D S Escape Rooms: Luna 13

Haverhill, Apr 2019

The second room at D S Escape Rooms puts you on an out of control spaceship, with a complete change of theme and style to their first game. It’s a challenge to build any kind of convincing spaceship environment, and while Luna 13 uses a simple constr… (more)

D S Escape Rooms: Elude

Haverhill, Apr 2019

My escape room addiction has led me to all sorts of curious suburbs, back streets and industrial parks in search of venues. D S Escape Rooms were one of the harder companies to find, buried inside a sprawling business centre with corridors painted in… (more)

The Extraction Room: Extraction

Maidstone, Mar 2019

Previously known as The Room Maidstone, The Extraction Room recently rebranded to avoid a naming conflict with a different escape room company. Their now-eponymous first game follows well-trodden ground by having you imprisoned by an insane scientist… (more)