Category Archives: UK

Vire: Nuclear Countdown

Bishop’s Stortford, Jun 2018

Rated 2 out of 5
Escape rooms are only one of the attractions on offer at Vire – they also provide VR gaming in a variety of flavours, nerf gun battles, and a café. On the occasion we visited they were also hosting a birthday party for thirty hyperactive 8 year olds … (more)

Riddlr: The Brunel Enigma

Bristol, Apr 2018

Rated 4 out of 5
The Brunel room is an eclectic room, filled with steampunk paraphanelia and puzzles embedded in the walls and furniture.
It was a busy game with an interesting and well themed hint system, which we had mixed feelings about. It’s not a spoiler to say… (more)

Escape Hunt: The Fourth Samurai

Bristol, Apr 2018

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
The Fourth Samurai tells the tale of some samurais, another samurai, a meteor that fell to earth, and a beautiful sword.
The room is clean, minimalist, brightly lit, and spacious. Beautiful decorations and very few red herrings make the game fun to … (more)

Escape Room Preston: Gallery

Preston, Apr 2018

Rated between 2 and 2.5 out of 5
With four branches in the UK and many more overseas, Escape Room is one of the larger escape game franchises. I’d previously played a few of their games in Estonia, and while passing through Preston tried out their Gallery game. This is an art heist … (more)