Category Archives: UK

Escapologic: Heistakes

Nottingham, Oct 2017

A bank heist is one of the classic escape room themes, and Heistakes is Escapologic’s take on the genre. The venue aims for immersion and realism, and they start that off with something impressive and highly theme-appropriate, that I haven’t seen use… (more)

Escapologic: 13utcher

Nottingham, Oct 2017

Escapologic’s 13utcher/Butcher game is somewhere between infamous and legendary. On any visit to the venue whether you’re due to play it or not, you’re likely to hear stories of how extreme it is, how it’s the only 18-rated escape game in the UK (whi… (more)

Unescapable: Tommy

Derby, Oct 2017

With Unescapable’s other game we swapped the ghostly frights of Edith for a First World War trench in Tommy. They again provided a much more entertaining and immerse start to the game than simply stepping through a doorway. The room looks great, with… (more)

Unescapable: Edith

Derby, Oct 2017

Edith is an unusual beast of an escape room, one that you might love or might find not to your taste, but which you’ll definitely remember. Personally I thought it was outstanding and hilarious.

The game is named after a missing operative from your … (more)

Game Over: Forbidden Temple of Montezuma

Derby, Oct 2017

With a gap between games, we rang Game Over’s doorbell on the off chance they had a slot free, and they were able to oblige with Montezuma, which they described as their hardest game.

The backstory involves following in the footsteps of your vanishe… (more)

Norris Box: Kidnapped

Leeds, Oct 2017

Norris Box reverses the normal escape room concept: instead of a room from which you must escape, each of their products is a box that you unlock piece by piece. Their games are available on a mobile basis, where you order a box and they bring it to … (more)

Horuscape: Mind Horror

London, Oct 2017

The question here is, how to fairly review something which is a thoroughly different type of experience to everything else on this site? Mind Horror is a virtual reality escape game, so far a rare beast in the UK but gradually creeping into the escap… (more)

City Mazes: Bamboozled

London, Oct 2017

Bamboozled is one of City Mazes’s new stable of purchased game designs, currently available both at their London branch and in Cardiff. Unlike their earlier homegrown designs, the new ones have visible inspiration from TV or movie franchises, and Bam… (more)

City Mazes: The Lost Cabin

London, Oct 2017

My previous experience of City Mazes, with the four games at their Oxford branch, did not leave me with fond feelings for the company: each game we played seemed badly flawed in one way or another. However, some rumours suggested they’d been trying t… (more)

Room Lockdown: Vegas Nights

London, Sep 2017

Vegas Nights is that rare beast, a game designed for exactly two players. The industry could do with more of these, since there’s clear demand for it – I imagine it’s the economics of it that keeps them in scarce supply, since the work for a company … (more)