Category Archives: UK

Tulleys Escape: Mutiny

Crawley, Aug 2017

Mutiny is Tulleys’ pirate game, and it’s a swashbuckling joy to play. A pirate theme demands good decorations, and this one delivers in spades. It has the same large footfall as its sibling game and is a clear step up in its visual impact. (Players s… (more)

Tulleys Escape: The Outfitters

Crawley, Aug 2017

The world of scare attractions is not one I’m particularly familiar with, but apparently Tulleys Farm is well known there for their Shocktober event every Halloween. They’ve now expanded into escape rooms as well, with two rooms now open; The Outfitt… (more)

Trapp’d: Molten Creek Mine

Northampton, Aug 2017

This game needs a warning: wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty. Or perhaps a stronger version: expect to come out absolutely filthy.

As you might guess from that, Molten Creek Mine goes all-in on the decor. The story is that you’re a team… (more)

Trapp’d: The Monosphere

Northampton, Aug 2017

Trapp’d’s Northampton branch (and only now do I notice how awkward their name is to apostrophise) has two games at time of writing, and the first one we tried was Monosphere. This game has the original premise that you are… in an escape room. Howev… (more)

Other World Escapes: Mayan

Southampton, Aug 2017

Playing lots of escape rooms trains a curious set of skills – for example, I now find that I can read Mayan numerals without the need for a look-up chart. (They are admittedly very straightforward.) The latest Mayan themed game we played was at Other… (more)

Cyantist: The Cube

Southampton, Aug 2017

We hadn’t planned to play both games at Cyantist, but after finishing Crystal Maze we had a gap in our schedule and I was curious about their second game – whereas Crystal Maze had been (accurately) described as a different sort of experience to an e… (more)

Cyantist: Crystal Maze

Southampton, Aug 2017

Crystal Maze is quite different from what most enthusiasts may have come to expect from an escape game. The website tells you that “a big variety of puzzles are waiting to get solved”, and that’s exactly accurate: the game is designed around the solv… (more)

Houdini Escape: Escape from Alcatraz

Southampton, Aug 2017

When reviewing games I rarely say much about the venue outside the game itself. A polished intro or an enthusiastic welcome from the host can get the experience off to a good start, but for me at least is rarely a large factor in how I feel about a g… (more)

Elusion Escape Rooms: The Pandora Heist

Southampton, Aug 2017

A small handful of escape games give you a goal other than completing the game as quickly as possible, and Pandora Heist is one of them. This is a heist game where instead of a bank vault you’re sneaking into the collection chambers of another art th… (more)

Extremescape: Lost Tomb

Peak District, Jul 2017

Extremescape’s first game was a big, brilliant pirate game. Their second is loosely inspired by Indiana Jones, and it somehow manages to be even better. Like Pirate Ship, Lost Tomb is a 90 minute game. Where Pirate Ship injects a moment or two of une… (more)