Category Archives: UK

Extremescape: Pirate Ship

Peak District, Jul 2017

Extremescape is perhaps the most remote escape game I’ve visited, being based on a farm near Disley on the edge of the Peak District, outside Stockport. Arriving by car, you follow a long track between fields to a parking area by the small group of b… (more)

Inside Out Escape: Finding Sherlock Holmes

London, Jul 2017

Inside Out’s original game is Sherlock themed, and your job is to discover at which of Professor Moriarty’s hideouts the famous detective is being held prisoner.

This room looks distinctly better than their other CSI game. The atmosphere is achieved… (more)

Inside Out Escape: CSI London

London, Jul 2017

Inside Out Escape have been open since September 2016, but were booked solid for months due to a GroupOn offer, so it took a while before I found a chance to visit. They currently have two games and we started with CSI London, their more recent secon… (more)

Lucardo: Espionage

Manchester, Jul 2017

Having rattled through the two Lucardo games that we’d booked and finished them well ahead of schedule, the staff kindly managed to squeeze us into a third room despite it being a busy Saturday daytime. Espionage is set in 1938 and has you stealing c… (more)

Lucardo: The Dream

Manchester, Jul 2017

Our second room at Lucardo was set in the subconscious, in a dream that in sixty minutes will turn into a nightmare. Exactly why we were there or why time was limited I’m not sure, but it’s a great theme for a surreal set and unusual ideas, both of w… (more)

Lucardo: Contamination

Manchester, Jul 2017

The first game we played at Lucardo was, of course, the one they describe as their hardest room. The gamemaster told us in the briefing that it’s hard not because the puzzles are unusually difficult but because of their sheer quantity, and that was e… (more)

Code to Exit: The Dark Ages

Altrincham, Jul 2017

Code To Exit is based in Altrincham on the outskirts of Manchester, about half an hour by car from the city centre, built and run by a couple of Hungarian business partners. There’s a particular style of escape room that I think of as Hungarian, bein… (more)

Escape Quest: The 13th Element

Macclesfield, Jul 2017

The second game we played at Escape Quest was 13th Element, billed as their hardest game. The plot is a fairly standard one about a mad scientist and a chemical macguffin that must be destroyed before it is used.

My first impression of the room was … (more)

Escape Quest: Mr. Chuckles’ Funhouse

Macclesfield, Jul 2017

Mr. Chuckles’ Funhouse is an updated version of the earlier Escape Quest game Bad Clown, which was a 90 minute game with a live actor and a propensity to terrify. The current game is toned down to be less scary and of a normal length.

The game opens… (more)

Escape From The Room: The Cabin in the Woods

London, Jul 2017

The Cabin in the Woods, the second game at Escape From The Room, continues the venue’s horror story theme. Moving from a haunted bedroom to the hut of a suspected witch, the players are again paranormal investigators, this time investigating the disa… (more)