Category Archives: UK

Escapologic: Curio

Nottingham, May 2017

One of the challenges of writing reviews of escape rooms is giving a clear impression of the experience while avoiding spoilers. There are some rooms where this is particularly difficult because that means I can’t talk about a core element of the roo… (more)

Escapologic: E.P.I. Centre

Nottingham, May 2017

Epi-centre (also variously E.P.I. Centre and Epicentre) places you in a wrecked science facility with the loss of power leaving a store of hazardous chemicals on the verge of explosion.

The website description states that this is the most ‘real worl… (more)

Escapologic: Crypt-ic

Nottingham, May 2017

This is a difficult game to review for me, because there was a great deal about it I thought was really good, but which I found to be undermined by a couple of huge flaws that saw us stuck on a single puzzle for well over half the time. In addition, … (more)

Escapologic: Howitz

Nottingham, May 2017

Howitz, as you might not guess from the name, is a game set in an abandoned, haunted toy shop. A past tragedy has left it cursed with supernatural forces which are reluctant to let you leave unscathed.

This game is gleefully, gloriously macabre, and… (more)

Locked In Edinburgh: The Distillery

Edinburgh, Apr 2017

With Distillery, Locked In continue their exceptional standard of theming and props. Here the equipment used for the room comes courtesy of an actual gin distillery elsewhere in the building, and it looks fantastic.

The largest and most impressive i… (more)

Locked In Edinburgh: Animal Hospital

Edinburgh, Apr 2017

Many escape game venues are in commercial office space, or a spare room in a pub. It’s quite a surprise therefore to walk into the grand entrance of the Summerhall building where Locked In are based. Nor is the location incidental to the game: Animal… (more)

Locked In Edinburgh: Secret Lab

Edinburgh, Apr 2017

Secret Lab came with quite a reputation to live up to, having been described as the best game in the UK by probably the three most experienced escapers in the country, including a certain well-known reviewer… (more)

Escape Rooms: Room 33

London, May 2017

Escape Rooms are one of London’s more longer-established escape venues. They have a good reputation and have just opened a second location in Angel with two new rooms, so it seemed like a good time to finally pay them a visit.

The plot of Room 33 is… (more)

Escape Games London: Escape The Theatre

London, May 2017

Well, I can’t say I wasn’t warned. As important context for this review, when booking it I was aware it was lowest ranked of all currently open London games at The Logic Escapes Me, so instead of getting a … (more)

Escape This Room: London Bank Heist

London, May 2017

Escape This Room is one of the most recent additions to the London escape game scene – but however only a temporary addition, since it turns out they’re only running until 27th May, putting them in competition for shortest pop-up escape room run ever… (more)