Category Archives: UK

Tulleys Escape: Spellcraft

Crawley, Feb 2022

Spellcraft is the fifth of Tulley’s full-size escape games, and shares much with the first four: it’s huge and impressive and slick, and packed with enough puzzles that even experienced teams will have to scramble to complete it in time. But while th… (more)

Tulleys Escape: Dodge City

Crawley, Feb 2022

Dodge City is one of a small number of games that I deliberately played way after most enthusiasts had rushed to it, because expectations were high enough that it seemed worth saving for a suitable moment. I also wanted a larger team than usual. Wher… (more)

Tulleys Escape: Kraken Casino

Crawley, Feb 2022

Inside the Tulleys escape barn is a large and welcoming lobby with doors leading off to their five main escape rooms. Outside, before you enter, there is a pair of small caravans, huddled off to the side. These are Kraken Casino and Tick Tock Circus,… (more)

Salisbury Escape Rooms: Death at the Lab

Salisbury, Jan 2022

Salisbury Escape Rooms seems to rarely get mentioned in enthusiast discussions, and it’s true that their games aren’t likely to make experienced players’ top ten lists; but I’ve learned to expect reliably creative, enjoyable games from them, and so f… (more)

Hounds Escape: Southern Dis-comfort

Crawley, Jan 2022

The US Deep South is not a common setting for an escape room, but if the clever pun of Hounds Escape’s second game hadn’t made the theme clear, the appearance of our host certainly would have; gleefully over the top, he took the stereotype of a south… (more)

Hounds Escape: Questionable Ethics

Crawley, Jan 2022

You can’t always judge a company by its lobby area, but it’s always an encouraging start to walk into a venue that looks atmospheric, stylish and welcoming. Hounds Escape not only did well on that initial impression, but then built on it with their p… (more)

Clue Cracker: Temple Quest

Tunbridge Wells, Nov 2021

On a day of playing several very strong games, I had particular hopes for Temple Quest, the newest (at time of writing) game from Clue Cracker, having noticed the way it’s quietly climbed into the top bracket of the UK rankings; and was delighted to … (more)

TimeQuest: Reset

Tonbridge, Nov 2021

I’d been wanting to return to TimeQuest since my first visit four years earlier, though they’re not the easiest to get to without a car. In the meantime they’ve expanded from three games to five, and we played their newest two: their Christmas game a… (more)

Clue Cracker: Diamond Dogs

Tunbridge Wells, Nov 2021

There are many things to love about Clue Cracker’s heist game Diamond Dogs, but I can’t deny that what really made it for me was the opening sequence. Immersive, playful and gloriously silly, it’s a fantastic start to an excellent game.

There are te… (more)

DarkMaster: Into The Reliquary

Crowborough, Nov 2021

Few companies make such a stir so soon after opening as DarkMaster. It wasn’t long after they launched their first two games that word spread that they had something special; and of the two, it was Reliquary that particularly caused the buzz.

This i… (more)