Category Archives: UK

DarkMaster: OneWing Airlines

Crowborough, Nov 2021

I didn’t even notice the joke in the game’s name until the intro began, but if you’re quicker on the uptake then you’ll have guessed that the setting for One Wing is the most budget of airlines. While the in-world plane may be budget, the game itself… (more)

Bedford Escape Rooms: Laboratory

Bedford, Sep 2021

The third game we played at Bedford Escape Rooms was potentially the hardest, in that there was a choice of two difficulty levels – though we accidentally ended up playing the easier option, I think by default. The difference seems to be the addition… (more)

Bedford Escape Rooms: Murder Scene

Bedford, Sep 2021

Second of the games we played at Bedford Escape Rooms, I’d narrowly give the edge to Murder Scene over the others. As the name suggests, the theme puts you at the scene of a recent murder, in what’s essentially someone’s living room.

We rattled thro… (more)

Bedford Escape Rooms: Saw Room

Bedford, Sep 2021

There’s a common theme to three of the games I played at Bedford Escape Rooms: all were quite simple in design and appearance, but all were decent and enjoyable. Saw Room was the first of the three, and is designed as horror game – despite an opening… (more)

Don’t Get Locked In: The Vault

Bedford, Sep 2021

The Vault was for me the second half of Don’t Get Locked In’s Audacious experience, though it’s also available to play stand-alone; and in retrospect I think I would have preferred to play it separately, since as it was we started off already frazzle… (more)

Don’t Get Locked In: Return To The Rock

Bedford, Sep 2021

At Don’t Get Locked In, I found the hosts friendly and enthusiastic, the venue nicely presented with a little bar and lounge area – and the games quite disappointing, at least the two that I tried. I actually played their double-header experience Aud… (more)

Museum of the Order of St John: Treason!

London, Mar 2022

London is blessed with many museums large and small, and The Museum of the Order of St John is one I’d never heard of before they opened an escape room. The Order of Saint John, it turns out, has a history spanning centuries, from a medieval chivalri… (more)

Clue Adventures: Jet2Space

London, Sep 2021

Two player games are a bit scarce on the ground, but Clue Adventures is an exception – Jet2Space is their second game that not only is playable by two, but which requires exactly two. This one takes the players on a ‘WheesyJet’ automated journey on a… (more)

Eltham Escape Rooms: Nightmare on Ripper Street

Eltham, May 2021

The second room we played at Eltham was their Jack The Ripper game, which involves a little gore and jumpiness but is a sufficiently mild form of horror that most players should be fine with it.

You’re trying to capture the Ripper and believe you ha… (more)

Eltham Escape Rooms: The Temple of the Lost Spirit

Eltham, May 2021

Asked to describe Temple of the Lost Spirit, I might use words like compact, well-decorated, or entertaining; but first and foremost would be Too Dark. What lighting level is reasonable for a game varies a lot, by theme, types of puzzles, and by who’… (more)