Escapism Chester: Santa’s List

December 2023

Overview 

We always enjoy visiting Escapism and it was great to see them so busy for us to take on their new Christmas room, Santa’s List. Since our last visit, bar stools and tables have been introduced into the waiting area, which is a nice touch so you don’t have to sit on the window ledge anymore. There is a drinks fridge for you to buy and a cabinet for escape room games to buy for home. We were met by one of the owners and were then introduced to our host who ran through everything relatively quickly as we had been numerous times before and gave us our brief of having to find Santa’s list to save Christmas. 

Room impression

As any festive room should be, there was lights, tress and of course cheesy background music! We all love Christmas and it only took seconds for us to get stuck in and needing to save Christmas. The room design was very good. Nothing complicated or over the top, it was done very well, as are all of the rooms at Escapism. As the game progressed, clever details immersed and there was always something for each of us to do. 

Puzzles

A really good mix of puzzles with searching, logical, decoding, navigation and padlocks were thrown in here and it gave a good mix throughout. As previously mentioned, there was plenty of things to do throughout and as we often do, we broke up into two pairs and we flew through the game without any hints needed. One puzzle did have us scratching our heads for 5-10 minutes but we stopped over complicating it and carried on through.

Game Master Clues

There is a tv in the main room which shows your time and if you did need any hints, all you have to do is ask and a message would have ben typed up on the screen for us to use. Although we didn’t need any hints in this particular game, previously in other rooms we have done here, the hosts are very good at spotting when you do need a nudge and assist without you really needing to ask for it.

Round Up

The whole team at Escapism are friendly and welcoming and on each of the three occasions we have visited, we have always been greatly with big smiles and ask how we have been. We often share tips on where to try next. The owners have done a brilliant job in creating some very immersive games and we hope there is more on the horizon from them. We have ways said that if we all came out of a room saying how much we enjoyed it and that we all brought something to the table, we would give it 5/5. Santa’s list is obviously a seasonal room and although it isn’t the most challenging, we really did enjoy ourselves and the room was brilliant. Please visit the team in Escapism Plymouth, it is worth the trip!