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What a cool idea! Unfortunately for me I get a bit motion sick. The set was great and most of the puzzles were good. Just a few niggles where things didn't quite line up.

Who doesn't love an escape room crossed with a murder mystery?! Slightly different from a normal escape room as you are trying to find a murderer and motive, the room was about half puzzles and half just finding things that were hidden in devious places. A lot of fun, original puzzles but the room lacked a little bit of the flow the other rooms we played here had. Certain things we were able to find but not use until an arbitrary point in the game, which led us a bit astray.

A nice effect starts the room and reinforces the story and a great mix of puzzles that utilised some real science rather than just being set somewhere science-themed. The game was non-linear, which we normally struggle with but used a nice mechanism to link puzzles to the thing they solved which offered some coherence to how elements of the room fit together which is sometimes lost in non-linear games. There was plenty to do for an experienced team of 4. We finished in just over 50 minutes

We had a lovely stay at Curious End Cottage! The first overnight escape room I have played and it was great. I was a bit worried how we would keep track of all the different things to do but it offered an overarching story with six independent sections, each with a clear path to follow. There were about five and a half hours of puzzles to do which kept us occupied for the evening.

Outside of the escape room element, the cottage was well equipped and beds were comfy. Only watch out was that searching for the cottage on Google maps shows the location of the overall escape room company and not the cottage itself. We had therefore made plans for food and other activities while we were there based on being in Oakham. The cottage was actually about 20 minutes away and food options, supermarkets etc required driving.

First of three rooms we played at this venue and we loved all of them. I thought this room looked cute, was really fun to play and used loads of puzzles we hadn't seen done elsewhere which is always a bonus. Definitely in the top ten of all the 70 odd rooms I have played.

Another fun room from 11th hour.

Loved it, loved it, loved it. Just all of it. More please!

Really struggled to get going with this room. First puzzle made very little sense and had lots of red herrings. No idea how you were meant to work it out but after a hint from the host everything else was relatively easy. Some things were not translated from Polish. Turned out they didn't need to be but we confused ourselves wondering if we were missing things by not being able to understand them

We really struggled with some of the puzzles in this game and ended up begging a few last minute clues to get out. Puzzles often required multiple elements to solve and, while it was positioned as a non linear game, it was very hard to get any sense of when things were needed and what could only be done in a certain order or was unsolvable until later in the game that meant we wasted a lot of time on things that were impossible to solve. The were also a lot of things in the room that were just decorative so again difficult to sort through the red herrings. 

Beautiful room. We usually prefer more linear games while this one was a bit looser but still flowed really well and was clear when things could and couldn't be used that made it a really good mix with plenty for everyone to do

This was the game we enjoyed the least of the three we played at EscapeArena. There was a lot going on and some of the English clues were translated in a way that made it hard to understand what to focus on when there were lots of things in the room that met the definitions provided. We got a bit frustrated at certain points due to the lack of flow but we prefer slightly more linear games

Room was good fun. Didn't quite make it into my favourites in Poznan but was nicely decorated and fun to play.

We were worried the room might be scarier than we wanted but there was no horror / scary element other than the serial killer references. You interacted with an actor but no jump scares etc. Our host / live actor was amazing. The room was amazingly decorated and puzzles were great. One of my favourites in Poznan

This room was beautiful with wonderful references to Norse mythology throughout. Some nice mechanics / technical elements. One of my favourites of the 13 we did in Poznan

Very linear, one puzzle at a time but was fun to work through together

Solid room. Didn't quite make it into my favourites in Poznan but it was well worth a play. Well designed and some nice moments

It was just an absolutely lovely experience. The puzzles were easy but fun and wonderfully themed with the amazing set. Really strong attention to detail. Just amazingly cute.

 Nothing scary but some may find creepy based on the death row / execution theme. Nice references to the film and an absolutely incredible set. One of my favourites in Poznan.

Nice DC themed room. Some unusual puzzles we hadn't seen before and a nice mix of traditional logic puzzles Vs higher tech elements. Was sometimes a bit too linear and not enough for four people to do with everyone following along a single puzzle / clue but overall it was good fun and well decorated.

This room was brilliant. My favourite of all the games we played in Poznan. A great mix of hosting/ character  interaction and puzzling time. The puzzles were all quite straight forward but flowed well and all were in keeping with the theme and the story. Beautiful set with a big standout moment that literally made us gasp!

We loved this room! It was pretty and gentle and beautifully decorated. Everything flowed really nicely from one puzzle to the next and there were some good magical effects. The puzzle were a good mix and everything was quite hands on which we like in a puzzle. It was quite straightforward and we finished in 43 minutes having done all the extra puzzles and needing no clues. 

Almost as good as the room was the host. He was so passionate about escape rooms and gave us some great, personal recommendations of other rooms to play in the local area. When we mentioned we have gone abroad to play some of the Terpeca list he gave us another set of recommendations around Europe as well! Really helpful and friendly 

We booked this room as we had heard it was the best in the UK but didn't do as much research about it as we probably should because none of our team are particularly into the horror genre of games. We explained that to the host and he did a really good job of toning it down a little for us which made it okay for a bunch of wusses to play. The game was good fun and visually the set was great, though big enough that it was quite hard to remember what we had and hadn't used towards the end. Only complaint was that at the beginning of the game they were a bit heavy handed with the clues. It felt like we were being hurried along and not given time to solve the first few puzzles ourselves even though we finished 30 mins early overall so can't have been horribly behind on time.

The game had a good concept and a fun to play. The puzzle were solid and we had a good time. There were a few niggles with the equipment and the host has to come in twice to fix things which was a bit of a shame but he handled it well and built it in to the character he was playing.

Really clever use of the space, using the original and functional parts of the boat for atmosphere / decoration was really cool. Good wow factor moment. Not quite enough for us all to do as an experienced team but it was good fun

Loved this game! Playing in two smaller teams going head to head was a bit different and meant there was lots of puzzles for everyone. Lots of hands on puzzles and physical climbing/crawling which I like. Amazing setting on the boat, don't know how they fit it all in. Pay attention to warnings about the dark / small spaces if that is not your thing. Only reason it was not five stars was that a few bits didn't seem to open first time that made us a bit confused that we had stuff wrong and broke the flow 

The game was okay and on the whole the puzzles were alright. One puzzle in particular was very frustrating as it reused an element of the game we had already used with no warning. However the host didn't seem interested at all. No explanation of anything before we went in, like directional locks etc. No intro to the story. He just closed the door and we stood around for a minute unsure if the game had even started or not. Then after he just showed us out without confirming our time or taking our picture or anything.  Overall a bit disappointing and not worth £60 considering some of the other rooms we have played at that price point

While this was marked as not so much of an escape room, it still had some good, solid puzzles. Mostly padlock based rather than some of the whizzier things you see in escape rooms now but I still enjoyed them. We are not huge fans of horror  type games but this was on the ok side of the line for me. Quite a few jump scares but nothing too awful and you got a sense of when they were coming as you moved through the various zones so it wasn't too bad.

The great host really elevated the game. Fun mix of logical, visual and technical puzzles aligned to the theme. Needed a couple of hints to keep us on track but things flowed nicely

The room had some good puzzles and funny moments but seemed a bit more linear than the other rooms at Hounds and not really enough to do for an experienced team of four. Hosting was good as it was with all the rooms we did.

Really enjoyed both the overall theme and story and the flow of the puzzles. Hosting was wonderful as well

Great game with a clever set and a nice premise. Fun elements of interaction with the games master. The game was definitely playable in English but not as well converted for multi languages as the other games we played in Barcelona. Certain elements were only in Spanish but then explained/voiced over by the Games Master which broke the immersion a little.

Loved this game. Really fun with a couple of good wow moments. Good amount to do so everyone could get involved. Puzzles flowed well and were all quite straightforward 

Great set, really beautiful with a strong clear hi tech theme. Some really fun elements in the game and unique interactions with the Games Master

Really unique premise for the game and some bits were really cool but we just struggled get on with it and got frustrated. We couldn't work out the flow of the puzzles and wasted loads of time trying to solve puzzles that weren't required until much later. Tech also kept asking for passwords that we thought we needed to solve but I think were actually caused by the device disconnecting. 

A bit different from other rooms we have played with more focus on the story and the experience than a traditional escape room. There were still some great puzzles though. The set was huge, intricate and beautiful. Lots of climbing and crawling involved which I always find exciting. 

Best game I have ever played so far. Loved every single minute of it. So many amazing puzzles and loads of unique stuff never seen in other games. Just fantastic in every way.

An amazing experience. A lot to do but a clear consistent story throughout with some great stand out moments and a huge range of puzzles. Only downside was we are wimps and selected no jump scares but there was no interaction with  the games master prior to starting the room so we weren't sure if they had acknowledged the request and spent the first thirty minutes peeing our paants

A nice slice of the taskmaster experience with a good range of different games. Quite expensive for what it was but as a one off gimmick it was fun.