Tag Archives: a bit different

ThinkFun Escape The Room: Mystery at the Stargazer’s Manor

Room-in-a-box, Jan 2017

Stargazer’s Manor is the second ThinkFun boxed escape room we played, but is the first one they released, since in a fit of anarchic rebellion we decided to play them in reverse order.

Many of the comments on their other game apply here too, of cour… (more)

Cross Roads Escape Games: The Hex Room

California, Jan 2017

Having just completed the venue’s original and superb Fun House room, and enjoying it immensely, we were offered a bit of a discount to run straight into the Hex room. The Hex room is pitched as a Horror/Thriller experience. There’s some basic theme … (more)

Agent November: Major X Ploe-Shun

London, Jan 2017

Agent November is unusual in that they run outdoor escape games (though some of their other games are run indoors). Naturally, we played on a cold, rainy afternoon in January, which must be close to the worst conditions to play it in; and despite tha… (more)

Mystery Cube

London, Dec 2016

Don’t be put off by the trek down to South Wimbledon. This labour of love of a room is well worth a visit! We were sworn to secrecy by Professor QB, so I won’t say anything about the theme of the room, which may or may not be a cube.

We visited as a… (more)

ThinkFun Escape The Room: Secret of Dr. Gravely’s Retreat

Room-in-a-box, Dec 2016

There are now several boxed escape games on the market, but this is the first one our group had tried, so we weren’t entirely sure what to expect. The first and most important question is: does it work as a substitute for an escape room? The answer, … (more)

Time Run: Celestial Chain

London, Nov 2016

Celestial Chain has spectacular production values. Let’s be quite clear about that: the effects, stage craft and technology on display here are in a completely different league to most rooms, even more so than Time Run’s original room. Despite that, … (more)

AIEscape: Leo’s Path

London, Nov 2016

This is a rather unusual, distinctive room. Firstly, it’s deliberately and explicitly linear, with one puzzle leading to the next until you reach the end. Secondly, there’s pretty much no searching involved. It’s also a pretty and at times quite poet… (more)

Enigma Quests: Million Pound Heist

London, Nov 2016

In an unusual twist, this room isn’t about escaping as quickly as possible – instead, you’re aiming to escape with as much cash as possible, and the better you do the more you’ll get out with.

There’s maybe an over-reliance on the ‘laminated sheet o… (more)

Enter the Oubliette: Escape from New Pelagia

London, Mar 2016

It is a tragedy that this room had to close after losing their venue, since it was probably my most highly recommended escape room – fingers crossed they manage to re-open somewhere else.

The immersion and attention to detail was at a whole differen… (more)

Hell in a Cell

Bristol, Nov 2016

Hell in a Cell is a room for a large team, and makes heavy use of darkness and atmospherics. The puzzles would be mostly pretty easy in a brightly lit room… but they’re mostly pretty easy anyway, because the staff push you hard in the right directi… (more)