Tag Archives: archaeology

The Panic Room: The Tomb

Harlow, Jul 2017

The website description of The Tomb warns players that the entrance is through a crawl tunnel and that they should wear comfortable clothing they don’t mind getting sandy. That right there should give a good idea of the thoroughly hands-on style of t… (more)

Mission Escape: Pharaoh’s Anger

Exeter, Jun 2017

Pharaoh’s Anger is the first of the three Mission Escape games in Exeter we played. Their take on the common Egyptian tomb theme is a game structured as a sequential series of chambers with chunky wooden puzzles.

The decor is very much the MDF style… (more)

Escape Rooms: Pharaoh’s Chamber

London, May 2017

Having played quite a lot of games recently that aspire to be immersive and story-driven, Pharaoh’s Chamber was a contrast and a throw-back to an earlier style of escape room, where the puzzles are front and centre and the theme is really just window… (more)

iLocked: The Mummy

Nottingham, May 2017

iLocked is one of a couple of large Russian escape game franchise companies that have spread into the rest of Europe. The Russian escaping scene is famously sophisticated, and the iLocked franchise has exacting design rules such as zero padlock use; … (more)

Escapologic: Crypt-ic

Nottingham, May 2017

This is a difficult game to review for me, because there was a great deal about it I thought was really good, but which I found to be undermined by a couple of huge flaws that saw us stuck on a single puzzle for well over half the time. In addition, … (more)

Escape Room The Game: Temple of the Aztec

Room-in-a-box, Apr 2017

See the Escape Room The Game: Prison Break review for general comments about the Escape Room The Game bundle – this scenario is only available as part of the set… (more)

Unlock!: The Island of Doctor Goorse

Room-in-a-box, Mar 2017

The Unlock! games continue to surprise and impress me at how much they manage to do purely with a deck of cards. First they managed to re-introduce search as a major part of the game (though there’s much less of that here than in the first two), and … (more)

Exit: The Pharaoh’s Tomb

Room-in-a-box, Mar 2017

See the review of Exit’s Abandoned Cabin game for more information on the base game mechanism. Pharaoh’s Tomb is the third and last (for now) game available in the series,… (more)

Dom Zagadek: Pyramid

Warsaw, Mar 2017

As with the other game at this venue, the design is very true to the theme but less to the story – purists who object to finding an array of modern padlocks, a hint TV screen and other anachronisms inside the inner chamber of an ancient… (more)

Room Escape: Indiana

Warsaw, Mar 2017

I liked the welcome for their rooms; in this case, an expedition video with an Indiana Jones soundtrack to get us revved up before going in. We were then led in blindfolded and led into the the tomb.

On opening our eyes, the decoration was a mix of… (more)