Tag Archives: atmospheric

Escapologic: Robin of Lockskey

Nottingham, Nov 2019

I narrowly missed out on the chance to play Lockskey the first time round, when it briefly opened and then closed again due to problems with the underground location (since when it’s been completely revamped, so I believe is safe to play even if you … (more)

LetsXcape: Sacred

Newark, Nov 2019

LetsXcape are certainly fortunate in their location; not only is Kelham Hall a huge and lovely Victorian mansion, but it boasts some interesting history which makes for good inspiration for the company’s escape rooms. Sacred is inspired by the Hall’s… (more)

LetsXcape: The Rig

Newark, Nov 2019

After so many escape rooms hidden away in dubious industrial estates, it’s a bit of a shock to reach LetsXcape, driving through acres of landscaped gardens up to the very grand country house that is Kelham Hall. This building has recently become a ho… (more)

Escape Boats: Convicts

Dublin, Oct 2019

I need to start this review with one very large caveat. Convicts is designed as a versus game for 4-10 players, where one half of the group competes against the other. Each half plays a similar but different sequence to the other, sometimes with some… (more)

Escape Boats: SOS

Dublin, Oct 2019

Escape Boats must have had an easier time than most escape room companies when thinking up a name for their business: they have an obvious distinguishing feature, with their games set inside a boat moored in Dublin’s Grand Canal. The boat hosts two g… (more)

Escape Challenge: Space Challenge

Redditch, Jun 2019

Perhaps the most curious feature of Space Challenge (which also applies to the venue’s sister game Tomb Challenge) is that it’s different each time you play it. Your mission consists of ten tasks, explicitly shown on the screen from the beginning lik… (more)

Clue Cracker: Jailbreak

Tunbridge Wells, Aug 2019

Back in 2016, before there were any permanent escape room venues in Margate, Clue Cracker ran a six week pop up game there named Jailbreak. Three years on, the same company are back with a revamped version of that game, now at a permanent location in… (more)

Adrenaline Escape: Labyrinth

Wigan, Jun 2019

The second game I played at Adrenaline Escape, Labyrinth is based on the legend of the Minotaur and the labyrinth of King Minos of Crete. No escape room is going to be able to create a vast network of underground corridors where you can wander for da… (more)

Trapped Escape Rooms: The Bletchley Blueprints Are Missing!

Okehampton, Jun 2019

Having just played Trapped’s other game Templars, we plunged straight into Bletchley Blueprints hoping that the game would flow more smoothly. It proved to be somewhat different in gameplay style and decoration, but broadly shared the same strengths … (more)

Trapped Escape Rooms: Templars: The Secret Service

Okehampton, Jun 2019

Sometimes the hardest games to review are those that impress in some ways but then badly disappoint in others. That’s the case with Templars, which seemed to have all the elements to be an exceptionally good game – but then let itself down with deepl… (more)