Tag Archives: Bucharest

Escape Arena: The Last Adventure of Indiana Jones

Bucharest, May 2018

By what I can only assume is a curious coincidence, every time I’ve played an escape game hosted in a pub it’s turned out well. (And no, I don’t drink before playing games, so it’s not because of the reviewer equivalent of beer goggles!) Perhaps less… (more)

Trapped: The Black Pearl

Bucharest, May 2018

I think I’m yet to see a pirate-themed game that didn’t look impressive, and Trapped’s game is no exception, with a black wood aesthetic and deliberately creaky floorboards. In fact, the main way in which it doesn’t resemble the inside of a galleon i… (more)

Trapped: What If?

Bucharest, May 2018

Many of the escape game owners I chatted to in Bucharest were themselves enthusiasts, who gave mostly overlapping recommendations for games to play in the city. Trapped’s What If? was an exception to that, a game that was mentioned usually as a ‘love… (more)

Locked Up: Chernobyl Reactor 4

Bucharest, May 2018

When people say escape games these days are increasingly experience-led, Chernobyl is a great example of what they’re talking about. While it’s as filled with puzzles as any other escape game (and more so than most, since this is a 75 minute game), t… (more)

Captive Escape Room: Captive Outside Reality

Bucharest, May 2018

The premise for this game sounded both intriguingly abstract and worryingly simple: after a “session of collective incantation” (Saturday night karaoke, perhaps??) you are suddenly spun away into a different reality and trapped there. My default expe… (more)

911 Escape: The Judge

Bucharest, May 2018

We very nearly missed out on playing The Judge, after attempts to confirm our booking by phone and email failed to get through and we found ourselves outside a rundown doorway that gave no outward appearance of concealing any escape room company insi… (more)

Inside Rooms: Cabin in the Woods

Bucharest, May 2018

You’d think that we, collectively as a culture, would had seen enough slasher movies to know not to approach the creepy old cabin deep in the woods, no matter how lost we might be – but that’s what you’ve done, and good thing too, because in this ins… (more)

Inside Rooms: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Bucharest, May 2018

Market take-up in the UK having very clearly indicated an enthusiasm for Harry Potter as an escape room theme, games set in Wizard Schools have proliferated around the UK, tip-toeing around the line of IP infringement. Over in Romania there’s little … (more)

Escape Room Adventure: Pădurea Fermecată (Enchanted Forest)

Bucharest, May 2018

Pădurea Fermecată translates as Enchanted Forest, and from the story seems to be a curious mix of Narnia and Middle Earth inspirations: a forest locked in eternal winter by a wicked witch, causing suffering to the intelligent trees known as Ents. The… (more)

60 Minutes: I Spy

Bucharest, May 2018

When one game at a venue is good, it’s usually a sign that their others are worth playing as well. Their designers might have put more investment into one room than other, or have improved their skills or increased their budget over time, but the ‘ho… (more)