Tag Archives: fantasy

Omescape: Kingdom of Cats

London, Jul 2018

Omescape is a company familiar to many US enthusiasts, and having run three games in North London for a couple of years now they’ve expanded to a second branch in Aldgate. The first game at the new branch is one I’ve seen mentioned several times in e… (more)

Teorema: Atlantis

Sofia, May 2018

When researching games to play in Sofia and when chatting to local owners, more than once I heard Atlantis described as the best game in the city, stated not as a personal opinion but as an uncontroversial fact. The justification for that became clea… (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: The Lord of the Rings

Bucharest, May 2018

Some themes are a natural fit for the escape room format – such as jailbreak scenarios, or anything where you’re trapped in a smallish space. As a tale about an epic continent-spanning journey, Lord of the Rings is a less obvious fit; but 60 Minutes’… (more)

Let Me Out: Alice in Wonderland

Brussels, Jan 2018

Alice in Wonderland is not a particularly common theme, but the games I’ve seen based on it have tended to take full advantage of the excuse for gloriously madcap decorations. Let Me Out’s version is particularly pretty, full of creative craziness an… (more)

Rustic Riddles: Pan’s Problem

Norfolk, Jul 2017

Another weekend, and a chance to sample a new type of escape room experience. This time it was the turn of Rustic Riddles, which describes itself as “an outdoor escape game for the creative thinker and the curious”.

Set at the end of a fairly anonym… (more)

The Panic Room: Old Father Time

Gravesend, May 2017

In Old Father Time, the personification of time itself is in trouble, and it’s up to your team to save him. That’s one of the more potentially surreal premises for a game I’ve seen, but in practice there are no Dali-esque melting clocks here – instea… (more)

Unlock!: The Formula

Room-in-a-box, Mar 2017

See the Squeek and Sausage review for a general overview of the Unlock! game system. For those purchasing all three games as a single box, The Formula is the first game… (more)

Wrażenia: Czerwonej Królowej (Red Queen’s Court)

Warsaw, Mar 2017

Wrażenia had only been open for around a month when we visited, and Red Queen’s Court is their first and so far only game. It’s also the second game we played in Warsaw with an Alice In Wonderland theme.

They have a pricing gimmick that may appeal t… (more)