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Axes & Escapes: Santa’s Workshop

Norfolk, Dec 2018

Escape rooms have become wildly popular in a a very short time, but team-solving a themed room full of puzzles in 60 minutes is far from the only quirky leisure activity available, and Axes & Escapes is notable for offering both a set of escape rooms… (more)

The Panic Room: Wizard of Oz

Gravesend, Nov 2018

With so many rooms based on classic stories ranging from Alice In Wonderland to Sherlock and Dracula it’s perhaps surprising that there aren’t more escape rooms themed for The Wizard of Oz; aside from one play at home game, this is the first I’ve see… (more)

Escape London: Overthrone

London, Nov 2018

It had been a while since I’d visited Escape London’s Shepherds Bush branch, and I was pleased to find they’ve upgraded their entrance: the venue is still down a narrow staircase, but it’s now a much more attractively appointed staircase, fronted by … (more)

Breakout Liverpool: Shipwrecked

Liverpool, Sep 2018

In Shipwrecked you’re seeking pirate gold on a haunted shipwreck. Although theoretically haunted, fortunately the captain’s ghost has generously decided to leave you alone for an hour before returning to drag you screaming to the bottom of the ocean,… (more)

London Escaped Ltd: The Prisoner

London, Aug 2018

Whitechapel seems to be the place to be in London this year, at least for escaping, with three companies opening new games in the area in a short space of time. London Escaped have launched with two games, both using Russian-made room designs that al… (more)

Trapp’d: Exordium

Northamptonshire, Aug 2018

Once again you are humanity’s last hope – this time on a mission to Mars to find a mysterious artefact that is our last chance to repair the ravages of runaway global warming. Or something like that, anyway. Trapp’d provide printed cards with verbose… (more)

Trapp’d: 46 Below

Northamptonshire, Aug 2018

It is a policy with Trapp’d to supply all players with blindfolds before they enter a room, so that they don’t see their surroundings before the game starts. With their abandoned mine and American West games they also give all players plastic shoe pr… (more)

HMS Belfast: Damage Control

London, Sep 2018

One sign of escape rooms being increasingly mainstream is the way they’re appearing as add-ons to other, more traditional tourist attractions. The latest example of that is Damage Control, a 30 minute pop-up escape room hosted on the HMS Belfast, the… (more)

Knockout Escape Rooms: Prison Break

Reading, Aug 2018

Prison Break was Knockout’s easiest game and their best-decorated. A prison setting often means cramped cells, usually with a split team start, but they’ve instead used a much larger space here, which combines prison bars with a more open layout. The… (more)

Escape London: Escape The Seven Seas

London, Jul 2018

The UK’s largest escape room franchise has been busy this year, with new branches popping up across the country. In London they’ve added a branch in Shadwell to the existing one in West London to double the number of games on offer. Seven Seas is one… (more)