Tag Archives: House of Tales

House of Tales: Columbus

Berlin, Nov 2017

House of Tales’ popup game imagines a world in which Christopher Columbus gave up his ambitions to sail the seas, and instead became a carpenter specialising in boxes. (Okay, there’s a story about it being the storage hold on his sea voyages or somet… (more)

House of Tales: The Executioner

Berlin, Nov 2017

The Executioner is a horror game, but while it follows some of the usual tropes of the genre – a start involving separation and imprisonment, plenty of rather grisly props – it’s not the usual serial killer story. Instead, you’ve been captured by a m… (more)

House of Tales: The Secret of the Pharaohs

Berlin, Nov 2017

House of Tales’ take on an Egyptian game had perhaps the longest intro story I remember in any game. Very abbreviated, it went something like this: there’s a cursed vase that you bought and attempted to return in a case of supernaturally-induced buye… (more)

House of Tales: Kowloon – Walled City

Berlin, Nov 2017

Kowloon is an 18-rated escape game, and although the website description of the story doesn’t entirely spell it out, the plot is that you’re Triad gang members, breaking into a rival gang’s premises to swipe their loot. The premises in question happe… (more)