Tag Archives: murder mystery

PIN Escape Rooms: Murder at the Masonic Lodge

Belgrade, Mar 2020

Of PIN’s five games, Masonic Lodge was the one I’d noticed recommendations for, and having played it I believe that’s because it’s the one that strays most from the traditional escape room format – though in most respects it’s a normal game of findin… (more)

Pete Ingleby: Escape! The Mytery of the Music Shop

Room-in-a-box, Jan 2020

Written by a Bournemouth-based author who kindly sent me a copy to try, Music Shop is a slim and I believe entirely self-published book with a series of ten puzzles linked by narrative. The story is that you’re a detective investigating a murder in a… (more)

Devon Escape: Death on Dartmoor

Newton Abbot, May 2019

Death on Dartmoor is a sequel to Devon Escape’s first game, though it’s not essential you play them in order; where in that one you were a gang of thieves, here you’re on the side of law and order, solving a murder and an abduction. You have two goal… (more)

Puzzle Card: Murder on the Line

Room-in-a-box, Mar 2019

Puzzle Card’s third card deviates a little from the first two: rather than the escape room puzzle style, it’s designed as a murder mystery. This means the card has quite a bit of story text to read and digest; and you then need to combine that with t… (more)

Epsom Escape: Mystery Express: Inspector Graves’s Secret

Epsom, Oct 2018

When looking to book this game, you might be briefly confused as to whether it’s called Mystery Express or Inspector Graves’s Secret, and the reason is that the room is Mystery Express, but the game is Inspector Graves’s Secret. That’s … (more)

Pressure Point: Murder on the Dancefloor

Ashford, Sep 2018

The final game in our schedule at Pressure Point was their 70s disco murder mystery, Murder on the Dancefloor. The winner of a dance competition has been murdered, and, as a group of disco stars yourselves, you decide to sneak into the dancehall and … (more)

Exit: Dead Man on the Orient Express

Room-in-a-box, Aug 2018

Exit’s latest game is of course inspired by the Agatha Christie novel, and filled with nods and references to it, right down to the famous detective “Achilles Pussot” – who is missing in action, leaving the investigations to you. Fortunately it does … (more)

History Mystery: Body of Evidence

Norwich, Aug 2018

Where History Mystery’s first game is situated upstairs at the Norwich Guildhall, their second is in the basement of the same building, in what used to be gaol cells right up to the 1980s. The booking confirmation warns players that the cell graffiti… (more)

Agent November: Murder Mr. E

London, Jun 2018

Third and last of the relaunched versions of Agent November’s games was Murder Mr. E. For anyone who’s coming to this without having read the previous two reviews already, I need to again clarify up front that I played as part of a launch event, with… (more)

The Panic Room: Defective Detective

Gravesend, Nov 2017

A man is dead and it’s up to you to gather the evidence and solve the mystery, in the 60 minutes you have before the cops arrive and make a hash of things.

A murder investigation is a tried and tested escape room theme. Defective Detective mixes it… (more)