Tag Archives: occult

Trip 1907

Room-in-a-box, May 2018

Trip 1907 describes itself as an “interactive escape the book game”; many will immediately notice the resemblance in style and presentation to Journal 29, from which it readily acknowledges drawing inspiration. It has not only the same format of one … (more)

60 Minutes: Black Magic

Bucharest, May 2018

First of three games we played at 60 Minutes, Black Magic was an enjoyable escape room that layers an effective occult theme over a fairly classic set of puzzles. The delightfully over-the-top game description on the website talks about The Queen of … (more)

The Codex: Sleepy Hollow

Bucharest, May 2018

Sleepy Hollow has a feature that I’ve seen in only a few other games: the players start with a book of clues which give them cryptic instructions on what to do at each step of the game. Done badly that can cause more confusion than it prevents, or le… (more)

The Void: Coven

Bucharest, May 2018

First of many games that I played on a visit to Bucharest, Coven was a particularly high quality game amidst impressively strong competition. The website and intro video suggest a full-on horror style of game and my teammate was dubious about my choi… (more)

Escape Room Centre: Grimoire In The Attic

Blackpool, Apr 2018

With a current total of six rooms, Escape Room Centre is Blackpool’s largest venue. While their first four games are designs selected and imported from TRAP in Budapest, their newest two are original designs. Both of those have a minimum team size of… (more)

The Blackpool Tower Dungeon: The Escape

Blackpool, Apr 2018

At the foot of the iconic Blackpool Tower is the Blackpool Dungeon, the local iteration of the tourist attraction involving actors in gruesome make-up and some grizzly local history; and which now offers an escape room. The website wasn’t completely … (more)

Mission: Breakout: The Lost Passenger

London, Apr 2018

Mission: Breakout, better known as ‘that escape room in a disused tube station’, has the advantage of a spectacular location, with even the initial descent into the venue helping build atmosphere in a way that no normal location can compete with. Whe… (more)

Escape Reading: The Vampire Slayers

Reading, Mar 2018

Horror rooms are a varied lot, and can be anything from puzzle-driven games with a few blood splatters and fake severed fingers to set the scene, through to full on terror experiences where solving anything is complicated by flickering lights and cha… (more)

Unlock!: The House on the Hill

Room-in-a-box, Dec 2017

They’ve been out on the far side of the Atlantic for a while now, but the three new Unlock games finally reached the U.K. in December. Here they’re sold as a single box of three games with each described as a different difficulty level, and House on … (more)

Skurrilum: Malvinis Vermächtnis (Malvini’s Legacy)

Hamburg, Nov 2017

Skurrilum’s reputation precedes them, and we added on a side trip to Hamburg purely to try out their games. Frustratingly, only two of their five games are currently available in English, with the rest requiring fluent German, but we eagerly booked i… (more)