Tag Archives: Online

The Box Metz: Casse Du Siècle

Online, Jul 2020

Making an escape room available for remote play has, for many companies, involved little more than giving a gamesmaster a GoPro. Plenty now also use a separate web-based inventory system, which is invaluable for many games. The Box has gone a great d… (more)

60out: Miss Jezebel

Online, Jul 2020

For all my escape room addiction, there are few games that I’d play at 7am on a Sunday morning; and the arch, risqué story of Miss Jezebel makes it much better suited for a Friday night. But it had been recommended strongly enough that I was going to… (more)

Hysteria Escape Rooms: The Forgotten Realm II

Online, Jul 2020

One of Hysteria’s original physical games was named The Forgotten Realm, which was often spoken of warmly by enthusiasts but which closed last year. Perhaps the owners have a soft spot for it, because for their third online game they’ve created a seq… (more)

Fuzzy Logic Escape Room: Playground

Online, Jul 2020

They say in acting that you should never work with children or animals; and since the first game I played with Fuzzy Logic was all about the animals in their Vet’s Office game, it seems appropriate that the second was a kid theme. Your aim here is to… (more)

Escape Rooms Kidderminster: The Conspiracy

Online, Jul 2020

This game’s rather original premise is that you’re investigating the conspiracy theory that the moon landings were faked. I think the intention was that you were disproving the conspiracy by gathering evidence from the original landing, but it… (more)

The Ultimate Escape Rooms Ventura: The Wizard’s Lair

Online, Jun 2020

The Wizard’s Lair had much to recommend it and I really wanted to like it – and in many respects I did. At the same time, this was one game which I thought didn’t translate so well to the remote experience. Much of that was due to the game’s more sop… (more)

The Escape Artist: Count Dracula

Online, Jun 2020

One of the big advantages of playing remotely is how it removes geographical constraints in which games you play, letting you try one game in North America and another in Asia straight afterwards. Count Dracula is the first room I’ve tried from Singa… (more)

Get Lost Escape Rooms: Operation Paranormal Research Anomaly Taskforce

Online, Jun 2020

Get Lost have also been running their Krevokar game as a remote avatar experience, but Operation PRAT (Paranormal Research Anomaly Team) is their first online digital game. I found it a curious one to play, in that my initial impression of it was qu… (more)

ClueQuest: Print + Cut + Escape Episode 2: Alpha Brain System

Online, May 2020

When reviewing Cluequest’s first play at home game I complained about the amount of time it made me spend cutting out paper clues before I could start playing. With Alpha Brain Scan, instead of reducing that they’ve doubled down. Pre-game preparation… (more)

Trapped: The Bank Job

Online, Jul 2020

I have a suspicion that The Bank Job will rapidly end up being referred to in enthusiast circles as The Blue Bag, with Trapped’s other games being The Yellow Bag and The Green Bag respectively; their official game names are so squarely in the escapin… (more)