Tag Archives: pirates

Cliffhanger Rooms: Haunted Pirate Ship

Backbarrow, May 2019

The haunted pirate ship is a lovely, well themed room. It has a little of everything you’d expect from the ghost of a pirate captain… rum, maps, flags, mice and puzzles.

The puzzles were fun, and the game let us start on a few different things at … (more)

Escape Hunt: Blackbeard’s Treasure

Birmingham, Mar 2019

The game themes that Escape Hunt have been rolling out sound a little like costume ideas for a children’s party: cowboys, vikings, Doctor Who, pirates. Since this is an industry that deals in escapism, that’s all to the good, and we eagerly signed up… (more)

X Dimension: La Secret de la Perle Noir (The Secret of the Black Pearl)

Paris, Oct 2018

The second Parisian pirate game we played in two days, X Dimension’s Black Pearl has you on board an old frigate lost in another dimension, trying to guide it back. This venue follows the custom of blindfolding the players for their entrance into the… (more)

Hint Hunt: Pirates

Paris, Oct 2018

Just over five years ago I played my first escape room, at Hunt Hunt in London. I played my second with them as well, since at the time no other U.K. venues existed. Although I loved both games at the time, they were primitive by modern standards and… (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)

Cryptic Escapes: The Treasure of Green Beard

Norwich, Aug 2018

Since this review is inevitably going to degenerate into a rant about ‘good’ difficulty versus ‘bad’ difficulty in escape rooms, let’s start on a more positive note. The Treasure of Green Beard is nicely presented, a traditionally structured escape r… (more)

The Escapement: Pirates of Polaris

Margate, Jul 2018

First of the three games I played at The Escapement, Pirates of Polaris places you in the brig of a pirate galleon, abandoned by the crew and left to go down with the ship, unless you can find a way to escape. The venue has achieved quite a reputatio… (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)

Sherlocked Homes: The Cursed Willy

Athens, Jun 2018

It’s 1719 and you’re hunting a secret tune which is rumoured to grant all who hear it eternal life. Willie the pirate stole it from some natives (who cursed him), and no-one since has come back from his lair alive. Whilst searching for the tune the … (more)

Trapped: The Black Pearl

Bucharest, May 2018

I think I’m yet to see a pirate-themed game that didn’t look impressive, and Trapped’s game is no exception, with a black wood aesthetic and deliberately creaky floorboards. In fact, the main way in which it doesn’t resemble the inside of a galleon i… (more)