Tag Archives: traditional

Sherlocked Homes: Sherlock Maze

Athens, Jun 2018

You’ve located and broken into Sherlock Holmes’ secret Athenian Office, but it’s booby trapped. You have 60 minutes before you are permanently trapped in the “labyrinth of his mind”.

On entering there are two notable features: a big final physical p… (more)

Riddlr: The Brunel Enigma

Bristol, Apr 2018

The Brunel room is an eclectic room, filled with steampunk paraphanelia and puzzles embedded in the walls and furniture.

It was a busy game with an interesting and well themed hint system, which we had mixed feelings about. It’s not a spoiler to say… (more)

The Guest House: The Tarot Room of Madame Virtue

Leeds, Apr 2018

As a broad rule, games with unusual names are often worth trying – an imaginative theme is sometimes indicative of creativity that shows in the game design as well. Of course, that’s not a reliable rule: there are many excellent games that use common… (more)

Tick Tock Unlock: The Hatch

Leeds, Apr 2018

The Hatch is set on a mysterious tropical island, but to avoid disappointment players should be careful to temper their expectations as far as the set is concerned: the decorations don’t go much beyond some plastic foliage, and certainly don’t add up… (more)

Crack The Code: Zoltan

Sheffield, Apr 2018

Exactly 24 hours after attempting their Apartment 9 room, we were back at Crack the Code Sheffield for Zoltan.

This room’s description explains how the famous local magician Zoltan has mysteriously disappeared and it’s down to us to figure out where… (more)

Crack The Code: Apartment 9

Sheffield, Apr 2018

Since my last visit to this venue, they’ve changed not only their entrance point, but also the space in which the games are hosted. Sort of shuffling down the building, if you will. The usual faff of buzzer-entry escape rooms ensued, and we were hang… (more)

Escape Reading: The Bank Robbery

Reading, Mar 2018

Bank Robbery is one of the two games at Escape Reading’s original branch, located on the west side of the city. I frequently book games without reading their descriptions very closely, and I’d assumed from the name we’d be robbing a bank. Instead, th… (more)

Breakout Rooms: Spy Games

Watford, Feb 2018

Inside the M25 but technically part of Hertfordshire not London, Watford has just gained its first escape venue with Breakout Rooms. Their website shows an ambitious list of three further games planned, but for now they’ve opened with two identical c… (more)

No Escape London: Escape the Dentist

London, Feb 2018

I’m not sure if it’s daring, foolish or inspired to take as a theme something about which many people have a genuine phobia. The name and promo picture suggest quite a grim game, which I suppose is appealing to some and off-putting to others. Dependi… (more)

ExCLUEsive Games: Lost Island Escape

Newbury, Jan 2018

Lost Island Escape places you at the mercy of island cannibals with a fetish for puzzles. The first task is to escape a darkened cage. Having completed that task, you can emerge onto the ‘island’. It’s not so much a recreation of an island as a theme… (more)