Tag Archives: traditional

Cyantist: The Cube

Southampton, Aug 2017

We hadn’t planned to play both games at Cyantist, but after finishing Crystal Maze we had a gap in our schedule and I was curious about their second game – whereas Crystal Maze had been (accurately) described as a different sort of experience to an e… (more)

Nogame: The Mystery of the Mad Scientist

Riga, Jul 2017

Mad Scientist had a very unusual beginning to an escape game. Unfortunately, it wasn’t by design. The operator let us into the room and shut the door behind us, leaving us in near complete darkness, with no torches and with a digital clock on the wal… (more)

Make Your Escape: The Signal

Derby, Jul 2017

Second up, was the venue’s original game “The Signal”. Set back from the first game with its own separate reception and briefing space, the backstory around this game is again based on a local legend.

The blurb says:

“Following reports of strange … (more)

Eureka Escape: Murder on the Night Riviera

Cornwall, Jul 2017

I’m not sure you could arrive at an escape room in a more apt manner than we did – travelling down overnight from London Paddington, on the sleeper train, fast asleep until waking to the view of St Michael’s Mount close to the venue, then walking str… (more)

Locked In Cornwall: Time Bomb

Cornwall, Jun 2017

Let’s get something straight right away, this room has no theme. Not only does it have no theme, it actually bears zero relevance to the name of the room either — TIMEBOMB. There’s neither a bomb or a fixed time to escape in.

Whilst being briefed b… (more)

Puzzlair: The Lab of Dr. Lev Pasted

Bristol, Jun 2017

Puzzlair is closely related to Hint Hunt, and as such was one of the first escape venues in the UK. They also share the John Monroe game design, and of the many locations across Europe that also offer that game, a good proportion of them also have Le… (more)

Escape Rooms Plymouth: Germ

Plymouth, Jun 2017

Escape Rooms Plymouth have been around for a while – they claim to have been the fifth escape venue in the country. Germ is one of their original two games; they currently have four, after moving to new and larger premises. These premises include a s… (more)

Escape Land: Da Vinci’s Exploration

London, May 2017

Da Vinci is a common escape room theme, which is probably the fault of the Dan Brown bestseller. Escape Land’s version has you hunting for the Holy Grail with the help of clues from Leonardo himself (no, not the mutant turtle) before unnamed ‘evil fo… (more)

Escape Land: Professor Oxford’s Experiments

London, May 2017

Escape Land is hidden away in a basement found behind an unobtrusive door on Oxford Street that I must have walked past a dozen times without noticing before. They were among the earlier set of escape rooms to open in London, and I’ve intending to vi… (more)

Escape Rooms: Pharaoh’s Chamber

London, May 2017

Having played quite a lot of games recently that aspire to be immersive and story-driven, Pharaoh’s Chamber was a contrast and a throw-back to an earlier style of escape room, where the puzzles are front and centre and the theme is really just window… (more)