Tag Archives: traditional

Lock’d: Grandpa’s Last Will

London, Jan 2017

The theme here is straightforward. Your recently deceased grandfather has left you a fortune – but the old man clearly had a sadistic streak, since he’s hidden it behind a series of puzzles and given you an hour to find it before you’re arrested for … (more)

Breakout Cardiff: Sabotage

Cardiff, Dec 2016

Sabotage is not a particularly showy game – the modern setting translates to a fairly stripped-down theme and mostly straightforward props. But it’s a well designed and satisfying room, and some nice touches give it an edge of understated humour that… (more)

Cryptex: Bomb

Prague, Jul 2015

There was a nice contraption for one of the puzzles… that unfortunately didn’t work properly for either of our teams. It was a reasonable room, definitely on the hard side so perhaps worth trying for teams looking for a challenge; but on the whole … (more)

Claustrophilia: Voodoo Tales

Budapest, Aug 2014

Like the other Claustrophilia room, this is a very puzzle-centric room with a couple of refreshingly physical tasks as well as the usual assortment of search and solve puzzles. It’s more heavily themed, and pleasantly creepy.

However, the Claustroph… (more)

Claustrophilia: The Wicklewood Heritage

Budapest, Aug 2014

Wicklewood doesn’t have much in the way in theme or story, it’s more just a room full of puzzles – but they’re excellent puzzles. There are a couple that are quite unusual and pleasing, and more physical than normal. Personally I’m all in favour of r… (more)

Hint Hunt: Zen Room

London, Oct 2016

This is Hint Hunt’s second room and you can clearly see the difference from the first. Like the first room, you should expect quite a lot of searching, and the room is suitable for beginners. They have introduced some physical and mechanical puzzles … (more)

Hint Hunt: The Office of John Monroe

London, Sep 2016

One of the first rooms in London, I came to Hint Hunt quite late. As the name suggests, it is more focused on searching than other rooms. This is a good room for beginners with a mixture of puzzles and some fun use of technology. The theming is reaso… (more)