Tag Archives: war

MasterClue: Defcon 2

Athens, May 2019

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
At time of writing MasterClue’s website is in Greek only, which made booking a slightly hairy process reliant on Google Translate – but the game is entirely fine to play in English. Which is only appropriate, since it’s set in a U.S. military base. T… (more)

Escape Hub: Inbound

Maidstone, Mar 2019

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
Escape Hub’s most recent (at time of writing) game is Inbound, set in World War II. Specifically, you’re in bomb-struck 1940s London, and your mission is to retrieve three envelopes of confidential information before the next air raid hits. Naturally… (more)

Epsom Escape: Operation Sealion

Epsom, Oct 2018

Rated between 4 and 4.5 out of 5
Located in the main clubhouse at Horton Park Golf Club, Epsom Escape’s games are from the same enthusiast designer as Escape From The Room in Sutton, and now hosts that venue’s Old Maid Milly game. Golf and escaping wouldn’t have occurred to be as an… (more)

Escape Hunt: Our Finest Hour

Leeds, Apr 2018

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
Escape Hunt is a name that enthusiasts may recognise from escaping trips abroad: they have venues in more than two dozen cities around the globe. They used to have a location in London, which shut down some years ago; but they’ve now re-launch… (more)

Escape Plan: The Battle for Britain

London, Oct 2017

Rated between 4 and 4.5 out of 5
It’s always sad to see a high quality game close, but the blow is softened when the reason is to allow the venue to create a new game in its place. That was the case with Escape Plan, whose much-loved first game shut down last summer to make way for … (more)

Unescapable: Tommy

Derby, Oct 2017

Rated 4 out of 5
With Unescapable’s other game we swapped the ghostly frights of Edith for a First World War trench in Tommy. They again provided a much more entertaining and immerse start to the game than simply stepping through a doorway. The room looks great, with… (more)