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Lock & Key Award Winners

And here’s the long-awaited and much delayed (sorry!) winners of the Lock & Key Awards! If you missed the winners of the regional awards, you can find them here. Key Award Winners There are two halves to the Lock & Key Awards. The Keys were open to any escape room players who wished to enter.… Read More »

Atrapados: Secuestro en la Cabaña

La Paz, Feb 2024

Rated 3.5 out of 5
At time of writing there are two escape room companies in La Paz (and indeed in all of Bolivia). Atrapados is likely to be a longer journey from where most visiting tourists tends to stay, but if you want to play an escape room while you pass through… (more)

La Puerta La Paz: Lost in the Illimani

La Paz, Feb 2024

Rated 2 out of 5
This might be the cheapest escape room I’ve ever played. Sadly, the low price reflects a pretty low bar for the room design.
The game takes place in one large tent, which of course is dark. We did have a second torch after solving the first puzzle, … (more)

New UK escape rooms March 2024

Happy Easter! Like fluffy chicks or a shower of chocolate coins, here’s a clutch of freshly hatched escape rooms for your enjoyment. And I haven’t even made any ‚eggcelent‘ style puns.

Escapology Santiago: Los Mineros

Santiago, Feb 2024

Rated 3 out of 5
English-friendly games in Chile are a rarity, but Escapology is a franchise of a large US chain, and so set up slightly better for international players, with three of their rooms officially playable in English. In practice that meant that all writte… (more)

Sinapsis: The Forbidden Classroom

Buenos Aires, Dec 2023

Rated 3.5 out of 5
Generally in Argentina, the claim ‘available in English’ needs to be treated with a pinch of salt; I think this game at Sinapsis was the first one we found in the country that genuinely didn’t need any Spanish knowledge whatsoever.
It starts you off… (more)

Game House: El Otro Lado

Buenos Aires, Dec 2023

Rated 3.5 out of 5
El Otro Lado was the third room we played at Game House, and it’s based on the TV series Stranger Things. I’ve tried a few different escape rooms with that theme now, and it tends to work well – the setting provides some immediate distinctive element… (more)