Autor-Archive: escapethereview

Escapers: Tomb of the Dragon

Warsaw, Mar 2017

Poland has a very established directory / rating site for escape rooms, and (at time of writing) Tomb of the Dragon holds the coveted number one spot in their list. For that reason we made the journey out to play it, even though it’s quite a long way… (more)

Black Cat Escape Rooms: Bunkier (Bunker)

Warsaw, Mar 2017

An avalanche has unearthed the entrance to a lost Nazi bunker that may contain hidden gold, and for reasons I never quite grasped you have a one hour time limit to find it and get out.

Appropriately, this begins with you needing to break into the ac… (more)

Black Cat Escape Rooms: Dom Mordercy (Murder House)

Warsaw, Mar 2017

This is not a game for the squeamish. Content warning: expect graphic imagery of nudity and mutilation.

Horror themed rooms are often gratuitously low-lit. This one hits a good balance, dingy enough to be atmospheric but with enough visibility to se… (more)

Thinking Outside The Box: Merlin’s Mystery

Peterborough, Feb 2017

It was with some wide-eyed excitement that I booked a slot for three at Merlin, Thinking Outside The Box’s second room. Excitement mainly because their previous room „Stranded!“ is one of my favourite UK rooms and I had been checking their page every… (more)

Escape Peterborough: Witchcraft and Wizardry

Peterborough, Feb 2017

Second in our play through of Escape Peterborough’s new trio of rooms was „Witchcraft and Wizardry“… and as a certified muggle, I can say for certain it has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Harry Potter. Honest. Maybe. Possibly 😉 I can sa… (more)

City Mazes: Star Breaker

Oxford, Feb 2017

If you’re reading these reviews in order, you’ll have noticed that I wasn’t hugely impressed with City Mazes. Entering their fourth and allegedly hardest room I thought things were looking up. As with their other games, Star Breaker is divided into t… (more)

City Mazes: Control Room 54

Oxford, Feb 2017

I should note up-front that there was a third of this game that I didn’t directly see, since for a large part of it the team is divided between two rooms, and I was shut in one small office while my two team-mates dealt with the adjacent area.

As yo… (more)

City Mazes: Operation Spaced X

Oxford, Feb 2017

You start this game in an empty white room, with no visible puzzles or clues. This is the second game I’ve played that used this idea, which I believe is ‚inspired‘ by a famous room in Budapest, and of the two I’ve done this is the more successful im… (more)

City Mazes: Pandora’s Escape

Oxford, Feb 2017

The Oxford branch of City Mazes has four rooms, and Pandora is listed as the easiest. If going to this venue, be warned that it’s some distance from the town centre, out by the southern ring-road – though this review is unlikely to persuade you to ma… (more)

Incarcerated: Detention

Swindon, Feb 2017

Incarcerated are a small independent escape room company run by an enthusiast who played some games and was inspired to set up his own version. As such, I hate to give such a low rating to his room – but I really didn’t enjoy it, not simply due to im… (more)