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Questomatica: Arcade Invasion

Amsterdam, Aug 2016

The theme and decor are an absolute treat to anyone who grew up playing 80s arcade games. Like Claustrophobia’s other games, it eschews padlocks and goes for creative, on-theme puzzles. They make fantastic use of lighting and effects to sign-post whe… (more)

Questomatica: WakeUp!

Amsterdam, Aug 2016

I’ve played a few games themed as being in someone’s mind or dreams, but this one is definitely the most successful at creating a dream-like experience. Instead of finding codes to padlocks, you progress with an increasing feel for the dream-logic of… (more)

Omescape: Biohazard Laboratory

London, Jul 2016

This is billed as the easiest of Omescape’s three London rooms, but it’s definitely no walk-over.

The room has high production values and creative props, and more of a story progression than most. I found the puzzles less satisfying than those in Om… (more)

Enigma Quests: School of Witchcraft & Wizardry

London, Jul 2016

Fans of a certain best-selling series of children’s books will particularly like this room, but it’s a lot of fun whether you’ve read them or not. The room gives you a grade according to how much of the room you’ve completed, a friendlier approach th… (more)

Omescape: Penitentiary

London, Jul 2016

As a rule I enjoy rooms for large teams less. Even with experienced players, it’s difficult to co-ordinate effectively, and you end up spending too much time re-checking things that others have already looked at, or with some players less involved.

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Cluequest: Revenge of the Sheep

London, Jul 2016

Cluequest are clearly a professional outfit and whilst the initial welcome might be a bit rushed, the staff clearly try to take care of you once you get going. Revenge of the sheep is the third of their rooms. The most technically advanced room, they… (more)

Escape Room: Abandoned Factory

Tallinn, Jun 2016

The success rate for the Factory was apparently even lower than for the Lab (a.k.a. ‚hardest room in Estonia‘ Lab – at time of playing, there had been only three successful teams, ever (!).

It’s very linear and unusually difficult, consisting of a s… (more)

Escape Room: Prison Break

Tallinn, Jun 2016

This is much more of a ’normal‘ room than the two others we did with this company, both in terms of difficulty level and style.

It’s a relatively small escape room, and both our teams finished it quickly, so experienced teams may find it on the easy… (more)

Escape Rooms: Secret Lab

Tallinn, Jun 2016

This room appears to no longer be open, so this review is purely for comparison.

It was billed as the ‚hardest room in Estonia‘, and it definitely ranks as one of the hardest rooms I’ve tried. Unfortunately, that was partly because of gratuitous use… (more)

Exit Room: Crazy Doctor

Tallinn, Jun 2016

Like the Dracula room from the same company, this room managed to annoy me; primarily in this case due to one particular puzzle which seemed deliberately designed to waste time, so that even once we’d realised what we were supposed to do we had to st… (more)