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Cryptology Swindon: Conspiracy – Agenda 21

Swindon, Jul 2023

Six years ago (how time flies) we played the rooms at Incarcerated, and wrote some fairly critical reviews of them, which the owner at the time was good enough to not hold against us. So I was very pleased to find that the current two games were a bi… (more)

New UK escape rooms November 2023

The UK might just be the world leader in Christmas escape rooms – they’ve become a tradition here in a way that I’m not sure exists anywhere else. Here are some stats for you:

Co-Decode: Sub Terra

Swindon, Jul 2023

We may have been the very last team to play Sub Terra in its original location; Co-Decode will be relocating to a more central spot in Swindon, and it’s not yet certain whether Sub Terra will be rebuilt there in quite the same form, or at all. But if… (more)

Escape The Room Jordan: Black and White

Amman, May 2023

In most respects Black and White was an old fashioned but clever game with plenty of nice ideas – but which I hesitate to recommend for reasons entirely unrelated to any of the puzzles.

I couldn’t find many escape rooms available in Jordan; all the… (more)

Cryptic Escape: Magic School

Norwich, Jul 2023

Cryptic’s Rose Lane branch is on the third floor of a car park, which is a curious location and one that seems like it shouldn’t exist; finding an escape room venue instead of more cars seemed a little like finding a hidden platform at Kings Cross.

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Aenigma Escape Rooms: The Idol of Time

Naples, Jul 2023

We were standing lost in a dark street corner of Naples, looking round for the right address, when a door opened and a man stage-whispered at us: ppsst! escape room? Which to be honest is an excellent way for a game to start.

The story was so… (more)

Mad Machines: Birth Machine

Milan, May 2023

It’s always an encouraging sign when a venue creates games based on something a bit more unusual, instead of doing a prison break, lab or spaceship; and Mad Machines have build a game around a premise that I’ve not seen anywhere else in the world. ‘E… (more)

Mad Machines: Time Machine

Milan, May 2023

Mad Machines’ second game was the one we played first, and the venue impressed as soon as we entered – it’s a small thing, but still a great sign when the entrance to an escape room venue already puts you in an upbeat good mood with music and visuals… (more)

Escapepolis: The Creepy Toy Store and the Lost Souls

Athens, Apr 2023

An unplanned return trip to Escapepolis’s Galatsi location let us play one more of their games; slot availability determined that it would be The Creepy Store. This isn’t one of Athens’ many terror rooms: there’s no live actor and the emphasis is fir… (more)

No Exit: Wanted: Dead or Alive

Athens, Apr 2023

We played all three games at No Exit’s Elioupolis location (they have a couple more rooms at the Neos Kosmos address), and in all three the live acting was a major part of the experience. That’s par for the course in Athens, but where the actor in De… (more)