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Escape From The Room: The Mixed Up Mind of Mr Crabheal

Epsom, Jan 2023

Mr Crabheal has a mixed up mind; specifically, he has multiple personalities. And if there’s one thing that fiction teaches us about multiple personality disorder, it’s that (at least) one of the personalities is going to be a dangerous lunatic, and … (more)

TimeTrap Escape Rooms: Curiouser and Curiouser

Reading, Jan 2023

Curiouser and Curiouser is the sequel to Time Trap’s previous game Imaginarium. There are any number of Alice in Wonderland rooms available, but Imaginarium was unusual in combining Wonderland theming with a section set inside Lewis Carroll’s mind. T… (more)

Escape Reading: Age of Magic

Reading, Jan 2023

The previous two games from Escape Reading are both, in different ways, tense and fast-paced games which need effective co-operation and teamwork. Age of Magic is a different beast altogether, a dreamy fantasy that leads you through a magical cave fu… (more)

Live Escape Salisbury: The Brig

Salisbury, Dec 2022

Live Escape’s original game Spectre remains much loved by enthusiasts, so I’d been looking forward to trying their second full physical game. This one is at a different and more central address, and is distinctive in its play style – you could almost… (more)

Xcape Singapore: Busan Express

Singapore, Dec 2022

With seven games currently running, Xcape is one of Singapore’s largest venues. They also categorise their rooms into ‘seasons’, with the current crop being their third season. All seven games have themes that are at least semi-horror, and we picked … (more)

Key Room: Dracula’s Elixir of Immortality

Istanbul, Dec 2022

Turkey’s escape scene is heavily dominated by horror houses, with few traditional escape rooms still available, and I’ve seen almost no reviews of the handful that exist in Istanbul; so I picked Key Room more or less at random. They have just the one… (more)

Escape Room Gili Air: Inheritance

Gili Air, Nov 2022

I wasn’t looking for escape rooms in Gili Air, a tiny tropical island off the coast of Lombok, and was frankly astounded to see a sign for one when I arrived. The island’s primary attractions are sun, sand and snorkelling, but I certainly wasn’t goin… (more)

Pandora Experience: Shutter Asylum

Bali, Oct 2022

At time of writing there are only two escape room companies open on Bali, and the one you’re much more likely to encounter is Pandora Experience, a chain active throughout Indonesia. They advertise their games with movie-style posters, and the one we… (more)

Lost.sg: Castiglione

Singapore, Oct 2022

Castiglione is not a terrible game, but it is showing its age, and even if in mint condition would still have flaws. The name refers to Giuseppe Castiglione, an Italian sculptor who worked in the Imperial Chinese court in the 19th Century, making a s… (more)

First Escape: The Subway

Vienna, Sep 2022

This is a game I hadn’t planned to play on our very brief visit to Vienna, but on hearing how strongly it was recommended I jumped at the opportunity to play in a fortuitously empty morning slot.

The Subway takes place in an actual metro carriage, f… (more)