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Tulleys Escape: Dodge City

Crawley, Feb 2022

Dodge City is one of a small number of games that I deliberately played way after most enthusiasts had rushed to it, because expectations were high enough that it seemed worth saving for a suitable moment. I also wanted a larger team than usual. Wher… (more)

Tulleys Escape: Kraken Casino

Crawley, Feb 2022

Inside the Tulleys escape barn is a large and welcoming lobby with doors leading off to their five main escape rooms. Outside, before you enter, there is a pair of small caravans, huddled off to the side. These are Kraken Casino and Tick Tock Circus,… (more)

Key Enigma: Hack Forward

Room-in-a-box, Feb 2022

Key Enigma’s debut game ran its Kickstarter in 2020, and it’s spent as long sitting on my shelf as it did in production – the stated 8 hour play time put me off from diving in. Once I finally did start it, it turned out to be actually very digestible… (more)

Real Escape Game: Escape from The Cursed Spirit of The Abandoned School

Room-in-a-box, Feb 2022

This is one of those tricky reviews to write. Some games are well presented but poorly designed; some are just bad; but Escape from the Cursed Spirit of the Abandoned School has a great deal that’s notably clever and original, and even so I just didn… (more)

Deckscape: The Curse of the Sphinx

Room-in-a-box, Jan 2022

Deckscape’s compact and straightforward format has a lot going for it – you’re guided straight into the game without having to first work out how to play, and the large cards with their bright illustrations have good visual appeal. But while I genera… (more)

Champaign-Urbana Adventures in Time and Space: Floor 13

Online, Jan 2022

If I copy-pasted in my review for The Lost Temple, CU Adventures’ other digital game, it would need only a little adjusting to be equally suitable for Floor 13 – which, given how much I liked that one, is very much a good thing.

Floor 13 uses the sa… (more)

Salisbury Escape Rooms: Death at the Lab

Salisbury, Jan 2022

Salisbury Escape Rooms seems to rarely get mentioned in enthusiast discussions, and it’s true that their games aren’t likely to make experienced players’ top ten lists; but I’ve learned to expect reliably creative, enjoyable games from them, and so f… (more)

Hounds Escape: Southern Dis-comfort

Crawley, Jan 2022

The US Deep South is not a common setting for an escape room, but if the clever pun of Hounds Escape’s second game hadn’t made the theme clear, the appearance of our host certainly would have; gleefully over the top, he took the stereotype of a south… (more)

Hounds Escape: Questionable Ethics

Crawley, Jan 2022

You can’t always judge a company by its lobby area, but it’s always an encouraging start to walk into a venue that looks atmospheric, stylish and welcoming. Hounds Escape not only did well on that initial impression, but then built on it with their p… (more)

Crime Runners: Beneath Vienna

Online, Dec 2021

In the early days of the pandemic, Crime Runners were one of the first companies to release a fully digital escape game; and while there are now plenty of games that share its point-n-click style of gameplay, at that time it was quite unusual. Beneat… (more)