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The Detective Society: The Cursed Exhibition: Episode 1

Room-in-a-box, Sep 2021

Now one of the best known and most successful subscription titles in the U.K., The Detective Society is now launching its third season, which like the previous two will consist of six games telling a single story. This one opens with a murder in a mu… (more)

Puzzled Frog Interactive: Captain Nemo’s Treasure

Online, Sep 2021

With physical escape rooms open once more, there’s only a trickle of new play from home games appearing – but Puzzled Frog are bucking the trend, with their first game being designed for remote avatar play. Note that it’s also unusual in using a publ… (more)

Bedford Escape Rooms: Laboratory

Bedford, Sep 2021

The third game we played at Bedford Escape Rooms was potentially the hardest, in that there was a choice of two difficulty levels – though we accidentally ended up playing the easier option, I think by default. The difference seems to be the addition… (more)

Bedford Escape Rooms: Murder Scene

Bedford, Sep 2021

Second of the games we played at Bedford Escape Rooms, I’d narrowly give the edge to Murder Scene over the others. As the name suggests, the theme puts you at the scene of a recent murder, in what’s essentially someone’s living room.

We rattled thro… (more)

Bedford Escape Rooms: Saw Room

Bedford, Sep 2021

There’s a common theme to three of the games I played at Bedford Escape Rooms: all were quite simple in design and appearance, but all were decent and enjoyable. Saw Room was the first of the three, and is designed as horror game – despite an opening… (more)

Don’t Get Locked In: The Vault

Bedford, Sep 2021

The Vault was for me the second half of Don’t Get Locked In’s Audacious experience, though it’s also available to play stand-alone; and in retrospect I think I would have preferred to play it separately, since as it was we started off already frazzle… (more)

Don’t Get Locked In: Return To The Rock

Bedford, Sep 2021

At Don’t Get Locked In, I found the hosts friendly and enthusiastic, the venue nicely presented with a little bar and lounge area – and the games quite disappointing, at least the two that I tried. I actually played their double-header experience Aud… (more)

Headlock Escape Rooms: The Keeper and the Fungus Among Us

Online, Nov 2021

I’d like to say there are no words to describe this game, but, firstly, that would rule out writing a review of it, and secondly, it’s not true. There are plenty of words, they’re just not ones I ever expected to use of an online escape game, particu… (more)

ClueQuest: Mechanics of the Heart

Online, Apr 2022

Okay, sure, April is a pretty weird time to be reviewing a Valentine’s themed game. The real reason is of course that I got to it later than planned, but I’ll claim the excuse that a game based around romantic love is suitable for any day I’d the yea… (more)

Edaqa’s Room: Office

Online, Apr 2022

The latest game from designer Edaqa is, like the previous ones, a slick and cheerful point ‘n’ click puzzler designed for cooperative play. It shares the same clear cartoony art style, and feels polished, the creation of an experienced designer using… (more)