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Escape Kent: The Haunting

Canterbury, Jun 2021

It’s often hard to know when booking a game with a spooky theme whether it’s going to be mildly creepy or sixty minutes of terror. But most nervous players should be fine with The Haunting – the fear factor here shouldn’t go above a degree of apprehe… (more)

Exit: The Sacred Temple

Room-in-a-box, Jul 2021

EXIT’s puzzle games are endlessly creative within a very tightly defined format, and while the difficulty level and theming vary, once you’ve played one you know what you’ll get from another. Except that The Sacred Temple takes the range in a whole n… (more)

The 50 best escape rooms in the UK 2021

Which were the UK’s best escape rooms in 2021? This list is based on many thousands of ratings from players of all levels of experience, as well as all the main UK escape room bloggers and reviewers, blended together by the Escape The Review algorithm; and as of the end of Dec 2021, these are… Weiterlesen »

Beyond Breakout: An Elfin Mistake

Online, Dec 2021

The second of only two Christmas pop-ups I played this year, An Elfin Mistake is available for in-person play, but since I didn’t have the chance to nip over to Wales I played it as a remote avatar game; and on careful consideration, that might actua… (more)

TimeQuest: Elf Magic 2: The Santa Clause

Tonbridge, Nov 2021

I’ll admit to being a natural Grinch on whom the joys of Christmas spirit are largely wasted, and so I normally only play one or two festive games each year; TimeQuest’s was my only such physical room for the 2021 season, so I was glad to find it was… (more)

Swamp Motel: The Drop

London, Nov 2021

Swamp Motel will be familiar to many enthusiasts from their Isklander trilogy of online games released during lockdowns, starting with Plymouth Point; they’ve now moved from the internet to the real world, and The Drop is a physical escape room / imm… (more)

Mystery Mansion Regina: The Haunt

Online, Oct 2021

Over lockdown, Mystery Mansion Regina established a reputation for their impressive avatar games, including their Sleepyman horror trilogy, so a pop-up avatar game for Halloween was one to catch. Though the announcement contained the curious detail … (more)

Incognito Escape Room: Baker Street Mystery

Online, Jun 2021

Incognito is a company I narrowly missed out on visiting when I last passed through Dublin, so I was glad to have a chance to try one of their games remotely. Baker Street Mystery is the only one they’ve converted for avatar play so far, and I suspec… (more)

Escape Manor: Cabin 13

Online, Apr 2021

Creepy cabins mostly fall into ‘psycho’ and ‘supernatural’ sub genres; Escape Manor‘s is the latter, with a nasty case of demonic possession to sort out. In the original in person game it seems there would have been an in person actor; this version a… (more)

Exit: The Cemetery of the Knight

Room-in-a-box, Apr 2021

The Exit series of puzzle games keeps rolling on; the games follow a well-defined format and style, and at this point are definitely starting to blur one into another. On the other hand, it’s a format and style that works well and reliably delivers a… (more)