Autor-Archive: escapethereview

TimeQuest: Elf Magic 2: The Santa Clause

Tonbridge, Nov 2021

Rated 3.5 out of 5
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

Rated 4 out of 5
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

Rated 4 out of 5
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)

Escape Manor: Cabin 13

Online, Apr 2021

Rated 3.5 out of 5
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

Rated 3.5 out of 5
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)

Museum of Intrigue: A Study in Intrigue

Online, Mar 2021

Rated 4 out of 5
A Study In Intrigue can’t be separated from the venue in which it’s located. Some game designs can easily be copied or transplanted from one building to another, but this one isn’t a room as such – it takes place in, and throughout, the much larger s… (more)

SENSAS

London, Sep 2021

Rated 3.5 out of 5
SENSAS is not an escape room. As an experience it’s closer to the style of the live Crystal Maze, in that it involves a series of challenges for you to tackle as a team, collecting tokens for your successes as you go. Unlike the Crystal Maze, in SENS… (more)

Poland escape room tour 2021

In August 2021 I played 35 escape rooms in Poland on a short trip organised by Escaperoomers.de. The itinerary was based around highly recommended games, and pretty much all of them richly deserve proper, detailed reviews; but I’m going to have to give just a quick overview guide of them instead.