Autor-Archive: escapethereview

Champaign-Urbana Adventures in Time and Space: The Lost Temple

Online, Aug 2020

I took way too long to get around to trying Lost Temple. That was partly because it had a longish expected game time, and partly because it needed some components printed in advance – although there is a printless version provided, I was always going… (more)

Intrigue Escape Rooms: Casino Heist Cash In

Online, Jul 2020

If you read only the title of this game and not the description, you may get a surprise: rather than a glitzy casino, the official setting is a barn outside Nashville. This is because you’re not robbing a casino, you’re recovering the loot that your … (more)

Oblivity: The Profoctor Predicament

Online, Aug 2020

There are very few podcasts I’ve ever tried, and so I’d not heard of Oblivity, an episodic sci-fi sitcom that seems to revolve around the crew of a research base on Pluto. This spin-off escape room takes the form of a web-based light puzzle hunt, wit… (more)

Castle Escapes: Hunt for the Crimson Fang

Online, Jul 2020

I was immediately intrigued not just by Crimson Fang’s trailer but by the fact that Castle Escapes are building games specifically for remote play, not adapting existing physical rooms. Playing via a conference call inevitably compromises the escape … (more)

The Box Metz: Casse Du Siècle

Online, Jul 2020

Making an escape room available for remote play has, for many companies, involved little more than giving a gamesmaster a GoPro. Plenty now also use a separate web-based inventory system, which is invaluable for many games. The Box has gone a great d… (more)

60out: Miss Jezebel

Online, Jul 2020

For all my escape room addiction, there are few games that I’d play at 7am on a Sunday morning; and the arch, risqué story of Miss Jezebel makes it much better suited for a Friday night. But it had been recommended strongly enough that I was going to… (more)

Hysteria Escape Rooms: The Forgotten Realm II

Online, Jul 2020

One of Hysteria’s original physical games was named The Forgotten Realm, which was often spoken of warmly by enthusiasts but which closed last year. Perhaps the owners have a soft spot for it, because for their third online game they’ve created a seq… (more)

Fuzzy Logic Escape Room: Playground

Online, Jul 2020

They say in acting that you should never work with children or animals; and since the first game I played with Fuzzy Logic was all about the animals in their Vet’s Office game, it seems appropriate that the second was a kid theme. Your aim here is to… (more)

Escape Rooms Kidderminster: The Conspiracy

Online, Jul 2020

This game’s rather original premise is that you’re investigating the conspiracy theory that the moon landings were faked. I think the intention was that you were disproving the conspiracy by gathering evidence from the original landing, but it… (more)

The Ultimate Escape Rooms Ventura: The Wizard’s Lair

Online, Jun 2020

The Wizard’s Lair had much to recommend it and I really wanted to like it – and in many respects I did. At the same time, this was one game which I thought didn’t translate so well to the remote experience. Much of that was due to the game’s more sop… (more)