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MasterClue: Defcon 2

Athens, May 2019

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
At time of writing MasterClue’s website is in Greek only, which made booking a slightly hairy process reliant on Google Translate – but the game is entirely fine to play in English. Which is only appropriate, since it’s set in a U.S. military base. T… (more)

Escaped: Zygote

Athens, May 2019

Rated 4.5 out of 5
When researching games for our weekend in Athens, several people mentioned Escaped in general and Zygote in particular, as an impressive and challenging game. Athens has plenty of long games, and at 100 minutes Zygote is substantial even by local sta… (more)

No Exit: The Tomb of the Pharaoh

Bolton, Apr 2019

Rated 2 out of 5
Squeezing in a quick extra escape room in Bolton my choices were limited. No Exit purchase their game designs, and I’d played three of their four games at other venues, so Tomb of the Pharaoh was the only option. The friendly gamemaster gave us their… (more)