Autor-Archive: escapethereview

Dextrophobia: vol. 2

Sofia, May 2018

Rated 4 out of 5
This curiously named game is second in a series that currently numbers three in total, each in a different location in Sofia; I chose to play the second one because that was the one I’d noticed recommendations for. Despite the implied continuity, Dex… (more)

Endorphin Games: BlueLab

Sofia, May 2018

Rated 4.5 out of 5
Not many escape room briefings ask players whether they have any experience cooking class A drugs, but BlueLab is based on the Breaking Bad television serial, and presents you with an industrial chemical laboratory in which you need to work out how t… (more)

Escape Game: Lucky Luke

Room-in-a-box, May 2018

Rated 3.5 out of 5
Some people impulse-buy handbags or electronic gadgets; apparently my equivalent vice is to buy escape game books in languages I don’t speak, which is how I ended up with a French-language copy of the Lucky Luke book after passing through Brussels. I… (more)

Trip 1907

Room-in-a-box, May 2018

Rated between 2 and 3 out of 5
Trip 1907 describes itself as an „interactive escape the book game“; many will immediately notice the resemblance in style and presentation to Journal 29, from which it readily acknowledges drawing inspiration. It has not only the same format of one … (more)

Journal 29

Room-in-a-box, Jun 2017

Rated 4 out of 5
I originally decided not to write a review for Journal 29, because it never claims to be an escape game – quite correctly so in my opinion. So many publishers are jumping on the ‚escape game‘ description because it’s hot at the moment, but it’s often… (more)

Trapped: What If?

Bucharest, May 2018

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
Many of the escape game owners I chatted to in Bucharest were themselves enthusiasts, who gave mostly overlapping recommendations for games to play in the city. Trapped’s What If? was an exception to that, a game that was mentioned usually as a ‚love… (more)