Autor-Archive: escapethereview

XscapeNow’s train game is a Wild West theme, and of course the train you’re on is heading towards a collision that only you can prevent.

This is a room that looks good from the outset and maintains that impression throughout. The train setting gives… (more)

I planned to sit this one out, when booking the schedule for a weekend of escape rooms, because I played it previously when it was Imaginarium at Time Trap in Reading. However, swayed by fond memories of playing it the first time round, I decided on … (more)

The Wizard of Oz seems like a setting very well suited for an escape room theme, but for some reason is far less common than, say, Alice In Wonderland. Though perhaps that’s changing, with three Oz games now available around the UK.

From an entertai… (more)

We binged our way through five of XscapeNow’s rooms, and only skipped the sixth because they close early on Sundays; and Sweeney Todd was the first one we played.

As a type of serial killer game, Sweeney is at most gleefully but inoffensively gory. … (more)