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Escape Peterborough: The Hunt

Peterborough, Feb 2018

My experience of Escape is that their games are reliably decent, but that the decor and atmosphere are rarely a particular strength – typically a nice enough set of props and themed puzzle components but usually starting from generic office space tha… (more)

Thinking Outside The Box: The North Pole

Peterborough, Feb 2018

I’ve somehow made an accidental habit of playing games at Thinking Outside The Box in the last few days before they close. Last time I made an intentional trip to catch their Stranded game before it finished, this time I just happened to be in Peterb… (more)

Breakout Rooms: Spy Games

Watford, Feb 2018

Inside the M25 but technically part of Hertfordshire not London, Watford has just gained its first escape venue with Breakout Rooms. Their website shows an ambitious list of three further games planned, but for now they’ve opened with two identical c… (more)

Inkwell Investigations: Murder History

London, Feb 2018

There are very few escape games that are played outdoor, and I always seem to end up playing them in the wrong season. For Murder History, it was a bruisingly cold February morning, though one with dry and pleasant weather. I should note also that Mu… (more)

No Escape London: Escape the Dentist

London, Feb 2018

I’m not sure if it’s daring, foolish or inspired to take as a theme something about which many people have a genuine phobia. The name and promo picture suggest quite a grim game, which I suppose is appealing to some and off-putting to others. Dependi… (more)

Cambridge Escape Rooms: Heaven and Hell

Cambridge, Feb 2018

Having had the one room for quite some time, the original Cambridge ER venue, based in an industrial estate just out of the town centre, Cambridge Escape Rooms now have three rooms to choose from.

Just like their original room, the designs, puzzles … (more)

Escape Rush: Submarine Bunker

Brussels, Jan 2018

Really good games are harder to compare with each other. While every escape game is different, after playing a few hundred games, their relative quality mainly comes down to the same few factors: are the puzzles interesting and fun, well-designed and… (more)

Let Me Out: Alice in Wonderland

Brussels, Jan 2018

Alice in Wonderland is not a particularly common theme, but the games I’ve seen based on it have tended to take full advantage of the excuse for gloriously madcap decorations. Let Me Out’s version is particularly pretty, full of creative craziness an… (more)

Let Me Out: Spaceship

Brussels, Jan 2018

Let Me Out’s sci-fi game places you aboard Hermes, a spaceship whose crew have vanished following possible foul play. Your task is to find out what happened and recover a critical document.

I found the set simultaneously impressive and very low-tech… (more)

Escape Prod: Blacksad – Private Detective

Brussels, Jan 2018

Escape Prod’s second game is, like their first, based on a comic book that may or may not be familiar to English-speaking players. Blacksad is a series of noir detective stories set in 1950s America, with an anthropomorphic cat as the eponymous hero…. (more)