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Escape Prod: The Daltons‘ Escape

Brussels, Jan 2018

I’m told that Lucky Luke the cowboy and his hapless adversaries the Daltons are comic book characters with fame rivalling that of Asterix or Tintin, but I’d somehow never come across them until this escape room. For those equally unfamiliar with them… (more)

Chamber Challenge: The Lab

Brussels, Jan 2018

Squeezing in a short-notice visit to Chamber Challenge during a gap in our schedule, they kindly adjusted their schedule to allow us to play The Lab. The familiar-sounding theme turns out to have an unusual and gently educational premise that explore… (more)

mostly harmless…: Lifeboat

London, Feb 2018

Each winter the tunnels under Waterloo station host the VAULT festival with a huge array of fringe and alternative events, sometimes including shows that edge from immersive theatre to game experiences. This year one of the events is a 30 minute esca… (more)

Enygma: Mr Fogg’s Residence

Brussels, Jan 2018

I’d tried Enygma on a previous visit to Brussels a year and a half earlier. On that occasion I was underwhelmed by the puzzles in their Mayan game but subsequently felt I’d been overly harsh on it, so a return trip to the venue was high on my list. T… (more)

Locked: Labyrint

Ghent, Jan 2018

I’m tempted to start this review with ‚Labyrint is not an escape room‘, but that’s not true – it is an escape room, it’s just a rather unusual one. It seems its creator conceived of and built it entirely independently, without having discovere… (more)

Clue Adventures: 2 Tickets 2 Ride

London, Jan 2018

The name of Clue Adventures‘ second game emphasises its distinctive feature: it’s a game for exactly two players. Despite apparent demand for two player games there are currently no other London games designed for this number, and the majority of Lon… (more)

ExCLUEsive Games: Lost Island Escape

Newbury, Jan 2018

Lost Island Escape places you at the mercy of island cannibals with a fetish for puzzles. The first task is to escape a darkened cage. Having completed that task, you can emerge onto the ‚island‘. It’s not so much a recreation of an island as a theme… (more)

ExCLUEsive Games: The Swindler

Newbury, Jan 2018

The Swindler is loosely based around the idea of Lady Humbug, a 1950s con artist. The story talks a little about time-travelling to unravel her mystery. It’s probably better to think of it as an investigation that uncovers a room untouched since the … (more)

Reykjavik Escape: The Scientist

Reykjavik, Jan 2018

Reykjavik Escape is, at time of writing, the only escape venue in Iceland. Located a little to the east of the main tourist district, they have a set of four rooms with fairly standard themes, and we picked the science-themed one over the prison, kid… (more)

Unlock!: The Tonipal’s Treasure

Room-in-a-box, Jan 2018

The Unlock games have so far been released in sets of three, and both times the third game in the set has had the highest difficulty rating and has also seemed to be the one with all the designers‘ favourite ideas. This one, The Tonipal’s Treasure, i… (more)