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Escape Nation: Incognito’s Secret Lair

Stafford, Mar 2024

Rated 4 out of 5
Incognito opened not long after my first visit to Escape Nation, and I’ve been meaning to play it ever since, on the strength of their first room, so was delighted to finally get a chance.
This is a light hearted secret agent game, decorated in brig… (more)

Escapism: Legacy

Plymouth, Mar 2024

Rated 3.5 out of 5
I’m very overdue a proper trip round the escape rooms of Devon and Cornwall, but in the meantime I’ll take whatever brief chances I get to try them. So on a fleeting visit to Plymouth I picked a room at random at Escapism and booked in.
In Legacy yo… (more)

The Escaporium: Area 51½

Halifax, Oct 2023

Rated between 4.5 and 5 out of 5
It seems like Area 51.5 has been tantalisingly under construction ever since I first visited The Escaporium, many years back; it’s been through quite a catalogue of setbacks, but is finally open and receiving considerable acclaim. In it, you’re tryin… (more)

Escapable: The Great Loudini

Wakefield, Oct 2023

Rated between 4.5 and 5 out of 5
When rating escape rooms I’m not exactly generous, and I’ve sometimes been asked before, by the owners of exceedingly good games, what persuades me to give a 5* score. My usual reply is that it needs something beyond just all-round excellence: some w… (more)

Escapable: Outatime

Wakefield, Oct 2023

Rated 4 out of 5
My knowledge of classic 80s movies is clearly lacking, because it took me quite a few months after hearing of Outatime before I realised it’s inspired by Back To The Future.
As you’d expect from a time travel theme, this is a game that spans differ… (more)

Breakout Malacca: Wonderland

Malacca, Nov 2023

Rated 3 out of 5
What made us attempt another room at Breakout Melaka after a not entirely inspiring experience with the first game we played there? Well, we had plenty of time whilst waiting for our transfer and the price is relatively reasonable compared to games i… (more)

Breakout Malacca: Capsule

Malacca, Nov 2023

Rated 3 out of 5
The premise of the game as stated on their website is: in 2044, terrorists are planning to time travel back to overthrow the government. A USB that was created by a scientist hired by the government to prevent time travelling went missing shortly aft… (more)