Autor-Archive: escapethereview

Game Over: Forbidden Temple of Montezuma

Derby, Oct 2017

Rated 3.5 out of 5
With a gap between games, we rang Game Over’s doorbell on the off chance they had a slot free, and they were able to oblige with Montezuma, which they described as their hardest game.
The backstory involves following in the footsteps of your vanishe… (more)

Deckscape: The Fate of London

Room-in-a-box, Oct 2017

Rated between 3 and 3.5 out of 5
The Fate of London is Deckscape’s second game, and follows a similar structure and style to its predecessor, but is a step up in difficulty level.
As before, the game consists of a set of sixty large format cards. There are no separate instructions;… (more)

Horuscape: Mind Horror

London, Oct 2017

Rated 3.5 out of 5
The question here is, how to fairly review something which is a thoroughly different type of experience to everything else on this site? Mind Horror is a virtual reality escape game, so far a rare beast in the UK but gradually creeping into the escap… (more)

City Mazes: Bamboozled

London, Oct 2017

Rated 3 out of 5
Bamboozled is one of City Mazes’s new stable of purchased game designs, currently available both at their London branch and in Cardiff. Unlike their earlier homegrown designs, the new ones have visible inspiration from TV or movie franchises, and Bam… (more)

City Mazes: The Lost Cabin

London, Oct 2017

Rated between 2.5 and 3.5 out of 5
My previous experience of City Mazes, with the four games at their Oxford branch, did not leave me with fond feelings for the company: each game we played seemed badly flawed in one way or another. However, some rumours suggested they’d been trying t… (more)

Room Lockdown: Vegas Nights

London, Sep 2017

Rated between 2 and 2.5 out of 5
Vegas Nights is that rare beast, a game designed for exactly two players. The industry could do with more of these, since there’s clear demand for it – I imagine it’s the economics of it that keeps them in scarce supply, since the work for a company … (more)