Kategorie-Archive: International

Escape Barcelona: KONG Protocol

Barcelona, Jan 2025

Rated 5 out of 5
I went into KONG with high expectations – not only is it in the current TERPECA top 10 (!) but the most recent game before it from Escape Barcelona, Cybercity 2049, remains among my personal all time favourites. Plus there’s the name – does “KONG” re… (more)

Open Mind: 11S

Barcelona, Jan 2025

Rated between 4 and 4.5 out of 5
Escape rooms can be educational or raise social awareness; they don’t have to be just for pure entertainment. There are some topics that are definitely inappropriate as escape room themes, and there are some that are reasonable if handled with care a… (more)

Unreal Sabadell: Nightshift

Barcelona, Jan 2025

Rated 5 out of 5
I wouldn’t describe myself as a fan of horror escape rooms, particularly. Given a choice of themes at a venue I’ll usually pick a non-horror one, and I’m more likely to enjoy a top horror game despite the scares than because of them; sometimes I find… (more)

Escapem: Bajo Zero

Barcelona, Jan 2025

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
Bajo Zero was a game that I thought illustrated just how far standards have risen in escape rooms over the last decade. It’s not far off ten years old, and when it opened it must have been quite a standout. In 2025 it’s still a fun game with lots to … (more)

Outline Escape Room: Outline

Barcelona, Jan 2025

Rated 5 out of 5
Outline is superlative in a number of ways. Including for the most extravagant use of smoke – I didn’t realise a smoke machine was capable of creating such a fog that you can’t even see your own outstretched hands. The hosts did say at the end that t… (more)

Golden Pop: Jurásico

Barcelona, Jan 2025

Rated between 4.5 and 5 out of 5
As a rule of thumb, dinosaur themes are good silly fun, and involve plenty of suspension of disbelief. After all, it’s a pretty tall order to convince a group of players that they’re not just in some room solving puzzles, but exploring a tropical rai… (more)

The X-Door: La Peluquería

Valencia, Jan 2025

Rated 5 out of 5
Spanish games – at least the top tier ones – have a fondness for cold starts, where the game begins without meeting any staff unless they’re already in character. That’s the case here too, though there was an initial intro with a chance to use the ba… (more)

Puzzle Room Bangkok: Lost Symbol

Bangkok, Dec 2024

Rated 3.5 out of 5
This was a rare game that I played solo, since I was passing through Bangkok on my own. The company doesn’t provide an online booking system, and don’t officially support teams smaller than two people, so it took some negotiation over WhatsApp to arr… (more)