Kategorie-Archive: International

MyEscape: Jewelry Theft

Riga, Jul 2017

Rated between 3.5 and 4.5 out of 5
The second of four (!) heist games we played in Riga, Jewelry Theft (or Jewelry Thieft, as their website currently calls it) has you breaking into a high-end jewelry shop to swipe the Fabergé egg hidden somewhere inside. Fortunately a friendly cleani… (more)

Exitmania: Titanic

Riga, Jul 2017

Rated between 2.5 and 3.5 out of 5
The theme is Titanic and after donning our 1920s life jackets (a nice touch), we were blindfolded and led in. The game started with a slight homage to the film, but then proceeded with straight up ship based puzzles. The decor of the room was excelle… (more)

Find Exit: 221B Baker Street

Riga, Jul 2017

Rated between 3 and 3.5 out of 5
The aim of this escape game is to identify the name and location of a murder culprit from the clues left behind in Sherlock Holmes‘ office, so as to save an innocent friend of yours from imminent judicial execution. Finding that information will also… (more)

Find Exit: The Bank Job

Riga, Jul 2017

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
The Bank Job starts in darkness, and I was pleased to be supplied with not just the usual hand-held torches but also lens-less glasses with mini torches built into the frame, which both make the darkness less annoying and had a nice elite cat burglar… (more)

Phobia: Da Vinci Code

Paris, Jul 2017

Rated 4 out of 5
Having been thoroughly impressed by Claustrophobia’s franchises in Tallinn and Amsterdam (though the latter is now Questomatica), I made a point of booking into their two rooms in Paris. As well as impressive sets, the Russian company’s rules stipula… (more)

Respublica Obscura: Libertas

Dubrovnik, Apr 2017

Rated between 3 and 3.5 out of 5
Respublica Obscura embroils you in a conspiracy set in a period of Dubrovnik’s history where the city was an independent republic under the shadow of the Ottoman Empire, though I was never completely clear whether I was trying to foil the conspiracy … (more)