Kategorie-Archive: International

Escape Hotel: Navio Pirata

São Paulo, Dec 2023

Before anything else I have to give props to our host, who threw himself into his pirate character with unmatched energy, stomping and leering his way through his intro with gusto.

Escape Hotel is one of São Paulo’s larger companies, and all the gam… (more)

With this game we walked into the venue and asked if they had any immediate availability, preferably for a game playable in English. They did have a room in English, in the sense that they had English versions of the pre-recorded hints and the conten… (more)

Ninja Escape Room: Incriminados Pela Yakuza

Curitiba, Nov 2023

Ninja Escape’s second room sticks with the Asian motif but shifts to a more modern and urban setting, replacing ninjas with yakuza. The premise is that you’re in the wrong tattoo parlour at the wrong time, and need to quickly gather evidence before t… (more)

Ninja Escape Room: Missão Ninja

Curitiba, Nov 2023

Ninja Escape have a theme and they’ve run with it: not only are both their games Asian themed, the lobby and waiting room are packed with Oriental knick knacks, with anime songs playing on loop on a screen.

Mission Ninja was their first room, and li… (more)

EscapeRooms.gr: Holy Secret

Heraklion, Oct 2023

The theming here suggests a Dan Brown style plot perhaps involving the Illuminati or something, but it’s actually more original than that: following the death of the Pope, the holy sceptre that’s a symbol of his office has gone missing.

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Can You Escape Malta: The Forbidden Castle

Malta, Sep 2023

UK enthusiasts may have played a room at Can You Escape Malta remotely, since they were one of the more active and well-regarded providers of avatar games during the pandemic. There are only three escape companies currently open in Malta to my knowle… (more)

Quest Factory: Cannibal Island

Paris, Sep 2023

The word ‘Cannibal’ is one I associate more with grim serial killer rooms, but this game is about as cheerful and upbeat as any game I remember that involves severed body parts. The cannibals here are tribesmen on an obscure island; don’t expect nuan… (more)

Quest Factory: Le Fléau du Druide

Paris, Sep 2023

A wise piece of advice for escape room designers is that technology for its own sake adds little to a game, but it expands the range of possibilities for what you can create. Quest Factory illustrate that principle by using technology to do several t… (more)

Deep Inside: The Magician of Paris

Paris, Sep 2023

If you follow the TERPECA rankings (and you should), then you’re more likely to have come across Magician of Paris as one half of ‘The Full Experience’; Deep Inside offer it in combination with their second game as a double-bill. We chose to play jus… (more)

Pandore & Associés: Règlement de Contes

Paris, Sep 2023

A warning up front: even more than most escape rooms, this game may benefit from playing it with zero foreknowledge – so if you haven’t played it already, consider whether you want to read on at this point.

As escape room premises go, this one is ha… (more)