Category Archives: UK

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)

Cryptology Swindon: The Tortured Soul

Swindon, Jul 2023

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
The Tortured Soul is the newest room at Incarcerated (which is currently partway through turning into Cryptology Swindon). It’s a supernatural horror game involving the ghost of a child; for calibrating whether it’s a scare level you’re comfortable w… (more)