Kategorie-Archive: UK

LevelUp Escape: Mission: Abducted

Shrewsbury, Mar 2024

Rated 4 out of 5
LevelUp are inside a shopping centre, and since they were kind enough to open early to accommodate our schedule, that meant we had a slightly surreal entry through a closed and deserted mall. That would have made a very appropriate start to a zombie … (more)

Clockwork Escapes: The Creep

Telford, Mar 2024

Rated 4 out of 5
With my usual disregard for reading about rooms before I book them, I’d assumed Creep was some kind of serial killer theme, purely based on the name. But no – it’s a lot closer to a sci-fi lab room, and although there’s peril it’s not of the human ki… (more)

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)