Kategorie-Archive: UK

Can You Escape: Operation Odyssey

Edinburgh, Apr 2017

Operation Odyssey is one of two games at Can You Escape, and got off to a good start when the operator gave the surprisingly detailed initial briefing in character. The level of costume was simple but the effort adds to the game. The briefing include… (more)

Enigma Room: The Bank Job

Sheffield, Apr 2017

Whilst checking out which rooms to try in Sheffield during a quick visit to the Snooker, we stumbled upon Enigma Rooms. A three-venue franchise outfit based initially in Doncaster, but now including Sheffield and Retford.

Handily located on Sheffie… (more)

Handmade Mysteries: Poppa Plock’s Wonky Workshop

London, Apr 2017

During our introduction from Wynne, a mechanical toy / human, he asked us „Who’d pay real money to get locked in a room, just to get out of it again? With strangers!“. He has a point. I’d suggest he was a wind-up merchant, but he was, quite literally… (more)

Adventox: Mission X

London, Apr 2017

This game was originally listed as ‚Terror Alert in London‘, and the operators made the sensible decision to rename it when real-world events made the original name appear in questionable taste. In either guise it’s a variant on the common bomb defus… (more)

Adventox: Alcatraz: No Way Out

London, Apr 2017

It really lifts a game when the physical location has been decorated with care and skill. When the designers have put in the work to include clever, creative ideas that not only go beyond just ’solve a puzzle to get the code for a padlock‘ but also s… (more)

Escape London: Escape Casino

London, Apr 2017

Casino is in many ways a fairly traditional escape game, but with the twist that you may have the option of escaping without solving everything in the room. Players may therefore find that they’ve opened the final door, but choose to delay their exit… (more)

Ex(c)iting Game: Project: The Diamond

Oxford, Mar 2017

Ex(c)iting Games‘ second room is refreshingly well-lit, a relief after Warehouse. It also has a novel twist: in the briefing we were warned that a security guard might sometimes look into the room, so when we heard footsteps we had ten seconds to hid… (more)

Ex(c)iting Game: The Warehouse

Oxford, Mar 2017

Ex(c)iting Games is a small independent company conveniently located right next to the Headington bus stop on the route to London, and Warehouse was the first of their two rooms that we played.

My heart sunk rather in the pre-game briefing when the … (more)

Clockwork Dog: Loop

London, Mar 2017

Hidden behind a non-descriptive shop front facade, the staff greeted us in a very friendly way and in full character. Some reservations I had about the small waiting area were quickly dispelled, since it immediately felt like we were in an immersive … (more)

Thinking Outside The Box: Merlin’s Mystery

Peterborough, Feb 2017

It was with some wide-eyed excitement that I booked a slot for three at Merlin, Thinking Outside The Box’s second room. Excitement mainly because their previous room „Stranded!“ is one of my favourite UK rooms and I had been checking their page every… (more)