Joe Brown

The genre for this is best described more as a 'challenge arcade' than an escape room or at least from the minigames we played in it! I think if you go in expecting the immersion and puzzles of an escape room you'd be disappointed, but if you go in knowing these are more crystal maze-esque phyiscal / skill / mental challenges  you'll have a good time. 

We had a fun hour of 5 minute challenges, some were a bit worn already for a quite new experience but I understand they get much more use than a usual escape room, we probably would have preferred a 90 minute slot, or maybe the ability to pause between playing some rooms rather than rushing between to get the most of our hour. Great concept, best for small groups. 

US examples are Boda Borg or Level 99 but the closest other equivalent in the UK is probably Prison Island in Maidstone. 

A very crystal maze experience - more rooms and climbing & crawling than a typical escape room and lots of quite visceral physical puzzles, was a good fun time even with the chaos of 7 of us, would still recommend 4 people for the best experience. Always great hosting at this venue!

Strong atmospheric start to an impressive set off puzzles well themed to the story. Some great mechanics and good team challenges.

Amazing building, multiple rooms, decent host and some special immersive moments with cool tech and theming just let down by sometimes basic puzzles or sections that won't work without help from the game master. This made what could have been a really enjoyable experience quite stressful!

A couple puzzles had logic leaps which wasn't the case with other hounds rooms - perhaps this was their first room? But some of the other puzzles were really unique and really on theme. The immersion was top notch with this one, I think the russian portal vibe just really worked for me! 

The hosts are always brilliant, the sets are great, the puzzles are really decent and there's always wow moments with Hounds, really enjoyed this room.

Another large multiroom experience from Tulleys. We had a more experienced and enthusiastic GM than past experiences with them which helped the enjoyment too. For a newer room some of the puzzles felt a little dated but an action packed 60 minutes with plenty of unique elements

Great big sets and enthusiastic actors, just very puzzle light so don't go if you want to do many puzzles - or complete them for that matter as they'll rush you along. Some great physical bits though, worth it if you can go when it's on sale.

Awesome immersive experience, will be returning in the future for other expansions