Schlagwort-Archive: abstract

Trapped: What If?

Bucharest, May 2018

Many of the escape game owners I chatted to in Bucharest were themselves enthusiasts, who gave mostly overlapping recommendations for games to play in the city. Trapped’s What If? was an exception to that, a game that was mentioned usually as a ‚love… (more)

Cambridge Escape Rooms: Heaven and Hell

Cambridge, Feb 2018

Having had the one room for quite some time, the original Cambridge ER venue, based in an industrial estate just out of the town centre, Cambridge Escape Rooms now have three rooms to choose from.

Just like their original room, the designs, puzzles … (more)

Porto Exit Games: Lost Memories

Porto, Nov 2017

Lost Memories was the second game we played at Porto Escape Game, and we were surprised to be ushered into the game without any briefing and without even depositing our belongings anywhere. That was because the briefing happened by video after we’d e… (more)

Trapp’d: The Monosphere

Northampton, Aug 2017

Trapp’d’s Northampton branch (and only now do I notice how awkward their name is to apostrophise) has two games at time of writing, and the first one we tried was Monosphere. This game has the original premise that you are… in an escape room. Howev… (more)

The Real Escape: The Guardians of the Elixir

Portsmouth, Jun 2017

Guardians is an unusual, single concept game. The backstory has you unlocking the mystical secrets of the 22 brightest stars in the sky to retrieve a magical elixir. This slightly abstract theme translates to a room decorated mainly in black with an … (more)

City Mazes: Operation Spaced X

Oxford, Feb 2017

You start this game in an empty white room, with no visible puzzles or clues. This is the second game I’ve played that used this idea, which I believe is ‚inspired‘ by a famous room in Budapest, and of the two I’ve done this is the more successful im… (more)

AIEscape: Leo’s Path

London, Nov 2016

This is a rather unusual, distinctive room. Firstly, it’s deliberately and explicitly linear, with one puzzle leading to the next until you reach the end. Secondly, there’s pretty much no searching involved. It’s also a pretty and at times quite poet… (more)

Hidden Rooms: Invisible Space

London, May 2016

I hope to never see such a shoddy escape room again. Both our teams completed it in an absurdly short time, and while I’d like to claim that was due to our genius I’m pretty sure it was the room’s fault. Both our teams encountered multiple puzzles th… (more)