Schlagwort-Archive: archaeology

The Game: The Lost City

Skopje, Mar 2020

The Game had two escape rooms available, of which only one is playable by a team of two – although I’d probably have picked Lost City anyway. because the promo pictures looked pretty. Those pictures were not misleading – it has some lovely jungle dec… (more)

Adrenaline Escape: Labyrinth

Wigan, Jun 2019

The second game I played at Adrenaline Escape, Labyrinth is based on the legend of the Minotaur and the labyrinth of King Minos of Crete. No escape room is going to be able to create a vast network of underground corridors where you can wander for da… (more)

No Exit: The Tomb of the Pharaoh

Bolton, Apr 2019

Squeezing in a quick extra escape room in Bolton my choices were limited. No Exit purchase their game designs, and I’d played three of their four games at other venues, so Tomb of the Pharaoh was the only option. The friendly gamemaster gave us their… (more)

Enigma Escape Game: La malédiction de Toutânkhamon

Marrakech, Dec 2018

Morocco is not exactly a hotbed of escape rooms; there are only a handful of venues throughout the country, and only one in Marrakech. Located away from the central Medina alongside a water park and a golfing range, Enigma Escape Game is a French ope… (more)

Quest Room: Red Giant

Los Angeles, Nov 2018

Before playing Red Giant both I and my teammates kept assuming that it would be a space game; however, the name refers not to a type of star but to the fabled gem for which you’re searching, somewhere deep inside an Egyptian pyramid, making this one … (more)

Escape Room LA: The Pyramid

Los Angeles, Nov 2018

I probably shouldn’t admit that I only realised The Pyramid was Mayan themed not Egyptian during the game’s briefing – I went straight from recommendation to booking page without actually stopping to read anything about the game along the way. But ei… (more)

Clue Finders: The Tomb

Liverpool, Sep 2018

The second room at Clue Finders is Egyptian themed, and has you in search of a secret tomb. I was a little cast down to find that we’d entered a room decorated as a study rather than anything more ancient in appearance, but the game has secrets to un… (more)

Clue HQ: The Betrayal of Cluetankhamun

Wirral, Sep 2018

Two of the many things I’ve learned from escape games are: if you enter an ancient tomb it’s certain to be trapped and/or cursed; and any such trap or curse will take precisely sixty minutes to take effect. Clue HQ’s Egyptian theme is one of their mo… (more)

Break Escape: The Sands of Time

Loughborough, Aug 2018

Don’t make a room unnecessarily dark; or if you do, make sure every player has a satisfactorily strong source of light. That’s a subjective opinion, and not everyone agrees with it, but it’s one I’ll argue for until I’m blue in the face. If it’s an o… (more)

The Escapement: Egyptian Exodus

Margate, Jul 2018

If you’ve played a fair number of escape rooms, you’ve probably seen the inside of several Egyptian pyramids. While you can be pretty confident they’ll be liberally decorated with hieroglyphics, there’s plenty of variation in style, light levels and … (more)