Schlagwort-Archive: good for experienced teams

Paradox Project: The Bookshop

Athens, May 2019

I’ve been eager to play Paradox Project’s original three-hour game ever since I heard about it. I’m now heartily glad I didn’t play it sooner – because if I had, I’d have missed out on the chance to also play its 200 minute sequel. The first is an ex… (more)

mostly harmless…: Escape The Jacket

London, Feb 2019

February in London means the Vault Festival is back, with a smorgasbord of theatre, comedy and more experimental shows; and escape room company Mostly Harmless return with another pop-up escape game. This one moves away from their previous sci-fi des… (more)

Cluequest: cQ OriGENES

London, Nov 2018

A new game from Cluequest is a rare and much-anticipated thing. One of the very first U.K. operators, they took the approach of running many copies of their games in parallel rather than churning out lots of different games, and when they do release … (more)

Stash House

Los Angeles, Nov 2018

Stash House’s focus on immersion is clear from before you enter the venue, with the entrance being an nondescript door free of any sign that this is an escape room. This is a crime story, with you as new recruits for a drug gang run by a smooth unsav… (more)

La Pièce: L’Odyssée de la Pièce

Paris, Oct 2018

At time of writing, La Pièce’s second game is only listed on the French version of their website; if you go through the booking pages in English you’ll see it listed only as an anonymous ‚La pièce 2‘. Don’t be put off though: not only is it fully Eng… (more)

Time Race: Vault 17

Bury, Sep 2018

Vault 17 is a game with a reputation. A couple of months after it opened, word spread that it had a zero percent success rate – not a single team had beaten it. Of course, that’s not a good thing in an escape room. It’s easy to make an escape room un… (more)

Escapologic: Chronos

Leicester, Aug 2018

Having waxed enthusiastic about the big elaborate sets in the other Escapologic Leicester games, I’m going to now declare Chronos my favourite of the three, even though it’s physically the smallest. But it packs a great deal into that space, with som… (more)

AI Escape: Project Delta

London, Aug 2018

AIEscape’s previous game Kill M.A.D. has been the London escape room I recommend most often and enthusiastically for a little while now, so to say I’ve been eagerly awaiting their new sci-fi game would be an understatement. Project Delta casts you as… (more)

Escape Reading: Blown Away

Reading, Aug 2018

While there are a handful of hard-core enthusiasts who might attempt to play solo, for most players solving as a team is one of the joys of escape rooms. A disproportionate number of my most memorable moments in games have involved tasks that require… (more)

The Paradox Project

Athens, Jun 2018

Your uncle used to run a mine in Africa. Now „the Bitter Truth“ is hidden inside his flat. Your job is to find it and make sure it’s safe.

The paradox project is an unusual escape game in a number of ways. First, both the reception area (with refre… (more)