Schlagwort-Archive: medieval

History Mystery: The Merchants‘ Vaults

Norwich, Aug 2018

Having located their previous games in Norwich’s Guildhall and in a historic church, History Mystery’s latest is set the medieval undercroft below Brideswell Museum. This is a ghostly grey space of elegant ancient arches and crumbling walls, simultan… (more)

Citiclue Athens: Dragon Quest

Athens, Jun 2018

Your lord has assigned you the task of stealing three dragon eggs in the castle, by gaining information about rival factions. This, then, is an unashamed rip off of a well known fantasy franchise.

The room has a nice amount of physicality to it, in … (more)

Clue HQ Brentwood: Dungeon of Doom

Brentwood, Jun 2018

The Brentwood branch of Clue HQ has an unusual location out in the Essex countryside next to a Cold War era nuclear defence bunker, which we didn’t have time to visit as well but which seems a highly appropriate neighbour for an escape room venue, ev… (more)

TimeTrap Escape Rooms: Rebellion – 1136

Reading, Mar 2018

Few escape games open with an explanation of one of the more obscure parts of English history, but Rebellion does and pulls it off smoothly. As the intro succinctly explains, you’re travelling back to the 12th century to retrieve the royal crown for … (more)

Exit: The Forbidden Castle

Room-in-a-box, Nov 2017

Last of the Exit games until they finish translating the next four in the series, Forbidden Castle is marked as a harder game (4/5 difficulty, where Polar Station and Forgotten Island are marked as 3/5) and is my favourite so far. It follows the usua… (more)

TimeQuest: The Quest to Save Camelot

Tonbridge, Aug 2017

Every once in a while I find myself in the odd position of having not enjoyed playing a game, and yet still thinking it was a good game that I’d be happy to encourage other people to play, and that was the case with TimeQuest’s Camelot game.

TimeQue… (more)

Code to Exit: The Dark Ages

Altrincham, Jul 2017

Code To Exit is based in Altrincham on the outskirts of Manchester, about half an hour by car from the city centre, built and run by a couple of Hungarian business partners. There’s a particular style of escape room that I think of as Hungarian, bein… (more)

Make Your Escape: Spellbound

Derby, Jul 2017

A hot, muggy day to combat and an overnight stay beforehand was needed to make this double-header at Make Your Escape – Derby a possibility. Keen to branch these reviews out into the uncharted territories of the Midlands, we made the trek to Derby to… (more)

Respublica Obscura: Libertas

Dubrovnik, Apr 2017

Respublica Obscura embroils you in a conspiracy set in a period of Dubrovnik’s history where the city was an independent republic under the shadow of the Ottoman Empire, though I was never completely clear whether I was trying to foil the conspiracy … (more)

Dubrovnik Escape Room: Save King’s Landing!

Dubrovnik, Apr 2017

Dubrovnik’s first escape room draws on the city’s alter ego as King’s Landing in Game of Thrones, and while you don’t need any knowledge of the TV series or books, fans will enjoy the references to events in those.

Stepping into this room gave a rar… (more)