Schlagwort-Archive: prison

Puzzlair: The Prison Van

Bristol, Jun 2017

Puzzlair is split across two venues, and strictly speaking Prison Van isn’t in either of them – it’s played in an actual prison van parked outside their Barton Road. If that sounds cramped – well, it’s a pretty big van, and there were only three of u… (more)

Escape Rooms Plymouth: H.M.P. The Clink

Plymouth, Jun 2017

The Clink comes with a warning on the website that it’s the venue’s hardest room and that teams should play one or two others before attempting it. The description also explains how the team will be separated into four separate jail cells, then parti… (more)

Enigma Escape: The Breakout

London, May 2017

The Breakout is Enigma Escape’s second room, which in their narrative continuity occurs before their other room, which I guess makes it a prequel. Despite the very different types of story (‚escape from a psycho‘ versus ‚break someone out of jail‘, t… (more)

Adventox: Alcatraz: No Way Out

London, Apr 2017

It really lifts a game when the physical location has been decorated with care and skill. When the designers have put in the work to include clever, creative ideas that not only go beyond just ’solve a puzzle to get the code for a padlock‘ but also s… (more)

Escape Room The Game: Prison Break

Room-in-a-box, Mar 2017

Escape Room The Game is one of the higher profile boxed escape games available, and comes as a boxed set of four scenarios plus a battery-operated decoder device. Although the four games can only be purchased as a single pack, I’m reviewing each scen… (more)

Incarcerated: Prisoner of War

Swindon, Feb 2017

Placing you in a Vietnam War prisoner-of-war jail cell, this is unquestionably the most search-heavy escape room I have ever done.

The game has an unusual feature: one member of the team is selected as the commander and imprisoned in a separate cell… (more)

Escape Reality: Alcatraz

Cardiff, Dec 2016

Alcatraz is a padlock-heavy, very linear game with a tendency towards fairly numeric puzzles. A good first impression was somewhat let down by some weaknesses of the game.

First of these was a puzzle where the clue for the answer was ambiguous, givi… (more)

Omescape: Penitentiary

London, Jul 2016

As a rule I enjoy rooms for large teams less. Even with experienced players, it’s difficult to co-ordinate effectively, and you end up spending too much time re-checking things that others have already looked at, or with some players less involved.

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Escape Room: Prison Break

Tallinn, Jun 2016

This is much more of a ’normal‘ room than the two others we did with this company, both in terms of difficulty level and style.

It’s a relatively small escape room, and both our teams finished it quickly, so experienced teams may find it on the easy… (more)

Exit Room: KGB

Tallinn, Jun 2016

The enthusiastic staff acting for the lead-in to this one was great, and definitely bumps it up a notch; it was also free of the frustrations I encountered in the other rooms from this company. Definitely my favourite of the three.(more)