Tag Archives: traditional

ExCLUEsive Games: The Swindler

Newbury, Jan 2018

The Swindler is loosely based around the idea of Lady Humbug, a 1950s con artist. The story talks a little about time-travelling to unravel her mystery. It’s probably better to think of it as an investigation that uncovers a room untouched since the … (more)

Reykjavik Escape: The Scientist

Reykjavik, Jan 2018

Reykjavik Escape is, at time of writing, the only escape venue in Iceland. Located a little to the east of the main tourist district, they have a set of four rooms with fairly standard themes, and we picked the science-themed one over the prison, kid… (more)

History Mystery: Archived Alive!

Norwich, Dec 2017

In Archived Alive! your mission is to rescue the local historian, who has managed to lock himself in the vaults. As he explains to you in the intro video, the poor fellow has been there three days without food or water, and since he’s also worried ab… (more)

Ipswich Escape Rooms: The Secret Clubhouse

Ipswich, Dec 2017

You might find the backstory for this game a little perplexing: it involves a boy called Jan Tleskac who has a flying bicycle, and a certain puzzle called ‚the Hedgehog in the Cage‘. It is in fact based on a series of Czech 1940s children’s stories, … (more)

Porto Exit Games: Port Wine Sabotage

Porto, Nov 2017

The more escape games I play, the more I enjoy unusual, genre-breaking games that play with immersion or story-telling or unexpected twists, and I’ll usually prefer something ambitious but flawed over solid, standard game. Even so, quality can beat n… (more)

Lisbon Escape Game: The Spy Room

Lisbon, Nov 2017

Lisbon’s oldest escape game draws for inspiration on the city’s long time reputation as a centre for espionage, with the game’s aim being to sneak into, and then escape from, the apartment of a famous spy. It was built at a time when escape rooms wer… (more)

Lock and Code: The Last Victim

Weston-super-mare, Aug 2017

Lock and Code is currently Weston-super-mare’s only escape game venue, and it’s an enthusiast-run operation split across two locations. Their original location with their first two games is a little way out of town, and their third game is in a separ… (more)

Do Stuff Escape Games: Pie & Mash Shop

London, Aug 2017

There are common escape game themes and uncommon ones, but I’d confidently predict that Do Stuff are the only company in the world with a game themed around a pie & mash shop. There is more to the plot than just the cheap diner theme though: the owne… (more)

Scavenger Escape: Mozart’s Mystery

Salzburg, Aug 2017

Scavengers Escape’s Salzburg branch has three games, and our choice to play the Mozart one was mainly dictated by timing and by it being described as the hardest of their games. It seemed likely to be another game based around padlocks and old furnit… (more)

Mystery Rooms: Captain’s Secret

Munich, Aug 2017

By all rights Mystery Rooms ought to have been quite sick of us after we moved our booking time to an earlier slot, called again a few minutes later to bump it back to its original time, then arrived at the game a full twenty minutes late. But they w… (more)