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Lock Paper Scissors: Escape Game Z

Room-in-a-box, Aug 2017

Rated 3 out of 5
Lock Paper Scissors do ‘escape game kits’, primarily intended so that you can host an escape game for friends or family, with materials provided on a print and play basis. They currently have four available aimed at different ages, with Escape Room Z… (more)

Exit The Room: Zombie

Salzburg, Aug 2017

Rated 3.5 out of 5
Exit The Room were kind enough to let us play this game 90 mins earlier than we’d booked in for – we didn’t tell them that we wanted to change the time so that we could go try one of their competitor’s rooms too.
Despite the name, there are no zombi… (more)

Fox in a Box: Prison

Munich, Aug 2017

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
The opening sequence of Prison has a striking similarity to that of another game I’ve played elsewhere, despite no official connection between the companies that I’m aware of. Fox in a Box have certainly had this game open longer than the other venue… (more)

Fox in a Box: Bunker 17

Munich, Aug 2017

Rated 4 out of 5
Fox in a Box has grown into a significant international franchise, but until now I’d never quite managed to play one of their rooms. The branch in Munich seemed like a good chance to change that, and we booked into their Bunker 17 game.
The bunker i… (more)

Popup Escapes: The Case of the Dynamo Diamonds

London, Aug 2017

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
With my escape game addiction thoroughly out of control, I often have 5-10 booked games in the diary at any one moment and it’s not unusual to turn up to a game with only the vaguest memory of what it was called or what the theme was. In this case, I… (more)