Category Archives: International

Find Exit: The Bank Job

Riga, Jul 2017

The Bank Job starts in darkness, and I was pleased to be supplied with not just the usual hand-held torches but also lens-less glasses with mini torches built into the frame, which both make the darkness less annoying and had a nice elite cat burglar… (more)

Phobia: Houdini Escape

Paris, Jul 2017

Houdini is a prison escape game with a twist. The briefing describes how Houdini himself is the only prisoner to escape this jail, and you need to beat his escape time of 60 minutes to prove yourself worthy of joining the great man on tour. Also, the… (more)

Phobia: Da Vinci Code

Paris, Jul 2017

Having been thoroughly impressed by Claustrophobia’s franchises in Tallinn and Amsterdam (though the latter is now Questomatica), I made a point of booking into their two rooms in Paris. As well as impressive sets, the Russian company’s rules stipula… (more)

Mystery Escape: The Mayan Prophecy

Paris, Jul 2017

Mystery Escape have games in two locations, so if playing make sure you go to the right branch! We booked in for their Mayan game, in which an asteroid is hurtling towards Earth and a mysteriously well-preserved Mayan pyramid may hold the key to stop… (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)

Escape Room Sarajevo: Mystery

Sarajevo, Apr 2017

When we visited Sarajevo’s first (but no longer only) escape venue, finding it involved navigation of a deserted industrial estate quite some way out from the city centre – but they’re in the process of relocating to a very central location, so it sh… (more)

Wrażenia: Czerwonej Królowej (Red Queen’s Court)

Warsaw, Mar 2017

Wrażenia had only been open for around a month when we visited, and Red Queen’s Court is their first and so far only game. It’s also the second game we played in Warsaw with an Alice In Wonderland theme.

They have a pricing gimmick that may appeal t… (more)

FunEscape: Zen Master

Warsaw, Mar 2017

FunEscape is located some way out of Warsaw centre. On the Sunday lunchtime we visited, there seemed to be a children’s birthday party visiting (room escapes in Warsaw appear to sometimes cater for a younger audience than most UK games), and the wait… (more)

FunEscape: Lost Girl

Warsaw, Mar 2017

This room started with great promise. After an interesting initial setup in the first room, I was very disappointed with the remainder.

They had gone for a dark room, which can be done very well; this wasn’t. At least two of the torches weren’t pow… (more)