Category Archives: International

Puzzle Rooms: Time Machine

Prague, Jul 2015

Rated between 3 and 4 out of 5
We made a point of playing this room because the concept sounded fun – the team split in different time zones, co-operating to find a way to re-unite and escape. (The operators described it that way to us before we booked, so I’m not counting that as… (more)

Cryptex: Bomb

Prague, Jul 2015

Rated between 2.5 and 3 out of 5
There was a nice contraption for one of the puzzles… that unfortunately didn’t work properly for either of our teams. It was a reasonable room, definitely on the hard side so perhaps worth trying for teams looking for a challenge; but on the whole … (more)

Cryptex: Lost Treasure

Prague, Jul 2015

Rated between 2.5 and 4 out of 5
Like Cryptex’s other room, the decor is fairly simple. I remember this room as an example of how use of UV can be frustrating: there were a considerable number of scraps of paper and other objects, and when we unearthed a UV torch we then had to labo… (more)

Mind Maze: Enigma

Prague, Jul 2015

Rated between 3 and 4.5 out of 5
Interestingly, I’ve never yet played a WW2-themed escape room that I didn’t enjoy. Maybe the era just lends itself to high quality props and nice theming.
The opening sequence of this room was particularly satisfying; while the similarly-themed Lond… (more)

Mind Maze: Alchemist’s Room

Prague, Jul 2015

Rated 3.5 out of 5
I have a soft spot for this one since it was the first time we completed a room to find that we’d beaten the record. On the other hand, that meant we rattled through in just over twenty minutes and so got less puzzle time than expected!
Lovely decor… (more)

Exite: 4 Elements

Helsinki, Jun 2016

Rated between 3 and 4 out of 5
The theming in this room is not as strong as in Exite’s others, and it has a somewhat linear sequence of puzzles. It uses a progression through the elements structure, which both helps give a sense of clear progress and also fits with the abstract bu… (more)