Category Archives: Edinburgh

Locked In Edinburgh: The Distillery

Edinburgh, Apr 2017

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
With Distillery, Locked In continue their exceptional standard of theming and props. Here the equipment used for the room comes courtesy of an actual gin distillery elsewhere in the building, and it looks fantastic.
The largest and most impressive i… (more)

Locked In Edinburgh: Animal Hospital

Edinburgh, Apr 2017

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
Many escape game venues are in commercial office space, or a spare room in a pub. It’s quite a surprise therefore to walk into the grand entrance of the Summerhall building where Locked In are based. Nor is the location incidental to the game: Animal… (more)

Exit Plan: Svengali’s Lair

Edinburgh, Apr 2017

Rated between 4 and 4.5 out of 5
Svengali’s Lair has a great start, a memorable finish, and plenty of nice touches in between. The theme is a little more tongue-in-cheek than their other two games, with a vaudevillian bad guy taunting the players over the audio system as they attemp… (more)

Exit Plan: Framed!

Edinburgh, Apr 2017

Rated 4 out of 5
A killer is loose, and the players have an hour to identify them and clear their names, searching for evidence inside the victim’s house.
Like Exit Plan’s other rooms, there’s a bit of a sense of the puzzles having been combined ad-hoc, with no part… (more)

Exit Plan: The Tesla Cube

Edinburgh, Apr 2017

Rated 3.5 out of 5
This game is a contender for a record for sheer things to do in a room. Insofar as the satisfaction of playing an escape game comes from successfully solving puzzles, this one provides a continual stream of small victories.
The titular Tesla Cube is… (more)