Category Archives: UK

AIM Escape: Spy Heroes

London, Oct 2018

After playing AIM Escape’s first two games on an earlier occasion, we took advantage of a pre-Halloween offer to try their other two on a Friday lunchtime. First up was Spy Heroes, the sort of super-spy story where the bad guy is called Mr. Supervill… (more)

Clue Finders: The Tomb

Liverpool, Sep 2018

The second room at Clue Finders is Egyptian themed, and has you in search of a secret tomb. I was a little cast down to find that we’d entered a room decorated as a study rather than anything more ancient in appearance, but the game has secrets to un… (more)

Clue Finders: Remy’s Room

Liverpool, Sep 2018

Now over three and a half years old, Clue Finders are practically ancient by escape room standards. It’s a fast-moving industry and many rooms that appeared early, however impressive at the time, often compare poorly to the latest openings. Remy’s Ro… (more)

Clue HQ: The Betrayal of Cluetankhamun

Wirral, Sep 2018

Two of the many things I’ve learned from escape games are: if you enter an ancient tomb it’s certain to be trapped and/or cursed; and any such trap or curse will take precisely sixty minutes to take effect. Clue HQ’s Egyptian theme is one of their mo… (more)

Clue HQ: Detonation

Wirral, Sep 2018

Many of Clue HQ’s games share a recurring villain by the name of Danny Badd, and Detonation’s premise is straightforward: you’re trapped in a building that this scoundrel has rigged to blow up. Fortunately, he’s a villain with a sense of sportsmanshi… (more)

Wirral Escape Rooms: The Curse of the Golden Lion

Wirral, Sep 2018

I was just a little bit nervous about playing and reviewing this game, because it’s designed and run by the escape room blogger behind Brit of an Escape Habit, one of the most prolific and well-known … (more)

Breakout Liverpool: Warped

Liverpool, Sep 2018

We played five games at Breakout’s Liverpool branch, and I’ve played a couple of theirs in Cardiff as well, and of those Warped is definitely the one I found most interesting and the one I’d recommend most warmly. It’s a time travel story, played for… (more)

Breakout Liverpool: Shipwrecked

Liverpool, Sep 2018

In Shipwrecked you’re seeking pirate gold on a haunted shipwreck. Although theoretically haunted, fortunately the captain’s ghost has generously decided to leave you alone for an hour before returning to drag you screaming to the bottom of the ocean,… (more)

Breakout Liverpool: Cursed Carnival

Liverpool, Sep 2018

Rated as the easiest of Breakout Liverpool’s games, we added Cursed Carnival to our schedule partly for the theme and partly just because it was available at a convenient slot time. With most of Breakout’s games being on the easy side for experienced… (more)

Breakout Liverpool: Classified

Liverpool, Sep 2018

Billed as the prequel to Breakout’s Sabotage game, Classified has you attempting to pass a set of tests to prove that you have what it takes to become a secret agent. Many game stories struggle to explain why you have a room full of puzzles to solve … (more)