Tag Archives: a bit different
Agent November: Robyn Yew
London, Jun 2018
In a complete break with all precedent, I tried an outdoor escape game on a sunny summer’s day instead of in freezing rain – astonishingly it turns out that that’s a better way to play! This was the first of three games for Agent November’s big 2018 … (more)
The Paradox Project
Athens, Jun 2018
Your uncle used to run a mine in Africa. Now “the Bitter Truth” is hidden inside his flat. Your job is to find it and make sure it’s safe.
The paradox project is an unusual escape game in a number of ways. First, both the reception area (with refre… (more)
Clue HQ Brentwood: Sacrifice
Brentwood, Jun 2018
Sacrifice, currently the newest game at Clue HQ Brentwood, is a versus game; not in the sense that they run two identical copies of a stand-alone so that two teams can compete head to head, but using the rarer configuration where a single room pits o… (more)
Trapped: What If?
Bucharest, May 2018
Many of the escape game owners I chatted to in Bucharest were themselves enthusiasts, who gave mostly overlapping recommendations for games to play in the city. Trapped’s What If? was an exception to that, a game that was mentioned usually as a ‘love… (more)
Namco Funscape: Secret Agent In China
London, May 2018
Namco’s games arcade near Waterloo contains one of the more unusual escape room experiences I’ve played, and when I tried their original game a year ago it was also among the worst. The format is bizarre by UK standards, although apparently common in… (more)
Cryptx: The Jewellery Heist
Cambridgeshire, Mar 2018
Located half an hour’s drive outside Cambridge city centre, Cryptx isn’t the easiest location to get to but from their booking calendar seem to manage to attract a steady stream of teams nonetheless. They emphasise that they’re an enthusiast-run oper… (more)
Trapp’d: Madame Curio’s Cirque Delirium
Peterborough, Feb 2018
Trapp’d expanded last year to three branches, with the two games in Peterborough being their newest. Cirque Delirium is a carnival theme, where a sinister circus seems to be enslaving its visitors, and you have the usual 60 minutes to find a way out … (more)
Inkwell Investigations: Murder History
London, Feb 2018
There are very few escape games that are played outdoor, and I always seem to end up playing them in the wrong season. For Murder History, it was a bruisingly cold February morning, though one with dry and pleasant weather. I should note also that Mu… (more)
Locked: Labyrint
Ghent, Jan 2018
I’m tempted to start this review with ‘Labyrint is not an escape room’, but that’s not true – it is an escape room, it’s just a rather unusual one. It seems its creator conceived of and built it entirely independently, without having discovere… (more)