Tag Archives: archaeology

Get Out: The Curse of Horus

Lille, Jun 2018

Compulsively looking for another game to squeeze into our schedule before heading back to the U.K., we found Get Out happy to find us a slot at short notice, and also friendly about advising us on which of their five rooms we should play. On their re… (more)

Escape Arena: The Last Adventure of Indiana Jones

Bucharest, May 2018

By what I can only assume is a curious coincidence, every time I’ve played an escape game hosted in a pub it’s turned out well. (And no, I don’t drink before playing games, so it’s not because of the reviewer equivalent of beer goggles!) Perhaps less… (more)

The Room: The Lost Treasure

Berlin, Nov 2017

I’ve seen more than one enthusiast describe Lost Treasure as the best escape room in Europe. Of course, tastes vary, and no one person can play more than a selection of the games available, so clearly any such claim is only a matter of subjective opt… (more)

House of Tales: The Secret of the Pharaohs

Berlin, Nov 2017

House of Tales’ take on an Egyptian game had perhaps the longest intro story I remember in any game. Very abbreviated, it went something like this: there’s a cursed vase that you bought and attempted to return in a case of supernaturally-induced buye… (more)

Game Over: Forbidden Temple of Montezuma

Derby, Oct 2017

With a gap between games, we rang Game Over’s doorbell on the off chance they had a slot free, and they were able to oblige with Montezuma, which they described as their hardest game.

The backstory involves following in the footsteps of your vanishe… (more)

Room Lockdown: Escape the Curse of King Anum

London, Sep 2017

Our third Room Lockdown game was their Egyptian themed room, where the team is of course trapped inside an ancient pyramid with an hour to solve the pharaoh’s riddles or be trapped forever.

Different games make wildly differing attempts at creating … (more)

Escape Room: The Mummy

Tallinn, Jul 2017

With a couple of hours spare before leaving Tallinn, naturally we squeezed in one final escape game, and the only venue who could provide a game in the narrow time window we had available was Escape Room, who we’d visited on a previous trip. The only… (more)

Other World Escapes: Mayan

Southampton, Aug 2017

Playing lots of escape rooms trains a curious set of skills – for example, I now find that I can read Mayan numerals without the need for a look-up chart. (They are admittedly very straightforward.) The latest Mayan themed game we played was at Other… (more)

Extremescape: Lost Tomb

Peak District, Jul 2017

Extremescape’s first game was a big, brilliant pirate game. Their second is loosely inspired by Indiana Jones, and it somehow manages to be even better. Like Pirate Ship, Lost Tomb is a 90 minute game. Where Pirate Ship injects a moment or two of une… (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)