Tag Archives: Escape The Crate

Escape The Crate: Episode 6: Extinction

Room-in-a-box, Feb 2018

Escape The Crate has now been running for a year, and it is to the credit of the designers that they’ve never gotten lazy and settled into a predictable rut. While the format remains constant and some puzzle types make recurring appearances, they kee… (more)

Escape The Crate: Chapter 5: Escape the Lost Colony

Room-in-a-box, Nov 2017

A small disappointment with the Crate series has always been that despite the name they actually arrive as a plain brown cardboard box. The fifth chapter is a nice step up in this respect – although it’s certainly not an actual crate, it’s now a much… (more)

Escape The Crate: Chapter 4: The Trials of Houdini

Room-in-a-box, Sep 2017

With episode 3, I had worried that the slight decrease in quality from the first couple of episodes would be permanent; Trials of Houdini reassures that that’s not the case.

This episode is set in early 20th century Coney Island, where you must navi… (more)

Escape The Crate: Chapter 3: Escape The Colosseum

Room-in-a-box, Sep 2017

Episode 3 was actually the first of the Escape The Crate series I played, due to the order the boxes were delivered in (and a certain lack of patience on my part). I’m quite glad of that, since it’s a step down from the first two episodes, particular… (more)

Escape The Crate: Chapter 2: Escape the Queen Anne’s Revenge

Room-in-a-box, Sep 2017

The second Escape The Crate episode places you on Blackbeard’s pirate ship, searching for an anomalous object that risks overturning the course of history, also advancing the larger story introduced in the first episode.

With many subscription-base… (more)

Escape The Crate: Chapter 1: Escape the Confederate Spymistress

Room-in-a-box, Sep 2017

With the ever-increasing number of play-at-home escape games coming onto the market, I guess it was a matter of time until someone tried a subscription-based version – and that’s exactly what Escape The Crate have done. You sign up in advance to a tw… (more)

Escape The Crate: Chapter 0: The Midnight Express

Room-in-a-box, Sep 2017

The subscription series of play at home games from Escape The Crate includes an online-only game. This is free to play without purchase… up to the halfway point, beyond which you can’t progress without a cipher key from episode 1. If you own episod… (more)