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Escape Prod: The Daltons’ Escape

Brussels, Jan 2018

I’m told that Lucky Luke the cowboy and his hapless adversaries the Daltons are comic book characters with fame rivalling that of Asterix or Tintin, but I’d somehow never come across them until this escape room. For those equally unfamiliar with them… (more)

Chamber Challenge: The Lab

Brussels, Jan 2018

Squeezing in a short-notice visit to Chamber Challenge during a gap in our schedule, they kindly adjusted their schedule to allow us to play The Lab. The familiar-sounding theme turns out to have an unusual and gently educational premise that explore… (more)

Exciting Escapes: Dark Deeds and Groceries

Basingstoke, Dec 2017

With three successful games under their belt at their Southampton branch, Exciting Escapes have expanded to a second branch in Basingstoke, with one copy of their original game plus two new ones. Dark Deeds is the first of those new games and has a 1… (more)

Suffolk Food Hall: Gamekeeper’s Bothy

Ipswich, Dec 2017

After a chilly first game at Suffolk Food Hall, we were pleased to discover their other game had a portable fan heater in the corner – although the size of the space meant we still ended up taking intermittent breaks to go over and warm our hands ove… (more)

The Room: The Beast of Berlin

Berlin, Nov 2017

Second of the three games currently available at The Room, The Beast of Berlin has you investigating a serial killer, and is significantly darker than its two sibling games. Whereas I’d encourage you to play their other games with a team of 2-3, Beas… (more)

Twisted Rooms: Der Angriff (The Attack)

Hamburg, Nov 2017

Der Angriff, which translates to ‘The Attack’, is a bomb defusal game, or rather a missile defusal game. A nuclear missile is in flight and one hour away from impact in London, and you need to break into the command HQ and trigger its self-destruct m… (more)

Occultus Room Escape: Lands of Vera Cruz

Porto, Nov 2017

Vera Cruz was the name originally given to the trans-Atlantic territories claimed by early Portuguese explorers that later became Brazil. This game’s premise is that you are the discoverers of that land, captured by a Spanish fleet at Madeira in your… (more)

Lisbon Escape Game: The Spy Room

Lisbon, Nov 2017

Lisbon’s oldest escape game draws for inspiration on the city’s long time reputation as a centre for espionage, with the game’s aim being to sneak into, and then escape from, the apartment of a famous spy. It was built at a time when escape rooms wer… (more)

Escapologic: 13utcher

Nottingham, Oct 2017

Escapologic’s 13utcher/Butcher game is somewhere between infamous and legendary. On any visit to the venue whether you’re due to play it or not, you’re likely to hear stories of how extreme it is, how it’s the only 18-rated escape game in the UK (whi… (more)

Room Lockdown: Possessed Doll

London, Sep 2017

It’s taken me a long time to get out to the cluster of games at Room Lockdown in Hornchurch, partly because it’s a longer journey than some venues outside London, and partly because I had low expectations for the games. The company has five different… (more)