Tag Archives: traditional

Escape Room Skopje: The Cult

Skopje, Mar 2020

Escape Room Skopje’s website is artistic and clever and fairly impenetrable, at least if you don’t read Macedonian, so I recommend using their Facebook page to book. Their game The Cult appears to have been Skopje’s first escape room; they also have … (more)

Adventure Vault: The Scandal

Shrewsbury, Jun 2019

After playing the medieval-style The Beginning at Adventure Vault, we went straight on to their other game, The Scandal. This has no connection to the other in plot, theme or style: the noir setting seemed set somewhere in the 20th Century, and you a… (more)

Escape Rooms Paignton: The Great Train Robbery

Paignton, May 2019

Planning a busy day of escape rooms is logistically complex, and often the simplest option is to play as many games as possible at a single venue before moving on to the next. Once in a while this has the unfortunate consequence that you play a game … (more)

Escape Rooms Paignton: The Agatha Christie Mystery

Paignton, May 2019

Many escape rooms are tucked away in out of town industrial parks, or hidden in dubious alleyways on the cheaper side of town, or confined to an unwanted upstairs floor above a different business. In contrast, Escape Rooms Paignton have an imposing f… (more)

Devon Escape: Professor Enright’s Enigma

Newton Abbot, May 2019

On my last trip to Devon two years ago, there were a handful of rooms available from three companies, all located in Exeter and Plymouth. Much has changed and at time of writing there are 14 venues spread out across the country. This time round we st… (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)

Bust Out 360: Taken

Slough, Sep 2018

One of several companies that have opened in the last year between London and Reading, Bust Out 360 have launched with a classic serial killer scenario: blindfolded and handcuffed with an ominous voice promising you an unpleasant fate, just as soon a… (more)

Break Escape: Boiling Point

Loughborough, Aug 2018

As might not be instantly clear from the name, Boiling Point is set in a police station. Your task is to retrieve the critical evidence needed to put away each of a gang of ne’er-do-wells; however, since the gang in question are understandably not ke… (more)

Cryptic Escapes: The Treasure of Green Beard

Norwich, Aug 2018

Since this review is inevitably going to degenerate into a rant about ‘good’ difficulty versus ‘bad’ difficulty in escape rooms, let’s start on a more positive note. The Treasure of Green Beard is nicely presented, a traditionally structured escape r… (more)

Omega Agency: La Planque d’Ali

Ghent, Jun 2018

I tend to assume that any hint of an Egyptian theme in a game’s description means an Indiana Jones style tomb adventure, but this one is very clear that that’s not the case: you’re attempting to retrieve an artifact from the office of an egyptologist… (more)