Published on April 21st, 2017 | by Dean Love
After playing The Haunted Pub we had a short break before heading into The Gaol, CryptX’s second room. A bit more of a traditional escape room setting, you start in a jail with one team member ... Read More →
Published on April 20th, 2017 | by Dean Love
CryptX is based a few miles outside of Cambridge town centre, and having been there I’m still not entirely sure where it’s located. You essentially turn off the main road, drive half a mile through some fields, ... Read More →
Published on April 5th, 2017 | by Dean Love
The importance of location can vary a lot in escape rooms. Some are literally built in the historical place they’re themed around (such as Escape Room at Cromwell’s House). Others simply use the area as inspiration ... Read More →
Published on March 23rd, 2017 | by Dean Love
This review refers to the original version of Loop that ran as a pop up game in London. While that closed, the design has been bought by The Panic Room and has been re-opened at their ... Read More →
Published on March 10th, 2017 | by Dean Love
Okay – quick side bar. I used to work as a professional editor. Old colleagues of mine sometimes read this blog. So let’s be clear: this game is called The Pharaohs Curse. I mean they do, I ... Read More →
Published on March 8th, 2017 | by Dean Love
One of the more out-of-the-way locations for an escape room, Cliffhanger Rooms is in the small town of Newby Bridge in the southern part of the Lake District. Remote enough we may never have gotten to ... Read More →
clueQuest, London – Operation BlackSheep
Escape Rooms, London – Pharaoh’s Chamber
Time Run, London – The Lance of Longinus
Clockwork Dog, London – Loop
Co-decode, Swindon – Professor Dunstan and the Search for the Ancient Statuette
clueQuest, London – Room 52
Escape Rooms, London – Room 33
Escape Land, London – Age of Steampunk
Clockwork Dog Presents, London – Langstroth’s Last Riddle
Escape Plan, London – The Adventure Begins