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Questionable Ethics – Hounds – Crawley

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I know this blog is mainly for kid-friendly Escape Rooms. But sometimes we have to play the non-kid friendly ones too, just as a comparison. It is the professional thing to do. At least, that’s my excuse for our child-free binge at the decidedly grown-up venue of Hounds in Crawley. Nothing to do with the cocktails in Hounds’ Kennel Klub bar. Nope, definitely not.

And it was absolutely worth it, particularly as this game is both really good fun and really not suitable for children. Check out how we got on by reading more here…

Heist – Thinking Outside The Box – Peterborough

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Disclaimer 1: this room isn’t really in Peterborough. Whittlesey is a very nice little market town on the outskirts of Peterborough. It just has a very low recognition rate, possibly because they can’t seem to decide whether to spell it Whittlesey or Whittlesea, so it seemed easier to classify it as Peterborough.

Disclaimer 2: the venue isn’t really Thinking Outside The Box, but instead The Old Coffee Tavern, a lovely cafe that hosts board games sessions.

The good news: this is definitely, absolutely, categorically, a heist.

Read about it here…

Claus’ Christmas Crash – Esc Rushden – Rushden

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It’s only November! I hear you cry (well, I suppose it depends on when you are reading this). But right now it is that wonderful time of the year when Escape Room venues start to flex their festive creative muscles with seasonal family-friendly pop-ups. We were lucky enough to get a sneak play of Esc Rushden‘s offering, a few days before the official opening. Read about it here…

Lost Temple of Yumiko – Trapp’d – Northampton

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This was a grudge match – Teenage Avenger and his crew went and played this game without me last year, escaping in 58 minutes. So I gathered my own team of intrepid explorers and set off to the perilous badlands of central Northampton to see if we could do any better.

Read how we got on here…