A lure of Escape Rooms is being the star of your own film. Some rooms are a bit B-movie, some are distinctly am-dram. I’d never before played a game quite as Hollywood blockbuster as The Lost Treasure of Alexander von Humboldt. Read on here..
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Houdini’s Workshop – Deadlocked – Northampton
Harry Houdini. The Great Houdini, “world famous jailbreaker and Handcuff King”, master of mystery, icon of escapology. Basically, this guy should be the patron saint of Escape Rooms. Enough about him. Want to read about how we got on with being handcuffed, shackled and thrown in a box? Read more here…
Egyptian Tomb – LockHouse – Cambridge
A rare child-free review from a child-friendly venue… Aunty Ant visited LockHouse/Lockhouse in Cambridge.
We picked Egyptian Tomb as there was just the two of us, Armageddon is a good room for large groups and Secret Agent is the hardest room, so it seemed our best option…read on here…
Edgar The Explorer – Puzzlescape – Dereham
It is tricky trying to find an Escape Room that will take a team of seven plus a non-playing (non-paying) six year old. Puzzlescape at Dereham has accommodated us before (despite not having the most spacious of rooms) so…read more here
Santa’s Stowaway – Want To Escape – Rushden
Christmas Escape Rooms have not really been on my radar. Not Escape Rooms at Christmas, of course: any gathering is an excuse to chuck in a game or two – here I mean specifically Christmas-themed rooms. They’re just not something I would get super-excited about. Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas. But I tend to be quite cynical about festive commercialisation, pop-up cash-ins and John Lewis twee-ness. Read more here…
Poachers’ Compound – Kanyu – Wetherby
Christmas Eve tradition is now for us to visit Kanyu in Wetherby for a strenuous holiday brain workout. Having completed both their indoor rooms, our choice was down to Poachers’ Compound, their newest game. Drawback – it’s outdoors. At night. In December. In Yorkshire. read more…
The Great Train Robbery – Locked – Dunstable
Train games are like buses – wait ages for one train-themed room, then two come along at once… read more here
Sabotage – Escape Milton Keynes – Milton Keynes
So off we popped, not to Milton Keynes exactly, to Wolverton, a Victorian-era new town on the outskirts. Wolverton is described as one of the first railway towns; built to house locomotive works; home of the Royal Train; and the history of the railways is prominent on street frontages all the way up to the frankly quirky escape venue… read more (it’s not all modern British history, I promise).
Strange Things – Locked – Dunstable
We learnt two valuable lessons this day. One, a piece of advice seen in the Enthusiasts’ Facebook group – never play a room in the first month of opening. And two, should be obvious to parents everywhere – read more…
Conspiracist – Want To Escape – Rushden
I became very excited when I heard a new Escape Room venue was opening in Rushden, a small Northamptonshire town ten minutes down the road from us. We’ve pretty much exhausted everywhere else… read more here (if you dare, before the MIB come after you*).
