Netrunner week sneaked into next week, but I’ve started so I’ll finish. I’ve read many blogs and facebook posts from Netrunners, even during the short while I’ve been playing, doing an in-depth analysis of what worked and didn’t for them at the tournament they just completed. Every time my response …
This post isn’t so much a review as an explanation of how my day at the Netrunner Regionals worked for anyone who might be tempted to attend a games tournament. You may be more interested in my journey into Netrunner or a more in-depth analysis of the games. My body’s started …
As part of my quest to explore many different areas on the fun spectrum, yesterday I attended my first game tournament. I’ll be reviewing the day shortly, but before that I’m gonna talk about some of what led me there. Long time readers may remember that I attributed my drop-off …
This review of Contagion is based on a visit from July 2016. It can’t really be 2.5 months since my last ‘proper’ review can it? Although it would explain why I’ve got 16(!!!) rooms listed on this backlog here. I better crack on. Speaking of surprises, when’s the last time …
After a longer than planned break (stupid real life) we’re back with Episode 4 of the Escape From Reality podcast. Hopefully real life will behave and the next episode will be along in 2-3 weeks. In this episode Ken and I catch up with a bit of what we’ve been up …
Back in November, Animals team member Paul turned 30. To mark the occasion we (the rest of the team) wanted to do something escapey for him. But as his celebrations were a meal and drinks in town we were a little limited in what we could do. We produced a little …
‘Exposing’ makes this post sound a lot more dramatic than it is! My final post about the 2016 UK Games Expo (for now) is a few points of note for anyone who may be considering attending next year and wants a more independent view of what to expect (aka what …
I know that when I talk about things like megagames a big portion of my audience (escape game purists) switch off. But this 60 minutes game that involves a small team working together in a room must surely be of interest. Way back in 2012 I remember hearing about a …
I’ve already talked about the storytelling. Now I’m going to look at the game from a mechanical perspective, and my thoughts on it as a participant. I’m not sure how interesting this post will be to anyone other than me, but you’re very welcome to read along. Another fascinating aspect …
Apologies for the crudity of the title, but it was unavoidable. Read on to find out why it was central to our game of Watch the Skies. For those of you that read regularly you’ll know that one of my passions outside of escape rooms (and rugby) is megagames. I …
