This review of The 13th Element is based on a visit from October 2016. The opening of a new game at any operator is always an exciting time, but when that news comes from one of your favourite places it’s a red letter day indeed. So when Escape Quest announced…
This review of Bad Clown is based on a visit from February 2016. Two of us were warmly welcomed to the reception area of Escape Quest but it did little to quell my unease. What will the live actors do? What are “panic inducing scenarios”? Do I really want to…
Unsurprisingly, this review is also based on a visit from August 2015 Even though this review comes nearly a month since my last one, the events concerned took place straight after. We dusted (or should that be ‘sanded’?) ourselves down from Amazon Escape and braced ourselves for The Curiosity Shoppe Mr. Copplestone’s…
Yes, I’m still catching up. This review is from August 2015. I get to use this intro a lot but it’s all true. This review has been a long time coming, as was our visit to Escape Quest. So long in fact that their third room was nearing completion while…
*Okay, the best escape rooms in the world that I’ve played, but that isn’t as click-baity. Merry Christmas to everyone from me and the rest of Team Squared. I’m afraid I haven’t bought you anything, but hopefully I can give you some ideas for gifts to treat yo’self to in…
I’ve been on a lot of ridiculous adventures this year. I should really write them up at some point. In fact, that’s what I’m doing right now. For quite a while now Athens has been top of our to visit pile. And while the trip ended up being much more…
Now we’ve got all that “serious” stuff out of the way, we can get on to the main reason the Escape Room World Championships is so good; the unserious stuff! This post is both the easiest to write and the hardest to do justice, but never mind all that, let’s…
21 of the 22 competing teams for the Red Bull Escape Room World Championships 2019 met up in London on Thursday 11th April (the 22nd team, Switzerland, would arrive the following morning). We knew from the information we’d seen in advance that the semi-final stage would be very different from…
This review of Revenge of the Sheep was based on a visit from April 2016. What comes after puzzles, theming and story? That’s open to interpretation. The theoretical ‘fourth generation’ is about somehow going beyond the normal definition/expectation of an escape game. It’s a very exclusive club at the moment:…
This review of Operation Blacksheep is based on a visit from April 2016. In the beginning there were puzzle rooms. There was no explanation to what you were doing other than “solve puzzles to get a code that will open the exit”. Then there came theming. There was still no…
