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Stepping up – The Secret Lab @ The Escape Room Manchester

It’s fair to say that in the past I’ve been conflicted about The Escape Room Manchester. I like the facility, I like the people, but I’ve found the games a little, erm, brief for my taste. I’m pleased to announce that has now changed as The Secret Lab is a…

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Mark 14 April 2015 14 April 2015Escape Game Review 5/5 difficulty, @EcclesLadies, Manchester, ranking, Record time, story, The Escape Room 0

Mechanics Monday: Time for a clue

For the first time ever I think I’ve got a genuine Mechanics Monday (based on the original definition)! But I’ll let you be the judge. All escape games include both a clock and a hint system of some kind (sometimes one and the same). The way it is implemented varies…

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Mark 13 April 2015 13 April 2015Mechanics Monday clock, gamemaster, hints, role-playing 5

Themed Thursday – Get out clause

Sticking to a regular timetable is hard! Let’s just ignore the fact that this post was due two weeks ago and carry on with Themed Thursday, okay? (Toronto Escape Rooms and ExitGames are much better at sticking to schedule). The theme for this week is betrayal. A bit of an…

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Mark 9 April 2015 10 April 2015Theme Thursday Armageddon, escapistto, exitgames, multiple endings, sci-fi, twist 1

No easy way out

I’m sure you’re all familiar with the ‘joke’ that goes something like: “Bad news, Captain, the fugitive got away.” “What?! I thought I told you to cover all the exits?” “We did, sir, but they got out through an entrance.” It’s not particularly funny but it touches on an interesting…

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Mark 8 April 2015 8 April 2015General musings in game information, story 2

Mechanics Monday: What do we mean by role-playing?

It’s a pretty common view amongst both players and experts that the future for escape games lies with better stories/narratives. What exactly that means and how it might be implemented isn’t quite as clear, but for me it’s simply about a more engaging experience. I’m already tired of “here’s a flimsy…

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Mark 6 April 2015 7 April 2015Mechanics Monday @escapequestUK, costumes, in character, role-playing 0

Still got it – Sabotage @ Breakout Manchester

It’s been almost a month since my last actual review here. Time to put that right (before I forget which rooms I’ve done). It’s been a lot longer than that since you’ll have seen the motley crew pictured above. The very attentive amongst you may remember Team Watch from my…

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Mark 5 April 2015 5 April 2015Escape Game Review 5/5 difficulty, Breakout, Manchester, Team Watch 0

Mechanics Monday – Ubiquitous UV

I’m not sure this is really an MM, as I’m not really proposing anything new, but thought it was worth commenting on anyway (and it’s definitely Monday). In some of the recent twitter chat (I’m not going to try and portmanteau that) we’ve been talking about how UV torches seem…

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Mark 30 March 2015 30 March 2015General musings, Mechanics Monday logic leaps, UV torch 1

Room ranking

I know a few of you had already noticed ‘my favourite rooms’ page, where I’ve been ranking each of the rooms I’ve visited after I’ve reviewed them. But it’s been nagging me that “favourite” suggests picking out individual games, whereas what’s there is a full list of every game I’ve…

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Mark 23 March 2015 20 October 2015General musings Clue HQ, Lockin Real Escape, Manchester, ranking, Warrington 0

Themed Thursday – Through the Looking Glass

If you don’t know what Themed Thursday is please read this. Today’s object is a painting. Next week’s ‘object’ is betrayal! It’s awesome that the global escape game community has grown so much, and continues to grow so quickly, that there are now so many sources and articles to read…

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Mark 19 March 2015 19 March 2015Theme Thursday fantasy, misleading brief, NPC, villain 1

Unplanned – Mission 60 @ Lockin Real Escape Manchester

I was delighted to get an email from my friend Helen saying “my plans have fallen through for Sunday night. Fancy doing something, maybe escaping?” Not delighted that her plans had fallen through of course, but that someone else had initiated a plan to go escaping rather than my constant…

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Mark 17 March 2015 17 March 2015Escape Game Review 4/5 difficulty, @EcclesLadies, exitgames, Manchester, new 0
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