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…
This review of Armageddon is based on a review from January 2017. What a difference an hour/year makes. After spending the last game with the ghost of escape rooms past, Gamescape’s newest room felt more at home in the modern (end of the) world: Scientists have discovered a massive asteroid…
This review of Prison Cell is based on a review from January 2017. The most exciting part of this game came after we’d escaped. We asked the owner of Gamescape if they had any plans for new rooms and they said Prison Cell would be swapped out later this year. I think…
This review of The Lost Tomb is based on a visit from December 2016. Do you remember on The Crystal Maze, how the team were initially ‘outside’ the maze and had to complete a brief task to get to the game proper? That’s a rhetorical question; of course you do.…
This review of Taken is based on a visit from July 2016. One of the escaping topics I’ve been thinking about recently is how one particularly good or bad memory often dictates your overall sentiment towards a room. This is particularly true of rooms that I rate quite differently from…
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 Escapologic is based on a visit from August 2016. Hello everyone! Remember me? If you’re reading this it’s highly likely that you do, or at least you never got round to unfollowing me. Either way it’s okay. You may recall I used to post quite regularly here…
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…
