The focus for today’s Themed Thursday is war. When I initially suggested it I just wanted to see if someone could craft a decent story in a war-based setting. I still am interested in this, but that’s not the way I’m going. I want my war fought between two teams…
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…
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…
Unsurprisingly when people are coming up with themes and plots for escape games they think about situations where you’re trapped inside somewhere you don’t want to be. Prison is the most obvious example, but we certainly can’t say that’s an underused theme as there are two jail breaks in Manchester…
Prologue: I started writing this post on Wednesday, and planned to finish it the next evening. Then when I got home from work on Thursday I saw this tweet from @EscapistTO. I’ve said before that great minds think alike but this is getting ridiculous! Anyway, I haven’t read that post yet…
I don’t have much time today (stupid work) but don’t want to miss. Apologies if it seems a bit rushed. My suggestion for today is partly inspired by this post about a little known UK reality/game show from fifteen years ago. In almost every escape game situation you have to suspend…
Usually when you enter an escape room you are presented with one of two scenarios: An obvious starting point; a sign on the wall, a document on a table, an out of place object etc. Lots of possible starting points (a decorated set) from which you need to decide what…
Today a break from the reviews to include a feature blatantly ripped off from EscapistTO. Please go and read some of his thoughts and reviews on escaping; it will make me feel better. The idea of ‘Theme Thursday’ is to come up with a theme for an escape room that…
