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…
A little later than planned but better late than never, right? Episode 2 of Escape From Reality is now live, below or via your preferred podcasting service/app. In this episode Ken and I: Talk about Bad Clown from Escape Quest Discuss ‘non-binary win conditions’ and other ways rooms can be…
This review of Sacrifice is based on a visit from February 2016. We’d learned of this room back in August when playing The Teleporter, but didn’t have chance to go and play it until much later. I was particularly interested and intrigued for two reasons: 1) The room design was…
This review of Quarantined is based on a visit in November 2015. Where am I? How did I get here? Maybe this room introduction will help me: With the growing threat of a radiation leak due to the increase in nuclear power, the government seek a solution to radiation poisoning…
This review of The Teleporter is based on a visit back in August 2015. I’ve been to Clue HQ Warrington many times before so you can read one of those reviews to find out more about the venue. This time we were playing The Teleporter: Little is known about this…
It’s been so long since my last review I’m not even sure I can call myself a reviewer any more. But recent events, that I’ll come on to later (don’t hold your breath, it’s not that exciting), brought memories of this game flooding back and inspired me to pick up…
A couple of weeks ago I was thinking to myself “why isn’t there an escape game operator that combines both luxurious set design and non-linear puzzles?” Then I remembered there was, and their name is Clue HQ. Detonation is the first game at their new site in Blackpool, or “near…
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…
Reviewing a new room is fun enough, but visiting a new site is better, and a new operator better still. And I got do that twice this last weekend! But first things first. As mentioned by ExitGames, Escaping is exploding in Liverpool at the moment. Not long ago Clue HQ…
Please note this review relates to a visit in December 2014. After being wounded on their first go The Animals were keen to put things right and play again. And as Clue HQ were offering a Living Social discount for their other room, Bunker 38, and we’d enjoyed our first…
