This review of Cabin Fever was based on a visit from September 2015. As a reviewer (nee critic) I feel that sometimes you have to give a negative account of an experience to give your positive comments more credence, not to mention the importance of being honest. But I always…
In an unplanned coincidence, this review also covers my fifth trip to a venue, this time across town at Escape Room Manchester. And again it will be, for now, my final visit having played all of their rooms. This time it was the mysterious Room 13: On the way home…
Breakout have opened a second venue, this time in the new escape game capital of the North, Liverpool. Like their Manchester location, they’re right in the city centre, in the basement of some council buildings. The facility is well decorated and spacious. At the time of visiting they had three…
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…
As we’ve already got a plan for next week’s Themed Thursday I thought I’d share this with you today. I thought I’d had a really good original idea for an escape room. It would be set in Paris and your daughter has been kidnapped. You take on the role of…
After three in a row with @EcclesLadies at The Escape Room, The Animals made a visit to Manchester to Infiltrate Breakout: You are interviewing one of the most dangerous criminals ever to have walked the planet in a maximum security ward. You believe this person may hold the answer to…
Please note this review relates to a visit on January 16th, the day after The Escape Room opened. After visiting a couple of different operators, reading extensively on ExitGames and even giving some thought to opening an escape game business, I thought I had a pretty good understanding of 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…
