Escapology

For the first time, Southeastern has partnered with a ‘toyologist’ (aka me) and some play experts to give customers travelling on selected highspeed services this week a very special journey ‘EnterTrainMent’ runs through the first week of August and includes a fantastic selection of games for customers to play on their …

In the crazy world that is 2020, being able to take a fun social activity and bring it into the comfort of your own home is pretty ideal. And whereas I cannot easily bring minigolf or a climbing wall into my living room, playing an actual escape game is becoming …

Until recently escape room games were certainly a niche genre – now though, the choices are almost overwhelming. There are board games with elaborate components, app-supported card games, giant plastic devices, print at home games and so many other variations. So, with all of these options, how do you stand …

One of the things you can’t escape in London is Harry Potter. There are tours, plays, art studios gift shops and (thankfully for this review) escape rooms. Except, of course, that technically they aren’t officially Harry Potter rooms. Breakin’ Escapes have a handful of ‘not quite the real thing’ rooms …

Cluequest – CQ Origenes https://cluequest.co.uk/escape-room-missions/cq-origenes It’s back to the spy agency to explore the origins of the mouse/sheep rivalry that supplies the cheesy theming of Cluequest and provides a tongue twister room name as the evil Blacksheep fella launches a cyber attack on an old spy base which you need …

Hint Hunt – The Safe https://hinthunt.co.uk/#rooms Hint Hunt proclaim themselves to be the original live escape game, with locations around the world and taking almost sole credit for making escape rooms the global phenomenon it is today. So, absolutely zero pressure in regards to quality as we attempted The Safe, …

Omescape – The Penitentiary https://omescapelondon.co.uk/escape-rooms/the-penitentiary/ They say you should never judge a book by its cover, which is handy for Omescape because if you did it would be closed by now. Located in North London, they have gone for an interesting vibe – instead of welcoming and friendly it looks …

Have you ever wanted to do an escape room, but you don’t want to a) go outside or b) pay a lot of money for a stranger to lock you in a room? Then you’re in luck! Because you can sort-of get the escape room experience in the comfort of …

Mission: Breakout – Codebreakers I am not going to lie, I was very excited to go to Mission Breakout. The venue is an abandoned tube station (very exciting for a Londoner to be in a tube station not full of commuters) it also advertises itself heavily on Facebook as well …

AIM Escape – Spy Heroes – https://aimescape.com/ AIM Escape are a multi-room venue in East London who claim to have ‘Unparalleled immersion’ and ‘The most technologically advanced escape room in the UK’ – which, given I have done some pretty tech heavy rooms and on more than one occasion saved the …