2025: How was your escaping year?

When I wrote the first of these blog posts I hadn’t really considered it would become an annual thing or that even some people in the industry would even look forward to them being published… Once again I would like to thank everyone who has commented (positively or not) about my writing, linked me news […]

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What makes a 5* Game?

I’ve been reviewing games on EtR* for almost as long as I’ve been playing Escape Games. As of writing this section, I’ve played 580 games and reviewed/rated 572 of them on the site. Why the discrepancy? There’s a couple of reasons and I’ll go into those when I do my post about reviewing games. (*Escape […]

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The 2-Player Conundrum

I published my Escaping review of 2023 on December 28th last year and in the comments section of that post on the UK enthusiast Facebook page, a debate started about both the cost and the validity of venues offering games for just 2 players. This came about after a comment saying that ticket prices should […]

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2022: How was your Escaping?

As you read this I’m hoping you’ve had a fantastic Christmas and are currently dissecting the remains of your holiday food! This post is a look back at my last twelve months of escaping, what I enjoyed, some reflection on the last couple of years and some thoughts on the future. How many games did […]

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The Path to Escape Rooms

I gave up trying to explain my hobbies/passions to my parents a long time ago. This is the way the conversations would often go: – Dungeons & Dragons: “So it’s a board game where there is no board and no one wins?” LARP: “So you get dressed up, run around a forest and hit each […]

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Rating and Reviewing Escape Rooms

How do you rate an Escape Room? What makes one room better or worse than another? There’s a wide range of reviews at escapethereview.co.uk (EtR) as well as various blogging sites who constantly review rooms that they have played. I’ve not yet reviewed a room or venue on this blog but I do give brief […]

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