People who play escape rooms like puzzle solving. However, they may prefer different types of puzzles. Some prefer tech, while some are more tactile. Some hate padlocks while other hate searching the room. Yes, there are many different types of puzzle solvers and many different types of groups. Some are happy to take clues and… More What kind of people play escape rooms?
Southampton is well known as a port city, but in the world of aviation it also known as the birthplace of the Spitfire. In 1940, following the bombing of the Vickers Supermarine Factories at Woolston, Spitfire production was dispersed to more than 30 sites in and around Southampton. It is therefore fitting that there is a… More Operation: Spitfire
The City Adventurers played a lot of online escape room games during the pandemic but haven’t played many since. We’ve returned to physical games and still play boxed games. However, I have just seen a range of online escape room games by masters of mystery. The website notes that their Escape Room games are a… More The Curse of Vendrick
Have any of you tried the adventure game Trouble in Folklore Falls? Trouble in Folklore Falls: The Whole Adventure is written by The Detective Society. It is their Fourth Adventure and comprises three episodes. To solve this mystery, players get to work with private investigator B. B. Wolf (aka the ‘big bad’ wolf) to crack… More Trouble in Folklore Falls
For this Escape Jigsaw Puzzle you find yourself in an artist’s studio filled with paintings, sketches, art supplies. Not just any artist either. This one belongs to Da Vinci! Of course, as well as completing the jigsaw, you have a mystery to solve hidden within “The Artist’s Studio” if you are to escape a perilous… More Escape Puzzle: The Artist’s Studio
Behind The Curtain is a magic themed adventure to play at home. It is produced by the Deckscape team. We’ve always enjoyed playing Deckscape games and were looking forward to this. Unfortunately, this game was not as good as we expected! As usual the box contains a single deck of 60 cards. This time there… More Behind The Curtain
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One of the ports The City Adventurers visited on our festive cruise was Rouen. A beautiful city with ancient buildings, cobbled streets and lots of history……Talking of history, we were surprised to find ourselves on a time travelling quest to help Merlin the enchanter. According to Arthurian legend, after King Arthur’s death, Excalibur was returned to… More The Enchantment of Excalibur
The City Adventurers found a festive Nutcracker treasure hunt at Mottisfont in Hampshire. As well as the story of the Nutcracker portrayed around the stately home, Mottisfort had a Nutcracker treasure Hunt around the grounds. The City Adventurers love a Treasure Hunt and set off to see what it entailed. Despite the weather we found… More Nutcracker Treasure Hunt
Escape the Room is a mixture of board game and puzzle solving. Each person is given a character to play and to move around the board. They all have back stories and secret skills that can be brought into play as the game progresses. There are a number of escape scenarios to play so it… More Looking for a puzzle solving family board game?