Valentine’s Mansion and Gardens Before lockdown City Adventurers were able to visit this gorgeous grade II* listed country house. Built in around 1696, it was the home of Elizabeth Tillotson and her family, after the death of her husband, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Originally it stood in open countryside, several miles from the edge of London. Now… More Valentines Mansion, Gardens and Online Mystery Game
An Online Escape Adventure without leaving the sofa Escape From Home offer online adventures to play on your computer. We tried out two of three free games currently available. Each page contains a puzzle to solve to take you to then next page. If you enter an answer that is incorrect, you can go back… More Escape From Home Online Adventures
While isolated at home in London, we took a “trip” to Egypt to solve “The Curse of the Sphinx”. This is the sixth title in the series of escape-room-in-a-box games produced by Deckscape. The box contains a single deck of cards. There is no rulebook and little game setup needed. Just access to a pen… More Deckscape – The Curse of the Sphinx
The Mystery At the Stargazers Manor is another escape room in a box. Made for 3-8 players, this one is by ThinkFun. Although the box recommends a 90 minute playing time, that is for 6 to 8 players. Reading the introductions suggested the game would take a smaller team around 2 hours to play. So… More Mystery At the Stargazers Manor
Dead Man on the Orient Express is part of the third season of EXIT games. It is categorized as a hard level and we did find it harder than some of their other games. Again the box contains an information booklet and few decks of cards. You can only play the EXIT Games once, as… More EXIT: Dead Man on the Orient Express
The City Adventurers have experience of hunting down double agents, (Plan 52, Breaking The Law ) so we were excited to be asked to help MI6. Our assistance was needed to trace a double agent before they fled the country. This time our base of command would be an MI6 surveillance van, where we would have all… More City Adventurers try to save the country….again.
The Pharaoh’s Tomb EXIT Escape Rooms In A Box can only be played once as some of the pieces are destroyed during play, unlike the Deckscape game. Depending on the game, you may need to cut, fold or draw on some of the components. True, once you’ve played the game, you should know how to… More Exit: The Pharaoh’s Tomb
With an escape room in a box, instead of being locked in a room, you solve puzzles to complete a mission while sitting around your table. One range of escape rooms in a box is the EXIT range of Escape Rooms In A Box.The first Exit game we played was “Exit: The Abandoned Cabin”. Each game… More Exit: The Abandoned Cabin
This Christmas we got another Deckscape Escape Room in a box game. As before, with Deckscape – Test Time, it says on the box it is designed for 1 to 6 players. Again we decided to play as a couple. The game stars with a caution card telling you all the cards must be in… More The Fate of London – Deckscape
The year is 2099 and we’ve decided we need a mini break. Somewhere out-of-this-world…… Taking a bus to the Coach and Horses in Leyton, we arrived at the launch pad for our rocket into space. Where would we be heading? Mars? Jupiter? Well wherever we’d intending travelling we were in for a surprise. You see we… More Jet 2 Space Adventure