Be The Escape have developed a couple of virtual escape games. We checked out their free Pop-Punk Pandemonium. This game is aimed at ages 14+. You have to search your friends room to find his VIP pass. Each puzzle contains two or three images that lead you to find a code to get you onto the… More Pop-punk Pandemonium
This blog previously appeared on City Adventurers. Having tried and loved the free online game – The Disappearance of DJ McDee – by Cluecracker, we bought their next online adventure – Escape from Extinction Island Escape from Extinction Island For this game, you are an apprentice palaeontologist based in Kent, working on a top secret project.… More Escape from Extinction Island
To get used to the way their online games work, Cluecracker offer a free 30 minute game. The story casts you as a dedicated fan of local celebrity DJ McDee. He is due to release his Number 1 album at a once in a lifetime gig. Unfortunately when you arrive, ticket in hand, you can see something’s… More The Disappearance of DJ McDee
ESCAPE FROM HOME There are three free online adventurers available from escapefromhome. They take place a week apart and see you escape from home to a mystery place where you have to solve puzzles. Your adventure always starts with you entering a magical wardrobe….. THE EGYPTIAN ESCAPE and A PIRATE’S PROBLEM are both easy. GLOBAL GATEWAY… More Online adventures for all the family
This review also appeared on City Adventurers. While isolated at home in London, we took another “trip” abroad. This time we headed to Italy to solve “Heist in Venice”. This is another escape-room-in-a-box game produced by Deckscape. The box contains a single deck of cards and a “top secret” note. With no rulebook or board… More Deckscape – Heist in Venice
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. Exit: The Game escape rooms can be played once as some of the puzzles require you to cut up or fold components. Review of Exit the game – The… More Exit – The Polar Station
Since a visit to the Universal Studios’ Harry Potter themed lands isn’t possible right now, Inside The Magic have found a muggle* that has put together a Hogwarts Digital Escape Room. (*This escape experience was created by Sydney Krawiec, Youth Services Librarian at Peters Township Public Library in McMurray, PA.) Like the Disney escape game, this one… More Hogwarts Digital Escape Room
As visits to the Magic Kingdom are not possible at the moment, Inside The Magic are offering a Virtual Escape Room, full of Disney magic and problem solving. Although put together for the whole family to play together, the clues are also set up for solo gameplay. So I tried playing this alone. It suggests… More Unlock Disney World! – A Virtual Escape Room
During Lockdown I ordered a number of escape-room-in-a-box games. The House of Riddles was another game by EXIT games. This one was a medium hard level, which was good as there was only two of us playing it. Exit the game – The House of Riddles – Photo by Juliamaud Again the box contains an… More Exit the game – The House of Riddles
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