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
In the summer we visited The National Trust’s Snowshill Manor and Garden in Gloucestershire. Everywhere you look there are treasures to be found. This is the former home of eclectic collector, architect Charles Wade. He bought the property in 1919 and filled it with hundreds of objects. Explore the house and discover a vast collection,… More Treasure Seeking at Snowshill Manor and Garden
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
As part of the Harrogate Film Festival 2020, there is The Film Escape Room taking place 7th March to 15th March 2020 at the Cedar Court Hotel, Harrogate. It is organised by Harrogate Theatres. What to expect Ever visited an Escape Room? Imagine that but with a film twist! You’ll be locked in a room full of tricks… More The Film Themed Escape Room at Harrogate
The latest card produced by the Puzzle Card company is The Treasure of Evelon Island. This time the company have set a map challenge. Open the “Urgent” envolpe, solve the clues and find the treasure. There are now four puzzle cards available. All are excellent quality and add a twist to the normal birthday greeting.… More Solve the Treasure of Evelon Island
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.
Our trip to Harrogate Beating Storm Ciara as it raced across the country we made our way to Harrogate and The Old Swan Hotel. Entering it’s revolving doors we found a friendly welcome and a warm foyer with a real blazing fire. That night we dined in the glass-ceiling-ed Wedgwood Restaurant. We were travelling in… More Agatha Christie in Harrogate
Exiting St Paul’s underground station, on our way to the Museum of London, we stumbled across another art trail through the City of London. At first we thought it was just a sculpture of large golden letters, but as we proceeded along the road we realised they formed a sentence – If You Turn….. It turns… More Art Trail Around the Corner In The City