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London Escaped: Da Vinci

A beautiful set and some interesting electronics and mechanisms helped but some poor GMing and lack of player feedback took the shine off this game.

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Enigma Rooms (Doncaster): Mafia

A beautifully presented game with a great opening scene and fun puzzles. The challenges weren’t particularly original but they did the job. A great beginners’ room that will still entertain enthusiasts.

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Enigma Rooms (Doncaster): The Heist

A weak start plagued by ambiguity meant the Heist never got going in spite of its no-padlock promise and pretty lay out.

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LetsXcape (Newark): The Rig

The Rig draws history from the surrounding area, has a beautiful, industrial set and delivers challenges that capture the physicality that a story about oil drilling needed. No single thing is amazing but there is more than enough here to impress and very little where it goes wrong.

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Cryptology (Nottingham): Rameseize

A really fun game that was let down slightly by a couple of challenges near the end. Expect a big, meandering set, reasonable decoration, fun puzzles and plenty to keep you occupied for most of your hour.

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Prague Escape Review: Decrypt - The Red Room

A room that throws you off-balance from the moment you enter then delivers one of the most endearing, quirky experiences I’ve had the good fortune to play. If you’re looking for something in Prague that’s fun and very different from your normal room then this is the game you want to play.

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Break Escape (Loughborough): The Enchanted Forest

An enchanting game with a memorable start that throws you right into the heart of a beautiful fantasy world. Plenty of logical puzzles and little to frustrate plus some bonus challenges to keep more experienced teams occupied.

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Break Escape (Loughborough): Nerve Klinik

A scary game that packs in plenty of puzzles AND with GMs that are quite willing to terrorise you. If you’re easily scared, avoid like the plague but otherwise this is a fun experience where you can test yourself mentally in more ways than one.

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Lucardo (Manchester): University of Magic

Well deserving of its great reputation University of Magic was a fun, well-decorated room and, while the challenges focus more on observation than hard puzzles, there’s still some meat in there to keep you busy.