One Week in Germany: 14 Escape Rooms with Unboxd Experiential Events
David: Towards the end of last year, I returned from a trip to Madrid where I had just completed my first Unboxd escape room tour. I wrote about the amazing…
A Ton of Puzzles: A Review of Room of One Hundred Puzzles
Room of One Hundred Puzzles is a brand-new escape-room-style experience from Rogue Productions, the brainchild of escape room industry veteran Dean Rodgers (who also happens to be the newly hired…
The best escape rooms in Edinburgh
It’s official, I’ve played all the escape rooms in Edinburgh – well, at least as of my time of writing this! Thankfully new and even more brilliant rooms are popping…
A Weekend in Madrid: 10 Escape Rooms with Unboxd Experiential Events
I recently had the excellent fortune of taking part in an Escape Room tour of Madrid, organised by the wonderful people over at www.unboxd.com. Ten Escape Rooms over a weekend,…
The Escape Room Enthusiast’s Guide to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the biggest and (in my totally un-biased opinion) the best Fringe Festivals in the world. It takes place every year in August, lasts the whole…
6 Puzzle Game Jams in 2 Months with Astra (& everything I learned doing them)
(This article was originally posted in full on Medium, but I decided to cross-post here as well, in case anyone is here looking for game design advice!) I am not…
How to throw a Taskmaster themed party
So today’s blog post isn’t exactly escape room themed. Wait, what?! A non escape room post on The Escape Roomer? Scandalous! Unless of course you count the fact that many…
30 Before 30? Writing an Escape Room Bucket List
Cast your mind back to 2021. Yep, a whole two years ago. I was halfway between 20 and 30 and probably feeling listless and directionless about live (oh, hello 20s)…
The Escape Roomer Road Trip: The Best Escape Rooms in the Netherlands
Okay yes, so this is “The Escape Roomer” and yes, we almost exclusively review UK escape rooms. That is, barring the few awesome “play at home” ones which we invariably…
The Complete Guide to Tulley’s Escape Rooms Sussex
The Escape Room Adventures take you on a journey of discovery as you puzzle your way through the gameplay and unlock the many secrets within. The easiest room is Mutiny,…
Compendium Bury: Laboratory, Bedlam, Wrong Turn | Review
Date played: March 2022 Time taken: 48 minutes / 46 minutes / 45 minutes Number of players: 2 Difficulty: Easy / Hard / Medium As someone who lives in London,…
DecodeXP: Teambuilding | Review
DecodeXP Review | Problem-Solving, reimagined. Problem-solving capacity is an integral part of success in almost every business endeavour. And yet, it is one we rarely test, understand or develop. At…
“The Roomer Mill”, An Escape Roomer Newsletter
The Roomer Mill - an Escape Roomer newsletter launches soon with news about the UK escape industry, latest reviews, and top trending topics.
Welcome Karen, our newest writer in London!
We are super pleased to announce that Karen Myers is joining The Escape Roomer as our latest escape room and features writer in London! 🙌 Karen joins us with a…
Rick Joins The Escape Roomer as our New Escape Rooms Editor!
We are super pleased to announce that Rick Porter is joining The Escape Roomer as our newest escape rooms editor in York! Rick joins us with a fantastic history of…
The best escape rooms in London for work socials and teambuilding
There are a whole lot of escape rooms in London (TripAdvisor currently lists 103 "room escape games" and experiences), so sometimes the choice can be overwhelming. It can be even…
Project Breakout: The Complete Guide
The complete guide to Project Breakout escape room in Brighouse!
Wordle & The Paradox Of Language In Escape Games
Disclaimer! This is from Wordle 235, dated 09/02/22 and is not a spoiler. I’m sure the majority of readers have come across Wordle, a 5 letter puzzle game where a…
Welcome Georgie, our newest writer in London!
In very exciting news for The Escape Roomer team today, as we're pleased to welcome Georgie as our latest Escape Room editor for London, the South and Wales! Georgie is…
Jersey Island: The Escape Room Guide
If you're travelling to Jersey Island and enjoy escape rooms and immersive entertainment, here's an all-inclusive guide of what to do on Jersey Island.