Escape from the Grand Hotel Continuing our “travels” while isolated at home in London, we took a trip to a Grand Hotel. This is the first Professor Puzzle Escape Room in a box game we have tried. This is a 90 minutes escape game. “Escape from the Grand Hotel” arrived in a beautifully designed box … More Things to do at home – Escape rooms in a box – part 12
If you are looking for an unusual card to give someone,why not send them a Puzzle Card? Produced by the Puzzle Card company, their cards are more than just greetings. They are a quick-to-solve murder mystery, or treasure hunt or escape room game….. Murder on the line The story begins when the five carriage Wensley … More Mystery Greetings Cards
One hot evening this weekend the City Adventurers were mysteriously invited to a fancy dinner party. The host was a man called Butler. He knew all of us guests, but we had not met each other before. Well, some of us had, as two of us were playing Mr and Mrs Choker….. Unfortunately, during dinner, … More The Butler is Dead!
Before lockdown we liked going to murder mystery events. Since lockdown a number of companies have moved their shows online. Moonstone Murder Mysteries is one such company. They used to be an entertainment company specialising in dining experiences entertainment, but are currently providing weekly interactive murder mysteries on YouTube. They started series one of their murder … More Moonstone Murder Mysteries
Instead of playing another escape room in a box, we tried a couple of online games by Escape Room specialists Cluecracker. The first one we tried was their free online game – The Disappearance of DJ McDee. Next up we purchased the link for Escape from Extinction Island Escape from Extinction Island For this game, you … More Escape from Extinction Island
To change things up a little, instead of playing an escape room in a box, we tried a couple of online games by Escape Room specialists Cluecracker. We played their first physical escape room when it was in Margate and were looking forward to playing their new games, based in Tunbridge Wells, when the lockdown … More The Disappearance of DJ McDee
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 there is little game setup involved. You … More Things to do at home – Escape rooms in a box – part 11
With all murder mystery events being cancelled due to Covid-19, a number of companies have moved their murder mystery shows online. City Adventurers have been having a field day playing all the murder mystery events. Here is a review of the ones we’ve tried so far….. Murdered for Money First up was the Murdered for … More Murder Mystery Events Online
As the City adventurers are unable to actually visit escape rooms, I’m adding my reviews of Escape Games in a box that can be played at home. Exit the game – The Polar Station It’s a mild morning in the Arctic and you are part of a large group of researchers that have been divided … More Things to do at home – Escape rooms in a box – part 10
As the City adventurers are unable to actually visit escape rooms, I am going to add my reviews of Escape Games in a box that can be played at home. Next up is:- Exit the game – The House of Riddles Like other Exit the Game titles the box contains an information booklet and few … More Things to do at home – Escape rooms in a box – part 9