Reports and Reviews

I never expected that the first time that I failed* to escape an escape room on time, it would be in the comfort of my living room. And yet that’s…

My friend Rory has been RAVING about the escape rooms down in Reading, Berkshire, for absolutely ages. Unfortunately it’s essentially the far side of London from Leeds (well, it’s round…

I’ll be honest, I’ve been wanting to visit Lucardo for quite a while. Ever since I first saw their Facebook ad, their name has been popping up in conversations about…

I didn’t think I’d be doing another megagame until the summer, even before the coronavirus crisis, just due to wedding planning. And then when more and more megagames ended up…

Whenever I go to visit friends now, at some point they generally expect me to suggest that we hit up one of the nearest escape rooms. That was no different…

When I originally looked into YouEscape, an escape room company that works over webcam, I planned it to be a cool way to hang out with my escapist friends living…

A few weeks ago, when I was visiting my bestie Keeleigh in Sheffield, she decided she was finally ready to try her first escape room! We’ve had a series of…

It’s not everyday a new escape room opens in your hometown. So when I saw the news that The Escapologist, who have a few other locations across Yorkshire, were opening…

Escape room? Check! Cocktails? Check! AI going rogue? Check! Cocktails? Check! Wait, I think I said that one already. I’d already heard of a couple of Lollipop’s previous popups –…

One thing that the 2010s were certainly dominated by, for me, was megagames. It’s the hobby that took over my life in 2014 and has had a pretty sure footing…