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    In Flanders Fields

    In Flanders Fields

    Atrium Mortis

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Although this has one TERPECA nomination, it isn't talked about as much as some of Belgium's bigger and flashier games. I think that's a shame. The set isn't massive but it's great fun to explore, and it's beautifully designed and suits the theme. The puzzles were solid and I appreciated them even more when I learned that the owner had based some of them on actual codes used in WWI. All in all, I think this is well worth playing.
    The Time Machine

    The Time Machine

    Deadlocked Escape Rooms

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    A fun and inventive game. The creators clearly didn't have a massive budget or a ton of space to work with, but they more than made up for with humor, inventiveness, and an obvious love for both sci-fi and escape rooms. And the in-character hosting was delightful.
    Magician's Workshop

    Magician's Workshop

    Escape Room Herndon

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    The Non Believers

    The Non Believers

    Your Escape

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Just an incredible technical creation— I was immersed in the world of the game and lost all sense of time and place. Great theatrical use of lighting and sound.
    Pudding Lane

    Pudding Lane

    TimeTrap Escape Rooms Reading

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    Great set decoration with terrific use of historical detail. Excellent puzzle flow as well. I have to give a special nod to our GM Jack, who was clearly watching closely-- he gave exactly the right nudges at exactly the right times. And he was knowledgable and passionate about the game as well. Also, I want to praise the game for giving us the best set of flashlights I've encountered in an escape room. They were small and lightweight but very bright. I wish other rooms with atmospheric lighting would follow their lead! (I realise that’s a small, almost trivial detail, but it’s indicative of the overall attention to detail that made this room so great.) All in all, one of my favorite games in the UK.
    Magician's Workshop

    Magician's Workshop

    Escape Room Herndon

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    An outstanding room with excellent puzzle flow. Great fun, and we’ll definitely be returning to this venue.
    Demise of the Gricers

    Demise of the Gricers

    Entered

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    VERY IMPORTANT: This game is physically dangerous. I would say it is roughly as dangerous as skateboarding or downhill skiing. That's not an intolerable level of physical hazard for a leisure activity-- but it is substantially more dangerous than a well-run escape room. Gricers offers many of the same pleasures of a good escape room-- it's an exciting story-driven challenge in a fully immersive environment. I'm not surprised it's been embraced by the escape room community, but I worry that leads to people diving into it with inaccurate expectations around risk. If you are enough of an escape room enthusiast to be using Morty, you have probably skimmed through or ignored numerous overwrought safety warnings for escape rooms. Do NOT ignore the safety warning that comes with Gricers! If you do choose to play, I encourage you to read the Room Escape Artist's review first. It has some useful information that will help you play more safely (although, again, still with a skiing-level of risk.)
    Le Prince

    Le Prince

    Escaping Belgium

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    The setting was beautiful, with a wonderful attention to detail. The puzzles, though, ranged from "pretty good" to "frustrating and a little arbitrary."
    Le Fort [The Fort]

    Le Fort [The Fort]

    Get Out Escape Game

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    In most respects, this was a fairly average room. It was smallish, with solid but unspectacular decorations. There was a fairly heavy emphasis on physical puzzles. I personally enjoyed this but your mileage may vary! If you're traveling around Belgium playing the country's best escape rooms, you can probably skip this one. But if you've got a free space in your schedule and you want a competently done room to fill it out, this is an acceptable option.
    Dystopia Escape Game

    Dystopia Escape Game

    Dystopia Escape Game

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    The setting is fantastic. It's a real-world space that has very convincingly been repurposed into an underground sci-fi bunker. And the sci-fi theming carries through to a very funny AI character (present mainly in pre-recorded vocal tracks) that adds a lot. The puzzles relied heavily on pattern-matching, which is not usually my favorite, but they fit very well into the story. Anybody who is escape-rooming their way through Brussels should include this on the itinerary.
    L'Évasion des Dalton [The Daltons' Escape]

    L'Évasion des Dalton [The Daltons' Escape]

    Escape Prod

    • Escape room
    • IRL
    A happy surprise for me. It's a small space, and the decor is nothing special. But a bunch of the puzzles had a cartoon logic that delighted me. I wouldn't travel to Brussels just to play this one, but if you're in town, I'd definitely include it on your agenda.