Originally formulated by the French mathematician Édouard Lucas, this maths-infused riddle is a tough one, but you can make it much easier by writing parts of it down, as you’ll soon find out. At 12:00 noon, every day, an ocean liner leaves the French port of Nantes, heading to New York. At that exact moment,…
This riddle begins with a classic intro…you have just been kidnapped (not again…) Once again, the malevolent kindness of your captors provides you with a chance to escape, if you solve this puzzle. Listen closely: You are given two hourglasses, one is an 11-minute hourglass and one is a 7-minute hourglass. Your task? To measure…
You’re looking through your friend’s jewellery drawer when you find a glorious selection of broken chains. There are a total of 5 short chains in there and each one has 4 gold links. You ask your friend about the chains and they say you’re free to keep them if you can make them into a…
What’s the ideal number of players for an escape room? It depends on 3 primary factors: How tough the escape room is – that’s a big one How many puzzles there are to complete The countdown; how long have you got?! The difficulty of the escape room is the major one here. But also, one…
Did you just ask “can I do an escape room at home?!” You’ve found yourself on Epic Escapes who offer escape room games for playing at home. So, the answer would seem to be “yes!” It makes sense – we all want to escape our homes every once in a while. Escape rooms at home…
Escape rooms – we probably all know what they are by now! But go back even 10 years and you’d be hard-pressed to find too many others that had heard of escape rooms. So when did escape rooms become popular? Escape Rooms in the Past The history of escape rooms is a little hazy, but…
