New town, new enthusiasm for blogging… so let’s try bringing back the good old monthly recap! Previously I put pressure on myself to make sure my monthly recap was the …

FIFTY ESCAPE ROOMS! Can you believe it? I didn’t actually realise it was my fiftieth room until I’d already arrived at the venue, which means there was no time to …

So I’ve been a bit quiet lately, and there’s a good reason for that. I’m now a resident of Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, having moved here from Leeds a …

If anything has the biggest impact on your players’ experience at your game, after the particular role they’re playing, it’s their team. This can be seen as one of the …

Months of hard work, years of dreaming, hours of “resource limit reached”… it all came to fruition when MegaCon took place last month. It was a fantastic weekend that, for …

When @russbuilds announces a new game on his Instagram page, I am always quick off the mark to book us on. Russ has gained a reputation over lockdown for building …

It’s been a long old year of lockdown. Who’d’ve thought a year ago that we’d still be in this situation a year on? But let’s not dwell on that. We …

When trying to come up with a title for this blog post, I got a bit stuck. Mystery Mail is both the name of the company, and a perfect descriptor …

This top bit does contain some spoilers, but I’ll warn you before we get to the really serious spoilers, promise. The envelope is a different colour, but the fastening is …

Megagames are hella intense. I know I’m not the only person who has gotten overwhelmed, upset, angry or otherwise emotional at a game – in fact, I’d say that pretty …