Honestly, I’ve never really “got” Manchester. I’m not sure about where places like Northern Quarter and Spinningfields are. I don’t like trams thanks to an negative experience a few years …

Not going to lie – I love a good secret plot for my megagames. I’ve literally included at least one in every game I’ve run so far. From the anti-Targaryen …

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 …

This started off as a semi-serious blog post trying to define megagames. But let’s be honest – none of us want that. What is a megagame? Let me explainIt started …

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 – …

The mulled wine has been drunk; the duck (we have duck not turkey) has been eaten; the presents have been opened. And Santa has been kind enough to bring me …

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 …

It’s been quite the decade. Ups, downs, challenges, successes, laughs, sobs, love, loss… I have no doubt that I will look back on the 2010s as one of the most …

What is it with small towns and escape rooms? In Leeds I’m often spoilt for choice by all the options available. But when I heard that an escape room had …

After the success of our escape from Hotel Heist on Valentine’s Day, we were excited to return to one of our favourite Leeds-based escape rooms, Locked In Games. This time …