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 …

Last weekend I headed up to Newcastle to play in True North Megagame’s third offering – It Belongs In A Museum, by new designer trio Jake Smithson, Riccardo Viglianisi and …

Every year at Halloween, the Monsterville University kids have a bet. They break into the old Mansion on the edge of town and complete a dare. But in recent years, …

During uni, when my friends told me that they were going to the Games Society that Saturday to spend the day playing board games… well, my mind was basically blown. …