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COMING SOON: New Escape Room at Cryptology Sheffield

Cryptology Sheffield are working hard to bring you a brand new escape room: ‘”The Great ???? Heist”. Your mission You’ve been sent by a shady character to loot one of Sheffield’s most coveted items. Stealing this treasure will give you riches untold, but the police won’t take kindly to it… First, you must infiltrate the…

  • COMING SOON: New Escape Room at Cryptology Sheffield
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    COMING SOON: New Escape Room at Cryptology Sheffield

    Cryptology Sheffield are working hard to bring you a brand new escape room: ‘”The Great ???? Heist”. Your mission You’ve been sent by a shady character to loot one of Sheffield’s most coveted items. Stealing this treasure will give you riches untold, but the police won’t take kindly to it… First, you must infiltrate the…

  • What type of escape room lock are you based on your personality?
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    What type of escape room lock are you based on your personality?

    Finally, it’s time to answer the question that escape room goers have been asking for decades: What kind of lock am I? Could I be a complex directional lock? Am I a techy keypad? Or, god forbid, am I as plain as a key and a padlock? Answer these five questions to find out what…

  • Should we use outside knowledge in an Escape Room?
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    Should we use outside knowledge in an Escape Room?

    There are common phrases used when describing Escape Rooms, but the most common is “You do not need outside knowledge”. This short list describes what some might call “rules for the industry” as they apply to both the players and the creators. Many puzzle enthusiasts believe an Escape Room cannot use outside knowledge, but are…

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  • COMING SOON: New Escape Room at Cryptology Sheffield
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    COMING SOON: New Escape Room at Cryptology Sheffield

    Cryptology Sheffield are working hard to bring you a brand new escape room: ‘”The Great ???? Heist”. Your mission You’ve been sent by a shady character to loot one of Sheffield’s most coveted items. Stealing this treasure will give you riches untold, but the police won’t take kindly to it… First, you must infiltrate the…

  • What type of escape room lock are you based on your personality?
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    What type of escape room lock are you based on your personality?

    Finally, it’s time to answer the question that escape room goers have been asking for decades: What kind of lock am I? Could I be a complex directional lock? Am I a techy keypad? Or, god forbid, am I as plain as a key and a padlock? Answer these five questions to find out what…

  • Should we use outside knowledge in an Escape Room?
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    Should we use outside knowledge in an Escape Room?

    There are common phrases used when describing Escape Rooms, but the most common is “You do not need outside knowledge”. This short list describes what some might call “rules for the industry” as they apply to both the players and the creators. Many puzzle enthusiasts believe an Escape Room cannot use outside knowledge, but are…

  • Cryptology Swindon: What’s New
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    Cryptology Swindon: What’s New

    Incarcerated Swindon has just joined the Cryptology Family – which means there’s big things to come for 2023! So, what’s next for Swindon’s first Cryptology escape room? Where it began Incarcerated opened as the first escape room in Swindon in Summer 2016. There were lots of padlocks, plenty of mistakes and a tonne of fun.…

  • We did 12 escape rooms in 2 days: Here’s what we learned
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    We did 12 escape rooms in 2 days: Here’s what we learned

    Cryptology Sheffield and Cryptology Nottingham joined forces to go on a trip down south to tackle 12 escape rooms in 2 days. Here’s what we took away from it… It’s not every day your boss organises a trip away – let alone a fun one. In November, Cryptology Sheffield and Nottingham endured several multi-hour car…

  • What Are The Classifications of Generations For Escape Rooms?

    What Are The Classifications of Generations For Escape Rooms?

    Escape Rooms are not quite a decade old yet yet there was an attempt to classify what style of game it was. The “Generation” was coined to help people understand what the Escape Room contained. Generation 1 Most Escapers think of Gen 1 as a room where you have to escape a room which consists…

  • HOW TO ACE AN ESCAPE ROOM
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    HOW TO ACE AN ESCAPE ROOM

    Escape Rooms are re-opening across the country as lockdown is lifted, so it’s the best time to get ahead and book a room to finally celebrate being let out of the house. But before you get locked in (especially if you’re heading to the pub first), here’s some top tips to maximise your fun and…

  • A Digital Murder Mystery arrives at Cryptology
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    A Digital Murder Mystery arrives at Cryptology

    Why? With the build processes of our third and fourth rooms put on pause due to the pandemic, we thought about how we could add to our portfolio in a creative way. We decided to start with ‘The Mysterious Case of Hugh Dunnitt‘. This room was an ideal candidate to bring to the world of…