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Which Cryptology Escape Rooms are best for kids?

All of Cryptology escape rooms are suitable for kids – but if you’re not sure which is best, here is a list of what we offer at Sheffield, Nottingham and Swindon. If you missed it, here’s our last article about how to pick the perfect Escape Room for your kids. First Contact The Tayson Research…

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    Which Cryptology Escape Rooms are best for kids?

    All of Cryptology escape rooms are suitable for kids – but if you’re not sure which is best, here is a list of what we offer at Sheffield, Nottingham and Swindon. If you missed it, here’s our last article about how to pick the perfect Escape Room for your kids. First Contact The Tayson Research…

  • Are Escape Rooms Suitable for Kids?
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    Are Escape Rooms Suitable for Kids?

    Choosing a suitable escape room for your family or kids to do can be gruelling – but Cryptology Sheffield, Swindon, and Nottingham have you covered! Can Escape Rooms Be Family Friendly? Short answer: yes! Most escape rooms will clarify on their website if they are family friendly. Our branches all have an FAQ where you…

  • 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…

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    Which Cryptology Escape Rooms are best for kids?

    All of Cryptology escape rooms are suitable for kids – but if you’re not sure which is best, here is a list of what we offer at Sheffield, Nottingham and Swindon. If you missed it, here’s our last article about how to pick the perfect Escape Room for your kids. First Contact The Tayson Research…

  • Are Escape Rooms Suitable for Kids?
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    Are Escape Rooms Suitable for Kids?

    Choosing a suitable escape room for your family or kids to do can be gruelling – but Cryptology Sheffield, Swindon, and Nottingham have you covered! Can Escape Rooms Be Family Friendly? Short answer: yes! Most escape rooms will clarify on their website if they are family friendly. Our branches all have an FAQ where you…

  • 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…