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Getting arrested worked rather better than expected. After escaping magical shackles with the help of an unusually accommodating prison clerk, Runtar and his companions discover the city above is clean, prosperous and surprisingly pleasant. Unfortunately, Caleb’s eye is everywhere, and the truth behind the city’s abundance involves blood, vampires, and the same god whose followers trapped Oriel beneath the well.

Runtar and his companions have finally found a way into the city above: get arrested. With an invisible Daisy carrying their weapons, a vampire escorting them to prison, and ninety-one beavers waiting below, the revolution is off to an unusual start.

Runtar enters a swamp filled with lying golems, pink-eyed animals and murderous witches, only to discover that the enormous toad Baron may not be the worst option after all.

I decided to treat myself to a proper hotel breakfast, only to discover there would be no coffee for twenty minutes. Breakfast without coffee is just eating unusually early.

I’m trying to talk myself out of buying an xTool Omni before the countdown runs out. I probably do not need it, but that has never stopped shiny new technology from becoming extremely convincing.

It turns out the only way higher up the Spire is through the Baron. Thankfully, he wasn’t interested in eating us. He was interested in making a deal. The Baron explained he’d been ordered to stop anyone climbing higher. He didn’t seem especially happy about it, but he wasn’t about

I picked up High On Life because I’m a fan of Rick and Morty, and it delivered exactly the sort of bizarre humour I was expecting. The shooting is fun, the talking guns are entertaining, and the colourful alien worlds are full of personality, although the constant backtracking, confusing navigation, and enough swearing for my son to dub it “the sweary game” stop it from being an easy recommendation for every situation.

The party finally reaches the Baron’s chateau, but not before magical security, Ryan’s spectacular meltdown, and Runtar’s rather overenthusiastic security check. Beyond the great doors waits the Baron’s true form, and it’s far from what anyone expected.

A sci-fi escape room that kept me busy for just over two hours. The puzzles were mostly fun and satisfying, although a few had me scratching my head because I’d missed clues or tackled things in the wrong order. Worth a play, even if the story didn’t do much for me.

The party finally reaches the town at the foot of the Spire, but arrival brings few comforts. The ferryman’s bargain still lingers, the Feywild continues to leave its mark on those who travel through it, and somewhere above the fog-shrouded streets waits Dandelo, the god carrying Famine within. As the Spire looms overhead, Runtar begins to wonder whether the truths they traded were really the price of crossing the river.