Lucardo Manchester: University of Magic: The Entrance Exam

By | March 20, 2019

by Lucardo Manchester (website)

Virginia House, 5-7 Great Ancoats Street, M4 5AD

Manchester

2-6 players

60 minutes

Wheelchair suitable - contact the venue for details
You have been offered a place to study at the mystical University of Magic. In order to secure your place, you will need to cast spells, recite incantations, mix potions and battle with dark forces. Do you have what it takes to play this ultimate escape room and become the next Witch or Wizard of the University of Magic?
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Rated between 3 and 4 out of 5

based on ratings from 40 users
combined with 7 pro reviews

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caroline354 expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
simsi747 experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
spbc expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 13 Aug 2022 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
fun
๐Ÿ”SpontaneousIllusion expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Outcome: Failed ๐Ÿ™
illogicalbroken techpoor hosting
d.green26 expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 25 Oct 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: n/a Outcome: Failed ๐Ÿ™
illogicalpoor hosting

I feel that this room has either changed or been over reviewed in the past as I picked this room due to the good reviews and it certainly didn't live up to it. We have done over 150 rooms now but this had puzzles that just didn't really make sense and some that fell flat. I did get really frustrated with one puzzle which they had to guide us through in the end and could have been us having a bad day but we wasted so much time on it. Most of the room looked fine but the main puzzle towards the end the props really let it down. I unfortunately cant recommend this for enthusiasts.  A good team that didn't have the same problem as us would also go through this quite fast as there didn't seem to be as many puzzles as most rooms.

oliviaxx rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 5 Time taken: 48:15 Outcome: Successful escape!

Couple of nice puzzles. Flowed nicely too. 

Escapetopus experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 8 Jun 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:29 Outcome: Successful escape!
magical

A nicely themed room with a good variety of puzzles, including a few I hadnโ€™t seen before.

Speedy Sloth expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
poor hosting
TheEscapeBoomers expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed ๐Ÿ™
originalimmersivepoor hosting

I did enjoy this game and although we didn't escape,  we had a fun day. 

Our host on this day was truly awful and clearly didn't care or watch the game. We received the same clue 15 times on the final puzzle... Recently the staff seemed to have slipped.  

StaceyF expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 13 Aug 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 58:44 Outcome: Successful escape!
family friendlymagicalpoor hosting
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Well deserving of its great reputation University of Magic was a fun, well-decorated room and, while the challenges focus more on observation than hard puzzles, there's still some meat in there to keep you busy.
Due to bad experiences in the past we tend to stay away from magic themed rooms, but this one has restored our faith. Now we need to head to the Lucardo Rawtenstall branch to check out the sequel!
Itโ€™s an extremely popular game and we could see why. Itโ€™s a beautifully themed and high-quality game with good puzzles excellently tied into the theme.ย 

Lucardo has built a reputation in the UK for quality games and had long been on my wish list of places I wanted to visit. They entered the online market in mid-2020 with Gemrunner (which I rated highly for its design and the overall experience). Iโ€™ve not had the chance to play Safe House as yet so when the opportunity came up to play the University of Magic I immediately signed on. Along with Prisons, pirates and sci-fi, Magic is one of my go-to themes.

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