The Escapement: Egyptian Exodus

65 Northdown Rd, Cliftonville, Margate CT9 2RJ

2-6 players

90 mins
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You are archaeologists, excavating the lost tomb of Ramses iii, so far, all of those who have entered the tomb have not returned. The tomb is guarded heavily by Anubis, God of the underworld.

Gravediggers and previous archaeologist have been rampageous in their efforts to discover the lost tomb, the whole crypt is in diss array.

Do everything you can to help Anubis and please the gods. But be careful, we know that Anubis is easily angered.

Your mission is to find and restore the missing canopic jars and allow the pharaoh to pass safely into the afterlife in order to make your escape.

Not your typical escape room – Egyptian Exodus requires multiple sensory inputs – including smell, touch, sound, and light.

This room comes with two settings – hard & extreme.

Our rooms are highly immersive and theatric, we want you to feel as though you are on a movie set!

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maxcarnag3 rated this:

Outcome: Successful escape!

clevergreat hosting

Some Clever puzzle design, space was a little small, but was never boring!

Dan Getliffe experienced rated this:

Played: 23 Jun 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 49.38 Outcome: Successful escape!

illogical

This room is a real disappointment, which is suprising given the usual quality of Escapement. The room itself is tiny (and feels weirdly claustrophobic), the puzzles are quite odd and feel a bit obtuse at times - there’s no satisfaction when solving them. I was just sort of thinking ‘but why?’ the whole way through. The finale is rubbish as well and there’s not really enough to do. A very forgettable experience which is a shame! Also not sure what the name of this room is??? Project Exodus or Egyptian Tomb? Pick one I guess!

🤘The Pick of Destiny expert rated this:

Played: 10 Jun 2024 Team size: 2

immersivestory-drivenfamily friendly

DypanicDuo experienced rated this:

Played: 28 Feb 2023 Team size: 4 Time taken: 51:03 Outcome: Successful escape!

AJ’s expert rated this:

Played: 2 Aug 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 52:09 Outcome: Successful escape!

beautifulimmersive😨creepy

Good fun game, some different style puzzles here to fit in with the theming!

A Blacksmith expert rated this:

Played: 10 May 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

immersivestory-drivengreat hostingquite difficult

We found this room tricker than we thought it would be. Well themed, great hosting and worth doing.

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SonalSh86 rated this:

Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

funnyimmersivestory-driven

Hilarious moment of dancing in the dark

StaceyF expert rated this:

Played: 29/06/2019 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:

Played: 31 May 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

beautifulimmersivegreat hosting

This one really divided opinion between the two of us, as it really wasn't my favourite but the other half of our team really liked it.

Decor-wise, this is superb. There are some delightful puzzles in here but a couple I just didn't quite get on with, so that probably skewed my opinion of a very decent game!

Hosting here is excellent and we felt very well looked after.

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If you've played a fair number of escape rooms, you've probably seen the inside of several Egyptian pyramids. While you can be pretty confident they'll be liberally decorated with hieroglyphics, there's plenty of variation in style, light levels and layout. Occasionally you even find one with actual sand for the floor - such as The Escapement's take on the theme. I happily played barefoot in meticulously clean sand that comfortably outclasses what you'll find on Margate's nearby beach.

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An immersive game that also delivers on the puzzle front - maybe not in numbers but in quality and difficulty. A great experience although let down by a slightly flat finish. Still highly recommend, though.

The team have clearly put a lot of thought into this experience, and Exodus is one not to be missed.

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Think sand – real life, authentic sand…(we wonder if it’s from the beach!?), some excellent decor and one of the most exciting doors to an escape room we’ve seen. These things combined throw players straight into Egypt, and into the very real wrath of a God. We have done a few games with this theme, but this one definitely stood out in terms of the quality of the puzzles (which all stay on theme throughout the gameplay!). Players need to rely on one of the lesser used 5 senses in this game, no spoilers, but we had fun with this part!

I guess it’s appropriate for a game in a seaside town like Margate to be covered in sand, to the point of giving you the option to play barefoot if that’s your thing. The tons of sand is the first thing you’ll notice about Egyptian Exodus, the second is the rest of the set: it’s a stunning set up, more movie set than typical escape room, making it a lovely place to be puzzling for an hour. You’re attempting to find the missing canopic jars and lift the curse of Anubis, which is both on-theme and provides a handy way of tracking your progress through the game, with each strand of puzzles delivering a jar at the end of it.

9/10

Want to get sand between your toes without a day at the beach? Get yourselves down to The Escapement in Margate and... Walk like an Egyptian

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