by Escape Edinburgh (website)
2-6 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
Overall rating
based on ratings from 92 users
combined with 6 pro reviews
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Some really lovely details in this room and some instinctive, logical puzzles. A couple of really excellent elements to this game that we particularly enjoyed - a fun room.
Vvery good linear escape room with lots of different elements with the right level of difficulty. Really enjoyed this room- however there is one part where there are pieces of an old puzzle that was off putting which we wasted time at.
A lovely wizard themed escape room. The space is beautiful, puzzles are logical and the game works linearly. Brilliant escape room for families.
A really fun room, with a good mix of puzzle types. There was plenty to do with two of us and we were kept occupied for the entire time we were in there.
If you're a small team with less experience then this might be tricky just because of the sheer amount there is to do.
AVOID.
Booked and paid £100 for my daughter’s 12th birthday escape room. Arrived to find removal men stripping the place out. Sheffield had been closed for weeks. We were never told.
I had to chase a refund across multiple calls and emails. It eventually arrived with zero communication. Three emails asking about compensation for a ruined 12-year-old’s birthday party were ignored completely.
The website is still live, still showing the Sheffield venue, still accepting bookings and payments for a site that no longer existed.
If you’re thinking of booking for something that actually matters a birthday, a special occasion think very carefully.
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Witchcraft & Wizardry is certainly a pretty room, with plenty of fan service to those who like the Harry Potter franchise. It's also a noticeably small room, which means this is a game I'd recommend playing with a small team.
To my cynical eye it was rather heavily based on unlocking one padlocked drawer after another, with a few more red herring items than I can approve of. The rule that everything is used exactly once was broken in the other direction too, with an item being unexpectedly need...
In the almost-year since I’ve visited, but it definitely stands out as one of my favourites of 2020. I’d recommend this for a beginner team, a team of magic fans, or anyone wanting a satisfying escape room experience.
We needed a family-friendly room, and this fits the bill beautifully - minimal jeopardy in a fantastical yet cosily familiar world.
See also
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- Escape Newcastle: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Newcastle upon Tyne) (closed)
- Escape Peterborough: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Peterborough)
- Escape Sheffield: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Sheffield) (closed)
- Skegness Pier: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Skegness) (closed)
- Escape Stoke: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Stoke-on-Trent)
- Escape Colchester: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Colchester)
- Escape Dundee: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Dundee)
- Escape Glasgow: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Glasgow) (closed)
- Escape Hull: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Kingston upon Hull)
- Escape Livingston: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Livingston)
- Escape Leicester: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Leicester)
- Escape Leamington Spa: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Leamington Spa) (closed)
- Escape Milton Keynes: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Milton Keynes) (closed)
- Escape Plymouth: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Plymouth) (closed)
- Escape Stirling: Witchcraft & Wizardry (Stirling) (closed)
- Escape London (Shadwell): Witchcraft and Wizardry (East London)
- Escape Dublin: Witchcraft & Wizardry (Dublin)
- Escape Leamington Spa: Witchcraft & Wizardry (Leamington Spa) (closed)
- Butlins Bognor Regis: Witchcraft & Wizardry (Bognor Regis)
- Gamesaints Sheffield: Magic Mission (Sheffield) (closed)
- Escape Newcastle: Witchcraft & Wizardry (Newcastle upon Tyne)