Games in Edinburgh by Escape The Past
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Escape rooms are my husband’s favorite thing to seek out whenever we travel, so over the years we’ve ended up playing them all over the world. The Deacon’s Cabinet was easily one of our absolute favorites!
It was unique, challenging, and SO much fun. Everything was incredibly well thought out, and the entire experience was very well run from start to finish. What really set it apart, though, was the atmosphere. It genuinely felt like stepping back in time rather than simply walking into an escape room.
After doing so many escape rooms in different places, it takes something special to really stand out, and this one absolutely did. If you enjoy escape rooms and are visiting Edinburgh, don’t miss this one!
Small but fun room with a very cool cabinet - solid 2 person enthusiast room, great hosting
From the host to the room itself. Escape the past have done it again. We were desperate to come back having played the anatomist. The room is well themed and the puzzles are a great mix. The story telling was excellent, loved the light show at the start and throughout. The cabinet itself is a phenomenal piece of engineering. So well done and used appropriately throughout the game
Our hosts Edmund and Ronak were excellent, very much in character and set the game up nicely that made us excited to get started.
We have played several escape rooms, and when travelling to Edinburgh we chose this one for the unique theme based in history of the area. We were welcomed warmly by Edmond who gave us a a great in-character, costumed, introduction. The puzzles were consistently on-theme and logical. Edmund was an excellent judge of making appropriate "nudges" only when really needed. We had a lovely experience.
We've done dozens of the escape rooms and The Anatomist stands out as one of the best best and most enjoyable ones. Our games master Edmund was truly fantastic, enthusiastic and very friendly. The room itself is very atmospheric and immersive, great attention to detail has been paid to create the ambiance and make you feel like you stepped into a different era. The puzzles were very well thought out and made sense, the story was great. We didn't want the experience to end, it was so great! Would 100% recommend!
A solid room that, although very small - especially for larger teams - packed a lot into the space in a very clever way. There were several really interesting puzzles, and especially as the game progressed, some really showstopping moments, but what let this game down for us on our visit was quite a bit of broken tech, which triggered at incorrect times, both spoiling future surprises, and confusing us once or twice. That was a shame, as the decor and theme were good and the puzzles engaging and varied, albeit not always with the best signposting. There was also one puzzle that downright irritated - you’ll see why! That, and another element to the room represent my absolute pet peeve with escape rooms very effectively. Hosting was so-so; lovely and friendly, but no promised time checks (there is no countdown in the room), and also no apology for all the broken or unreliable tech. Nevertheless, we still really enjoyed this room, and the atmosphere and the things that did work and give the “wow” factor meant that it was still a four star room for me, better than their other room The Anatomist.
A brilliant room. The theming is first class. Felt like we had been transported back to the days of Burke & Hare. Our GM Julia was great. The puzzles were very clever and had a great story to them. As a team of two we found it tricky but this didn't stop us really enjoying ourselves. Would highly recommend this room!