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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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.

🔐James Bloodworth expert rated this:

Played: 30/11/2021 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

beautifulhi-tech

This was our second game at the venue and after the dark of Pirates, this was a definite step up. This is set in an egyptian tomb and comes with the requisite amount of sand! A series of logic and search puzzles will lead you to a series of ingame events. The only weak link was the finale, the game just seemed to end, in fact, I'm not sure if we didn't get the game over signal seconds before we completed the final puzzle..

Barry Hammond expert rated this:

Played: 04/02/2018 Team size: 4 Time taken: 59.09 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Robin Harris & Michael Bailey experienced rated this:

Played: 14/9/2019 Team size: 2 Time taken: 54 minutes 33 seconds Outcome: Successful escape!

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🌵Juliette B expert rated this:

Played: 05/01/2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 43:12 Outcome: Successful escape!

A solid and fun game although my least favourite of the 3 at The Escapement (mainly because the other two are SO GOOD rather than as a detriment to this game). Theme wise the egyptian tomb is familiar, but the puzzles are well designed in terms of fit and the game does feel immersive despite its small space. We had a slightly over keen GM (absolutely lovely, but we'd asked for no hints and in his over-enthusiasm he kept forgetting and telling us things). Probably would shift a couple of things around to change the end order for the game if I could - was slightly surprised by the end - but we had a good time.

furiouslycurious experienced rated this:

Played: 2018

Middle of the road game. Was hyped up a lot before playing so may have influenced enjoyment. Much better and more challenging games out there.

Tim Cooper expert rated this:

Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

great hostingfamily friendlymagical

Shane Craig Gausden experienced rated this:

Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

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🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:

Outcome: Successful escape!

clever

After playing the dark Polaris this was a breath of fresh air as Egypt is bright! Great theming of the puzzles and the absence of padlocks was refreshing. I personally loved the puzzles in this game as they play to my strengths, but I can imagine that this is an infuriating room for some players.
Great story and great host who kept wonderfully in character throughout. I has a great time.

Adam Bravery expert rated this:

Played: 29 Dec 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 41 Outcome: Successful escape!

originalcleverimmersivequite difficult

Immersion and theming is great here, and puzzles all feel like a lot of thought has gone into them to make them less standard. Our host James was great. Only criticisms are that the finale puzzle felt a bit lazy and easy compared to the others and some of the props are a bit worn and difficult to see. Otherwise, a really good game and just wish there was more of it!

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Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:

Played: 22 Sep 2019 Team size: 4 Time taken: 46:12 Outcome: Successful escape!

immersivegreat hosting

matt_keds expert rated this:

Played: 11 Aug 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 53:29 Outcome: Successful escape!

clevergreat hostingdifferent

imrahil experienced rated this:

Team size: 2 Time taken: 48 min Outcome: Successful escape!

immersivegreat hostingillogical

Just felt some of the puzzles were a leap, and some were tedious (reading / translating).

Set is amazing, but for us the weakest of the 3.

PurpleB expert rated this:

Played: 16 Aug 2022 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

The set was amazing but I felt the puzzles in this room were not good. A couple were very tedious and repetitive and some were just badly formed. The host said that it was the "most difficult room in Margate" but I don't think the puzzles were hard per se, people just struggle because they aren't good, logical puzzles.

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Matt C experienced rated this:

Played: 29/07/2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 72:10 Outcome: Successful escape!

very difficult

Jess_keds expert rated this:

Outcome: Successful escape!

immersivefamily friendlypoor hosting

benny1664 experienced rated this:

Played: 12 May 2023 Team size: 4 Time taken: 59 Outcome: Successful escape!

illogical

This is the 4th Escapement game we have played and I'm afraid we really did'nt gel with it at all. I rated the other Escapement games all between 4 and 5 but this one was very small in comparison, the puzzles seemed very illogical and there were not that many at all to do. We struggled so much to get off the starting blocks taking 35mins to do the first puzzle but then we did the whole of the rest of it in 24mins. The final puzzle to get out is'nt really even a puzzle its so easy which was a big anti climax? Usually a room with some sand on the floor and temple/tomb themes and we love it but we did'nt really enjoy this one at all I am afraid, sorry.

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.

StaceyF expert rated this:

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

SonalSh86 rated this:

Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

funnyimmersivestory-driven

Hilarious moment of dancing in the dark

Jose Adrian experienced rated this:

Played: Team size: Time taken: Outcome: Successful escape!

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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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