After years of planning and excavations the tomb of the nefarious Ramses has finally been unearthed. But this is no tomb full of traps; it is a peerless conundrum full of strange machinations.
If you could manage to extract the three ancient relics rumoured to rest here you would become part of history, but you are not the only ones on the trail…
Your foreheads are drenched and the air is taut with fear. There is not much time for you to act before the unscruplious treasure hunters cross the desert and bury you alive just to claim the glory for themselves.
Will you lay your hands upon the relics of the past? And will you even be able to escape before the glocks are pointed to your heads? Your hourglass is running low…
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Played: 6 Jun 2022Team size: 4Time taken: 29:28Outcome: Successful escape!
funnygreat hostingfamily friendlyquite easy
Really fun room and our GM Anna was friendly and ran a great game for us. We enjoyed the "get as far as you can" concept so all teams feel they've accomplished something and thought the puzzles were interesting and enjoyable. Also managed to beat the record time!!
Played: 1 Jun 2022Team size: 2Time taken: 59:37Outcome: Successful escape!
funnyfamily friendlybroken-puzzlequite easy
Disappointing ending. After blazing through all the puzzles and with the final hurdle in our eye-line (with roughly 25-30mins left), I feel bitter knowing that a poorly made puzzle meant that our game ended with 20+minutes on one last puzzle. We had solved 90% of what was required with the last answer showing as incorrect. We back tracked over and over again to no avail. The GM could not provide input but that’s not her fault (style of puzzle). When we finished she kindly brought in the cheat sheet to try to show us how it finished. However, she quickly realised that the puzzle was not working as it should so we left it at that as we had other rooms to do. We did have a lot of fun up until that point but feel bitter that our experience was overshadowed by a poorly made puzzle.
Played: 1 Jun 2022Team size: 2Time taken: 59:37Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingfun
#66
A really fun and immersive room, the puzzles were in theme and the set was great. Would have escaped sooner if it wasn’t for a frustrating final puzzle, definitely worth doing though. Host was fantastic.
An overall fun game, nothing too impressive but nice set design and some good puzzles, maybe a few more could have been sprinkled in here and there. Some tricky elements in the game where i’m unsure how you would get round the puzzle if you weren't physically able to do it (shakey hands for example)
Cryptology make the briefings great! They made a joke whether they are a Bavarian beer server, or Indiana Jones, a great intro, The game is very hands on, and Acluebis has to be the best clue system we have seen! Amazing game!
Again, another reworking of a previous game when they were at a different venue, a good combination of both logic and physical puzzles follow as you find yourselves trying to escape an Egyptian tomb. There are varying levels of success to the room as to how many relics you retrieve before escaping but even escaping requires a steady hand..
Well thought out room with nice set dressing, very funny GM and a good bit of adrenaline at the end. Variable difficulty with how much you can do to complete the room which is a really nice touch.
Loved the fact the hosts/GM’s brief in character. Immediately helps with immersion if done well (which ours did). Setting and design is great with a great little clue system. We managed to complete the room in its entirety completing the bonus challenge. It’s a real step up from Cypheryne which after playing that I was dubious that I was in for poor day of escaping, how wrong was I?
Team size: 2Time taken: 59Outcome: Successful escape!
funnyimmersivegreat hosting
We always knew getting all three relics would be a challenge with only two of us, but we were happy coming away with two and getting a good chunk of the way towards the third!
I love the way Cryptology structure their rooms so that "escaping" is a sufficient challenge for all experience levels, keeping you sufficiently busy and getting value for money. Plus lots of in-theme, tactile puzzles.
The host was marvellous throughout, as was the hint system and theming.
Only (very minor) gripes were with an unintentionally temperamental light source.
Played: 5 Mar 2023Team size: 6Time taken: 36:53 and all 3 relics!Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivengreat hosting
Love the Egyptian theme! So much fun to work through and a decent amount of puzzles - a couple were a little tricky so glad we had a bigger team so multiple people could look at a puzzle if someone was stuck. Great use of space and a great variety of puzzles.
Played: 12 Jan 2023Team size: 1Time taken: 59:33Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginal
First ever room attempted on my own and loved the experience, got hung up on a couple of puzzles which with other players might have been solved, as with all the rooms at Cryptology the design and playability is fantastic and definitely worth playing
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Played: 7 Jan 2023Team size: 2Time taken: 59:35Outcome: Successful escape!
Played: 7 Jan 2023Team size: 2Outcome: Successful escape!
immersiveintense
A fantastic set that we loved working our way through to collect the three relics and escape the tomb. There were some super physical challenges with some clever puzzles that linked beautifully with the theme.
Our Achilles' heel came with the penultimate puzzle, which - judging by lots of the other reviews and blogs - has frustrated a few other teams too.
Saying that, we really enjoyed this game, as we love a classic theme and a room that feels immersive and theatrical.
Played: 17 Sep 2022Team size: 2Time taken: 55:56 with all 3 relicsOutcome: Successful escape!
clever
Some simple in nature ideas executed brilliantly and provided some great aha moments along the way. The game is dark but lanterns were provided to ensure this didn't impact the solving negatively. Really varied puzzles and simply a lot of fun!
A really fun game that was let down slightly by a couple of challenges near the end. Expect a big, meandering set, reasonable decoration, fun puzzles and plenty to keep you occupied for most of your hour.
This is a room that would be perfect for those new to escape rooms or seasoned escapers. The puzzles were fun, the room was solid, and the sense of exploration was spot on. With different ‘win’ levels, it works for everyone regardless of experience level.
Next up in our Cryptology-a-thon was Rameseize, which we want to give an award to for the best name for an Egyptian themed room! As you may expect, with this room you are tasked with ransacking Rameses’ tomb to ‘seize’ three ancient relics before your rival treasure hunters catch you up and bury you alive in the tomb to claim the treasure for themselves. As usual, no pressure then hey!
Our team at Rate The Escapes took on the Egyptian themed escape room Rameseize and managed to escape with all three ancient relics. Read of review of the Escape Room Rameseize.
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