by Lucardo Rawtenstall (website)
33 - 35 Kay Street, Rossendale, BB4 7LS
2-6 players
60 minutes
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based on ratings from 41 users
combined with 6 pro reviews
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In a word: magical. We escaped with hardly any hints, which is always a brilliant sign that the puzzles are logical, intuitive, and flow perfectly. From start to finish, everything just made sense, which makes for such a satisfying experience.
It’s easily one of my favourite magic-themed escape rooms inspired by a certain boy wizard. There was one particular moment, so simple in concept yet so clever in execution, that absolutely blew me away. It’s those kinds of touches that remind me why I love escape rooms so much: the creativity and imagination from designers never fail to impress.
The game starts with a unique and exciting opening, setting the tone straight away. From there, it delivers a great soundtrack, strong atmosphere, and theming that keeps you immersed at every stage. At no point did it feel bare or underwhelming, it was engaging from the first puzzle to the last, with plenty of clever moments that make you smile when you figure them out.
A fantastic game packed with charm, ingenuity, and magical touches. Highly recommended to anyone looking for a fun, clever, and memorable escape room experience.
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Can’t see what the hype about this place is nothing special at all there are so many games master controlled puzzles it felt like we rarely did anything a puzzle was broken and the final room felt very empty and a waste of space also Simon our host was very full of himself and very rude with some of the comments he made and we felt quite uncomfortable and made us just want to leave he also put other local companies down because they were “too hard” but actually are much better and cheaper so avoid lucardo and go play somewhere else
There are many high scores for this room so I expected much. The room looked great and there was a couple of good puzzles and some magical effects but overall it just lacked content to the point that it was hard for me to remember the puzzles that we had completed when we came out. Like I said the room was very well presented but the puzzle content really let it down for me once you removed some visual bits and searching there wasn't much left. I am not sure if something went wrong with the hosting but we were both left wanting more.
Thematically great room with a few nice moments and great hosting. I think there was so much more potential to lean into the magical theming. Puzzles on the simpler side but a few creative ones in there.
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