Lucardo Rawtenstall: University of Magic: Dragon’s Heart

By | March 20, 2019

by Lucardo Rawtenstall (website)

33 - 35 Kay Street, Rossendale, BB4 7LS

Rawtenstall

2-6 players

60 minutes

An announcement has been made in the University of Magic - the Dragon’s Heart has been stolen! Without this, magic as we know it is at risk. Rumours are circulating that it was seen in Oggles Magic Shop. Your task is to use your magical powers to enter Oggles, recover The Dragon’s Heart and return it back to the University of Magic. Dark forces are involved, so take care on this quest. Pre-Book – Opens 8th December 2018
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Overall rating

Rated between 3.5 and 4.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 33 users
combined with 6 pro reviews

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Jordan Brown experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 10 Aug 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 42:38 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulfunnylow ceilings

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.

simsi747 experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
samsham experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 24 Feb 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 49:51 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivengreat hostingmagical
Laura Knight expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 17 Aug 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivengreat hostingmagical
Loved this game, might be the best magic-type game I've played. Good storyline, lovely atmosphere, great puzzles that flowed well, and a few that were really special! Highly recommend. 
browngate experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
roberts0502 expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 13 Jan 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 56:42 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivemagical
knoh39 experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 1 Jan 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 52.37 Outcome: Successful escape!
clevergreat hostingmagical
Unique start to this game, set and theme was excellent. Host was amazing and got right into his character. Some clever puzzles and magic spells. Very interactive, we had a great time! 
TheCLAMS expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 27 Oct 2023 Team size: 4 Time taken: ~36 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
magicalgreat theming

This room is beautifully themed and the start is super fun and intriguing. Theres a fun interactive puzzles I just love in here. We did find there weren't lots of puzzles though and we completed it fairly quickly. 

goyinghome rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivemagical

Great set design, and some clever touches, it was a bit dark, so you may need a touch 

Chris Metcalfe experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulfunnystory-driven
Speedy Sloth expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
magical
TheEscapeBoomers expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulstory-drivengreat hosting

Great fun for a team! We had a blast and enjoyed the theatrical side. 

Jess_keds expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulhi-techoriginal
MartinStrong76 experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 51.54 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulgreat hostingmagical

The attention to detail in this room is spot on! Every puzzle felt on theme and was genuinely fun to do, even as a couple of 40 odd year olds. Great use of space and very theatrical as usual! Another fab room from the team here!

Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 1 Jan 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 26.59 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivemagical

A really beautiful game with an inventive beginning that creates that sense of immersion and magic. The puzzles are lovely and theming is sustained throughout. There were some really magical moments and one particularly gorgeous prop that was just a delight.

Our only quibble, however, was simply that there wasn't enough of it. We sailed through it and found ourselves disappointed to be at the end I such a short time.

Saying that, it's a lovely room that was a pleasure to do.

Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 2 Apr 2022 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalfamily friendlymagical

Another great game from Rawtenstall and great hosting from the team. The room was once again superb and completely on theme. The puzzles were fun and original and really made the hour fly by. 

If you're looking to play - I'd certainly book this room closely followed by Treason.  -  Don't be be put off by sour reviews. This game was amazing!

Thanks to Simon and the team for having us. 

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 2 Apr 2022 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingfamily friendlymagical

Beautiful room! The theming was fantastic! Great hosting as usual with Rawtenstall, and you can see the time and effort that is put into all their games! The puzzles were all on theme and weren't too hard for us! Can't wait to finish the rest of the games!

lizratesrooms experienced rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 1 Apr 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 52 Outcome: Successful escape!
flyingoctopus expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenfamily friendly

We really liked this game. 

From the very beginning you are thrown into the story and this is apparent throughout. 

The setting was beautiful, really immersive with a good mixture of puzzles.

Thoroughly enjoyable for any type of team. 

matt_keds expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 6 Feb 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 44:06 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginalimmersive

#37

Again a fab room in Lucardo Rawtenstall, the host starts you off by really immersing you in the story. A few clever puzzles here that really keep with the theme, and the quality of the room was brilliant - especially the second part (no spoilers!)  which was some of the best set decoration I’ve seen in the 40 escape rooms we’ve done. Definitely worth the visit here!

abooth expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 46 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulcleverimmersive

Superb room - beautifully themed and the host at Lucardo Rawtenstall is brilliant. Second room was slightly easier than we're used to from Lucardo, but perhaps we're just great at escape rooms aha.

Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 23/12/18
Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 30 Aug 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 41:14 Outcome: Successful escape!
LoftusLady rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 26 Jul 2019 Team size: 6 Time taken: 52 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivefamily friendly

Really enjoyed this game. From start to finish the atmosphere was magical. There were really clever puzzles with cool magical interactive elements which I had never seen before in an escape room. Loved every minute

Chris Tyler-Wood expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 27 Jul 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 27:01 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulmagicalquite easy

Really pretty room! So much to look at and all the puzzles just makes sense, just wish we hadn't flown through it so quickly!

🔐James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 17/06/2021 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivefamily friendly
There’s not much I can add to all the glowing reviews I’ve read.  I’ve played quite a few magic rooms but this is one of, if not, the best one so far.  Wonderfully immersive, some lovely effects and all in keeping.  The room looks beautiful and you do get to perform some actual magic!
magicalbacons expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Lise expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 2018 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

We loved every second of this escape room! So many unexpected turns and unseen riddles/puzzles, we loved it. There is one part of the escape room that absolutely blew our minds and really put us into the atmosphere of the room, (but no spoilers, try it yourself). Our host was amazing and followed our rule of "no clues unless we are ALL asking for one", he even named it the Cluelios spell to stay in theme. 🙂 This is an incredible magic room which doesn't have that many puzzles but get you thinking throughout 60 minutes and sometimes you might even just find yourself admiring the room as the decoration and props are just unreal! We loved the Magician room in Stockport Moviescape and thought it would be hard to get another Magic room as good in Great Manchester-ish but Lucardo succeeded in that challenge!

Laura McGill expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 28/09/2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 35:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
PurpleB expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: Jan 2020 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

Great room: awesome set, well-themed puzzles, and it all ties together really nicely.

imrahil experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Allie Abbott rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 20/01/19 Team size: 4 Time taken: 46:25 Outcome: Successful escape!

Reviews by escape room review sites

Magic School has proved wildly popular as an escape room theme, and Lucardo have one such game in each of their two branches. Instead of taking the easy route of duplicating a single game, these are two completely distinct games. (I guess it would make narrative sense to play the Manchester branch’s Entrance Exam first, but Dragon’s Heart is entirely standalone and we had no problem starting with it.)

While this entire genre of escape room owes an obvious debt to the Harry Potter franchise, thi...

The team at Rawtenstall continue to impress. A well delivered story, a fantastic introduction, a great entrance to the game, solid puzzles and plenty of theatre throughout the experience meant we left the game buzzing.
It’s been so long since we played Entrance Exam that I can’t really confirm or deny the rumours that say Dragon’s Heart is even better, but I can confirm that Dragon’s Heart is definitely superb and well worth the trip to Rawtenstall.
A truly magical room with lots of great special effects and beautiful theming. Our new favourite Lucardo game!

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