Escape Peterborough: Buried Alive

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape Peterborough (website)

Priestgate, PE1 1LF

Peterborough

2-5 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

A plague has spread across the nation and your friend is locked in the mortuary. However rumour has spread that the disease is not in fact fatal and many have been buried alive.
Your friend has been diagnosed with the plague and has been left to die in the mortuary. Free them from their coffin and escape before you all end up buried alive!
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Terraverte rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersive

This game is underground in genuine old vaults, so it genuinely atmospheric (and cold). One of your party (minimum 3 to play) starts trapped apart from the others, so it’s highly recommended that an experienced player is chosen for it as you’re alone for the first part of the game. It’s well put together and the puzzles were pretty good, though not necessarily original in themselves.

A Blacksmith expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 5 May 2018 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
SmithΒ² expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Richard Horton rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5

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If you've played a few games at the Escape chain, you might feel you have a good idea of what to expect from the company. Be warned that Buried Alive is very much the exception. It's a distinctive game built around a specific idea, and your enjoyment will depend heavily on how you get on with the game's central concept. I don't think it's a spoiler to discuss that concept since it's fairly clear from the website, as well as spelled out in the pre-game briefing, but if you'd prefer to play with z...

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