Extremescape: Lost Tomb

By | March 20, 2019

by Extremescape (website)

Stanley Hall Farm, Stanley Hall Lane, SK12 2JX

Disley

2-8 players

90 mins
We built The Pirate Ship after playing only 4 escape rooms and we wanted to put our own stamp on โ€œOur Escape Roomโ€ .
To our surprise The Pirate Ship was unbelievably well received and the reviews have been fantastic, better than we ever imagined.
The pressure was on, our next room had to be as good, if not better than The Pirate Ship. It took nearly a year to build, it is heavily themed, exciting, interactive, immersive and a real live adventure.
Your team of adventurers & archeologists, enter an abandoned gold mine in the heart of the Mexican mountains, your mission is to find the hidden gold.
Legend says that the holder of the hidden gold of El Narangel will find the Lost Tomb.
The miners left subtle clues & hints, if you use all your skills you may find the hidden gold and ultimately the Lost Tomb but be careful they the miners wonโ€™t give up their gold easily.
The Lost Tomb is now open.
Come and see for yourselves,
Good Luck
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based on ratings from 45 users
combined with 9 pro reviews

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spbc expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 9 Jul 2023 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivengreat hosting
A Blacksmith expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 12 May 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 61m Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingepicquite difficult
A really good room, quite tricky and observation is key. It kept us busy!
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
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Ultimately, this room is a great game, the puzzles have a nice mix of logic and physical elements.The set looks decent and a lot of effort has been put into the working components of the game.Sadly, we played it just after Viking and it's hard not to compare the two. This game lacked any clear signposting, and while there wasn't a plethora of locks there was still enough to make it frustrating that you had to try them all. The puzzles in this one seemed much more drawn out and tedious.I would still recommend it, but if you have a choice, do Vikings. 
Pagan Hollis expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 8 May 2024 Team size: 5 Time taken: 55 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverstory-drivenfamily friendly
I wish there was a little more sign posting, but the actual room was good! Clever ways of solving puzzles, interesting ways of moving around the room, the ending started to fizzle for me a little bit, but we had just played vikings which left us all awestruck!
Viv Cassidy rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 12 Nov 2016 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult
ShellH experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
samsham experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 28 Oct 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 87:48 Outcome: Successful escape!
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phudson2907 rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 11 Dec 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 75 Outcome: Successful escape!
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browngate experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
๐Ÿ”SpontaneousIllusion expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Extremescape's first game was a big, brilliant pirate game. Their second is loosely inspired by Indiana Jones, and it somehow manages to be even better. Like Pirate Ship, Lost Tomb is a 90 minute game. Where Pirate Ship injects a moment or two of unexpected theatricality, Lost Tomb has a succession of them.

The game starts in a relatively small space, with the team instructed to find a way in an abandoned gold mine, and subsequently to recover each of a set of bags of gold. From the outset the ...

The set is stunning, the puzzles are enjoyable, the theatrical moments are fantastic and, to top it off, the couple who run it are a great pair of hosts. If you're ever in the area, and by that I mean the UK, you should head over here for 90 minutes of pure joy.
Tomb Raiding Adventures are perhaps my favourite type of escape, and The Lost Tomb at Extremescape sits amongst some of the best I have ever played. While I canโ€™t really choose which of the three games at Extremescape is the โ€œbest,โ€ this is without a doubt my personal favourite.

I loved this room. It felt like there was a lot to do, with plenty of elements and things to discover. Discovering the temple with only 30 mins left was definitely panic-inducing, but added a bit of pressure. I highly recommend this room to anyone!

And location is more relevant than you might think for Lost Tomb, as the game itself takes places in what seem to be some old underground caverns carved out of rock. It does mean that theyโ€™re halfway to that Lost Tomb aesthetic already, but itโ€™s impressive nonetheless.
Another wonderful game by Extemeescape. Itโ€™s clear that they have learnt over time and having played all of their games there is clear development from Pirate Ship to Lost Tomb and ultimately Vikings. This is truly a 90 minute game. I dare say that very few will complete this in less than the standard 60 minutes unless they are a large VERY experienced group. Itโ€™s safe to say that Extremescape donโ€™t build easy rooms but no matter, they are all worth playing as they are examples of some of the best in the country. 
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