Kanyu Escape: Follow in my Footsteps

By | March 20, 2019

by Kanyu Escape (website)

South Lodge, Moor End, Wetherby LS23 6ER

Wetherby

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Deaf friendly - contact the venue for details
Out of the blue you receive a letter from Farnsbarns, Grommit and Sedge, solicitors to the aristocratic Cunningham family. The letter says you have been identified as a distant relation of the last of the family, Sir Henry Cunningham.
Sir Henry was a strange, reclusive character who is rumoured to have unearthed an amazing secret during his travels in Africa.
The letter invites you to the mysterious South Lodge, which is all that remains of the once grand estate of the Cunningham family. There Sir Henry has left challenges that you must overcome to prove yourself worthy of being considered an heir.
Can you follow the trail of clues in Sir Henry’s old study, solve the puzzles and overcome the challenges to learn something of his amazing discovery and prove yourself a worthy heir? You have an hour to succeed.

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Overall rating

Rated between 3.5 and 4.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 34 users
combined with 4 pro reviews

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RedPandaPepper expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
immersive
samsham expert rated this:Rated between 2 and 2 out of 5
Played: 19 Oct 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 65:00 Outcome: Failed 🙁
WinglessArchangel experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulmagicalquite difficult
woodyhudds rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 31 Jul 2024
originalclevergreat hosting

Loved Bob our host got so much more than an escape room experience as he is a fascinating gent. Loved the room, brilliantly put together and would highly recommend.

🔐James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 27 Jul 2024 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivegreat hosting

There's a real sense of exploration here, elements of the room may seem daunting when you first get in there but it holds more than one surprise.  Another non-linear game with people able to work on different puzzles.  There is a central puzzle that I think could do with being slightly clearer as to what you have to do as to tore through the room until we encountered that but its still a great room and very much worth your time.

Farmergeddon Outta Here experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 23 Jun 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 48ish Outcome: Successful escape!
originalstory-driven

A great room that begins the story of 'Sir Henry Cunningham' at Kanyu, and we really enjoyed it! A good number of puzzles throughout, and a nice use of props too. Tasha, our host, was brilliant too; she helped us with the odd clue when we were getting slightly confused and gave a really good debrief afterwards which we really appreciated, always nice to discuss the rooms afterwards!

spbc expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 31 May 2024 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingepic
Jordan Brown experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 24 Mar 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 40:29 Outcome: Successful escape!
escapeartist1212 expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
beautifuloriginalclever
🔐SpontaneousIllusion expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 3
beautifulclevergreat hosting
Excellent room first game I introduced my family too. Who loved it!! Bob as always was a brilliant host, even bringing my mum in a sneaky cuppa and chair when she was unable to proceed due to her mobility. 
Mark Crossley experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 18/06/2023 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivestory-driven
leighton_87 experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 22 Jul 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverstory-drivenquite difficult

A really tough room for 2 people. Full of well thought out puzzles, hard puzzles but no logic leaps required and some great lighbulb moments to be had.

The room more to it that meets the eyes.

The host is great and this is clearly a labour of love

Stevie Davies expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: August 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 30m 25s Outcome: Successful escape!
clevergreat hostinglogical
Tatie experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
originalclevergreat hosting
Scree rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 15 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-driven
curlersandcupcakes rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingquite difficult

Great game, crafted well. Glad I took brain box with me as some of the puzzles went over my head haha Bob was a fab host!

TheAllatts rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 21 Oct 2023 Team size: 4 Time taken: 55.12
originalclevergreat hosting

A very original and clever room with a wide range of puzzles we’ve not seen anywhere else. Our game host was brilliant and really set the scene including some personal touches. There was plenty of puzzles to get stuck into inside the room and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We will definitely be back to try the other rooms. 

🔐EscapedBear expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 4 Time taken: 35.35 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautiful
Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 48.00 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingquite difficult
Speedy Sloth expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
beautifulimmersivegreat hosting
Team Jophie experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 26 May 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 37 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulstory-driven
mrsb rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
hi-techimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult

Amazing, challenging room. Immersive and great tech. Very original with a range of puzzles. The host was fabulous. 

Mighty Oaks experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 9 Jun 2018 Team size: 2 Time taken: 36:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenquite easy
Joe Brown expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 9 Oct 2022 Team size: 2
we had a slow start, this felt like a decent old school escape room, definitely improved as we went on with some surprising bits
Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulclevergreat hostingvery difficult
Ladylusiphur rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivestory-drivenquite difficult

Follow in my Footsteps was our first room at Kanyu escape, and we really enjoyed it. You can tell that they put a lot of investment into the rooms, with beautiful high quality decoration and props. You really feel like you're in the actual setting, which helps to feel immersed in the story. This is probably the easiest of the three we have done at Kanyu escape, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a challenge. It took a little while for us to get into the swing of things and notice a couple of clues, but that's all part of the fun, isn't it? 

The host was great, and sat with us between our games and we chatted about general escape room stuff. 

flyingoctopus expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

Jaw dropping beautiful room, no expense spared on the build quality. 

There are a range of challenging puzzles in this room so it's not an easy room to complete.

Lots of fun! 

abooth expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 47 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginalgreat hosting

Loved this room - brilliant puzzles, original theming, lots of brain power needed. Can't wait for their new room.

Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautiful

No effort is spared at Kanyu Escape - this room is just beautiful! Really fun puzzles that were intuitive but challenging. A good combination of finding and solving with a really good 'wow' moment as well. Highly recommended!

Lise expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 2020 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

This room was excellent! The décor and atmosphere really makes it compete with some international top rated games. Unfortunately it is a bit short as we escaped in 30 minutes in a team of 2! But really recommend it!

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Escapetopus experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 20/12/2018 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

A unique location for an escape room venue lends itself to a very effective Victorian explorer theme. A beautifully decorated room conceals a lot of modern technology which all works well in service of the unfolding story. One of the narratively strongest games I’ve played, but not at the expense of providing fun puzzles with plenty of variety.

A challenge for two but I think it would work well with a bigger group.

Barry Hammond expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 24/11/2018 Team size: 2 Time taken: 44 Outcome: Successful escape!

Reviews by escape room review sites

Although we played the Kanyu games out of order, Follow In My Footsteps is their first game and the best one to start with, both for narrative reasons and because it's a little easier than the one that comes after it. The game's premise is that you are distant relations of the recently deceased Sir Henry Cunningham, famed explorer, gathered at his mansion in answer to his posthumous request and tasked with delving into some of the secrets of his life.

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The highlight of a 20-game New Year's Eve trip, Lightning in a Bottle is filled with good harder-than-average puzzles, fun theatre and a pretty set.
 It is clearly a labour of love and the room itself did not disappoint.  Set up as a gentleman’s study, it has plenty of eye-candy, and the mostly vintage-feel puzzles fit perfectly

Despite first appearances, this room wasn’t a series of trying keys in keyholes. In fact, the variety of puzzles and input methods was impressive to say the least. Combined with the top-notch set design, I can definitely see why it’s rated top in Leeds!

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