Lucardo Manchester: The Orphanage

By | September 24, 2020

by Lucardo Manchester (website)

Virginia House, 5-7 Great Ancoats Street, M4 5AD

Manchester

2-5 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

This game may scare you! PG rated may be unsuitable for younger players - Please call for more information. St Josephineโ€™s Orphanage for Girls was once the finest educational facility in the North West. Today, the grand Victorian property stands empty, derelict and abandoned. Until now as the property stands up for auction by a local firm. You and your colleagues have been invited to enter the grade II listed site and evaluate its potential for developing it into a new, state of the art urban-living apartment complex. Tread carefully though, you wouldnโ€™t be the first to walk its eerie halls and perhaps decide for yourselves that some doors are better left closed.
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based on ratings from 27 users
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escapemynightmare rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
spbc expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 24 Sep 2023 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
funneeding tlc๐Ÿ˜จcreepy
caroline354 expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
plain๐Ÿ˜จcreepy
Quite disappointed in this experience as we were expecting something much more intense and scary. The game itself is best described as creepy but never ventures beyond that. As regards the set - it's extremely small! The decor, furniture and props are fairly poor quality and something that really grates is multiple locks (4-5) on one piece of furniture! For enthusiasts visiting Manchester you're much better off taking a trip to the venues outside the city to play more impressive experiences.  
flyingoctopus expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
SeanEscapes rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 13/03/2022 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenintensequite difficult๐ŸงŸterrifying

This is the best escape room I've ever played. The thematics and back story are what makes it superb. We were all scared stiff but still loved it. 

Speedy Sloth expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
TheEscapeBoomers expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hosting

If you enjoy being scared then great - If not, then its just a very easy game with 8 puzzles. 

Jess_keds expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
intenseplain puzzles๐Ÿ‘ปscary
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Someday Iโ€™ll play a game set in an orphanage thatโ€™s about toys and laughter and children playing happily, but not this one: Lucardoโ€™s latest is of course a horror game, set in a derelict orphanage with a dark past.

The design gets a lot out of a relatively modest sized space. The beginning in particular would feel cramped for any team larger than three, though it soon opens up somewhat. Some quality set design helps suspension of disbelief, and the game felt increasingly immersive as it went o...

The Orphanage was just perfectly creepy, dilapidated and atmospheric

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