Lucardo Rawtenstall: Safe House Online

By | December 14, 2020

by Lucardo Rawtenstall (website)

33 - 35 Kay Street, Rossendale, BB4 7LS

Up to 6 players

Languages: EN

📹remote avatar
not on sale
Play Safe House from the comfort of your front room. This game is played remotely and will require you to have access to a good internet connection, a device or laptop that supports video calling with camera and microphone. Your team will be in control of one of Lucardo’s fantastic game hosts who will do as you instruct to help progress your team through the game. Included in the cost is one login with a maximum of 4 households.
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Overall rating

Rated between 3.5 and 4.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 20 users
combined with 3 pro reviews

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Player reviews

Darren Miller expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
magicalbacons expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5

I played the safehouse when it first opened and thats ages ago, so a number of improvements and tweaks have occurred since my  first review.
The online version of this game works very well, and the slight adaptations to the puzzles to allow for a single player actually improve the gameflow. Incorporating the live action sections of the game into the online version also transposes very well, in fact I actually prefer the online to the play IRL.

Seven Of Diamonds experienced rated this:Rated between 2 and 2 out of 5
Played: 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalbroken tech
Chris Metcalfe experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyoriginalgreat hosting
Speedy Sloth expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
TheEscapeBoomers expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogical

We just didn't gel with this game - Some weird logical jumps. Probably the worst at LR.

Karen Peers experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Time taken: 50 Outcome: Successful escape!
Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 30 Aug 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 42:19 Outcome: Successful escape!
Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
LoftusLady rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 9 Feb 2019 Team size: 3 Time taken: 49 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverstory-drivengreat hostingquite difficult

Me and my friends had a good time here, it was thought provoking and loved the different feel in each room. The game felt tense which spurred us on. Great atmosphere 

EireBanshee expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Anne expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 26 Jun 2021 Team size: 2
story-drivenquite difficult

Some really good puzzles in this room. Lots of doors to choose from. We did have 2 places in the story where we would have loved to be there in person as we didn't quite get the technical translation of the puzzle and had to take a hint where it would have been obvious in real life. 

The production quality of the story videos impressed us.

The tech is built on Telescape with the inventory at your feet in an evidence envelope. 

magicalbacons expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Brit Of An Escape Habit blogger rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Laura McGill expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 28/09/2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 55:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
PurpleB expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: Jan 2020 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

Most of the time when GMs come out before the game in costume and start some rehearsed pre-game bit, I inwardly cringe and try and hide behind my teammates until it's over.  But the GMs at Rawtenstall demostrate how this type of thing can work really well.  We played all their games and all the GMs were excellent but the one we had for Safe House was particularly good.

The room itself was great, with some nice surprises.  I got frustrated a couple of times with the puzzles but that was my own fault for missing things!

imrahil experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Allie Abbott rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 07/09/19 Team size: 5 Time taken: 52:42 Outcome: Successful escape!

A really thought out room with some great live action scenes

Reviews by escape room review sites

Yet another fun room by Lucardo. We’d been holding off playing the online avatar version of this game as we wanted to play it in real life, and we’re glad we did. We enjoyed Corruption a bit more than Safe House, but this game is unlikely to disappoint.

Another well-themed and theatrical game from Lucardo. We were a little bit confused in the first half of the game, but things became clearer as the game progressed. 

A unique game full of unexpected turns coupled with clever puzzle and good themeing means its another great game from the folks at Lucardo

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