by Escape London (Shadwell) (website)
412 Commercial Rd, London E1 0LB
2-6 players
Languages: EN
60 minutes
Having graduated from the school of witchcraft and wizardry, you've suddenly been brought back. Only this time, you sense something sinister at work.
The professor has gone mad. Mad with power. You've been sealed inside the room and within an hour he will extract all magic from you. Stripped of your wand and powers, you must use your wits to retrieve your wand and escape before you lose all magic forever.
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based on ratings from 71 users
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Clever use of the space with a little gem of a puzzle within the walls (without giving to much away). I’ve played the Witchcraft and Wizardry turtle rooms at a number of Escape Locations so it was nice to see that this one differed in design and puzzles.
A Harry Potter room without saying Harry Potter ha!
Some very original moments in this game with some clever surprised made this a fun game for our team. One of the closing puzzles we had never seen anything like and it was really well executed.
Some really lovely details in this room and some instinctive, logical puzzles. A couple of really excellent elements to this game that we particularly enjoyed - a fun room.
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Witchcraft & Wizardry is certainly a pretty room, with plenty of fan service to those who like the Harry Potter franchise. It's also a noticeably small room, which means this is a game I'd recommend playing with a small team.
To my cynical eye it was rather heavily based on unlocking one padlocked drawer after another, with a few more red herring items than I can approve of. The rule that everything is used exactly once was broken in the other direction too, with an item being unexpectedly need...
In the almost-year since I’ve visited, but it definitely stands out as one of my favourites of 2020. I’d recommend this for a beginner team, a team of magic fans, or anyone wanting a satisfying escape room experience.
We needed a family-friendly room, and this fits the bill beautifully - minimal jeopardy in a fantastical yet cosily familiar world.
See also
- Escape Newcastle: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Newcastle upon Tyne) (closed)
- Escape Peterborough: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Peterborough)
- Escape Sheffield: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Sheffield)
- Escape Skegness: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Skegness)
- Escape Stoke: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Stoke-on-Trent)
- Escape Colchester: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Colchester)
- Escape Dundee: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Dundee)
- Escape Glasgow: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Glasgow)
- Escape Hull: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Kingston upon Hull)
- Escape Livingston: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Livingston)
- Escape Leicester: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Leicester)
- Escape Leamington Spa: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Leamington Spa) (closed)
- Escape Milton Keynes: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Milton Keynes)
- Escape Plymouth: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Plymouth)
- Escape Stirling: Witchcraft & Wizardry (Stirling)
- Escape Edinburgh: Witchcraft and Wizardry (Edinburgh)
- Escape Dublin: Witchcraft & Wizardry (Dublin)
- Escape Leamington Spa: Witchcraft & Wizardry (Leamington Spa)