Mr Copplestone aka “The Professor” is an inventor. His greatest invention is the world’s first time machine, built so he could travel through space and time to find interesting objects and life saving potions to sell in his curiosity shoppe.
The time machine is powered by Time Echo Crystals, these crystals are rare and only a small quantity exist in the world. Without them the time machine won't work.
Such a precious commodity must be stored & guarded carefully to ensure the future of time travel can continue. There's just one problem with that - Mr Copplestone!
He may be a genius, but he's the most forgetful man you could ever meet. This morning when he opened his box of Time Echo Crystals he found only one left inside, where could he have put them?
Mr Copplestone and his wife Margaret live on Chapel Street in the year 1873. We can't rely on Mr Copplestone finding the missing crystals alone so if you're brave enough to jump into his time machine and use the last remaining crystal we have to head to 1873 you could save the future of time travel.
. However the time entry vortex is weak and can only stay open for one hour, get back inside before it closes and bring any crystals you find with you so we can keep them safe back in the future ready for our next time travelling adventure.
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Another brilliant game from Escape Quest! This was the fourth one we've done here and it was perfect. Just when we thought we'd seen everything they could offer, they pull the rug out from under us and surprise us all over again! Cannot wait for what they do in their new one.
The idea of puzzle quests has grown considerably with “Daylight Robbery” at Cryptology and “UI-55” at Compendium. This is a similar idea where you have a considerable number of puzzles to solve in order to find time crystals. The setting is amazing and reminiscent of “Loot the Lanes”, the more crystals you find then other shops open up to you. Not all shops will as the overall game will change every so often almost guaranteeing repeat visits (I know I will). A massive range of puzzles from obvious searches to cunning logic puzzles, audio driven ones and observational.
Played: 11 Jan 2022Team size: 2Time taken: 60Outcome: Successful escape!
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Our first ever escape room and what an introduction it was. Only after completing many rooms after this one do we appreciate how good this quest was.
A great expansive setting where you can see the love that has been put into every detail, nothing seems out of place and all the puzzles fit the room nicely.
Finally made it to Escape Quest after hearing about it for several years and we were not disappointed! A brilliant company with enthusiastic and friendly owners. We loved this game, it was a lot of work and fun for a team of 2 but it was 60 minutes of joy.
Played: 29 Jun 2022Team size: 3Time taken: 30 Time Echo CrystalsOutcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersiveintensequite difficult
Fantastic game with non-stop action and superb puzzles. Set design was spot on and our host Elaine was super friendly and gave helpful nudges when needed. Perhaps wish it was less padlock heavy but generally you knew which puzzle related to which padlock and all the puzzles were great fun, clever, and well signposted. Otherwise can't fault the room; it's amazing and absolutely worth playing.
Team size: 2Time taken: 25 crystalsOutcome: Successful escape!
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Flawless. The most beautiful, immersive and well-constructed game we have ever played, with incredible hosting to boot. This is the gold standard of escape rooms.
Everything about this room is breathtaking. By far the most immersive game I've played thus far - on stepping into the set I was genuinely awestruck by the scale, detail, and depth they've managed to achieve. The first escape room I've played where I genuinely felt transported elsewhere and like I absolutely had to see everything there was to see.
The room is full of puzzles, of varying levels of difficulty, so there's more than enough to keep a team going for the whole hour, which will in fact pass by like it's 5 minutes. It's just so cleverly designed, the hosting was enthusiastic and friendly, it's not hard to see just how much they care about creating an incredible experience. An immense room, I can't wait to come back!
I absolutely loved this game, from the mythology underpinning the game to the detail in the build this is a beautifully created world which tantalises you with the potential of future games whilst dazzling you with the sheer amount of quality puzzling and solving to be had. Its an epic puzzle fix, I grinned for the entire hour. Already looking forward to the next room.
Absolutely amazing escape 'room' - room doesn't do it justice as it's so much more. Actually took my breath away when we entered the game room. Fantastic puzzles and lots to do - very clever, original concept and I look foward to going back! It's a true labour of love for the hosts and they were fantastic - favourite experience of escape rooms to date!
This was my 95th escape room and it was so good that it has motivated me to finally set up an account on Escape The Review so I can rave about it!
Friendly and welcoming hosts who clearly have a passion to deliver the best possible escape room experience.
The room itself? Just wow. A huge variety of puzzles, enough to keep two experienced puzzlers busy for a full hour, the Curiosity Shoppe is beautiful, funny and clever. The theming is superb and after an hour we were still left wanting more.
Can’t wait to go back when the second room in their Chapelgate Mysteries series is open…
The first game in the Chapelgate Mysteries series does not disappoint! An absolute puzzle heaven inside, so much to do that it’s overwhelming but in the best possible way. Decor is brilliant, with a lot of stuff made in-house, creates a really immersive environment. Story is excellent, hosting even better. This will not disappoint!
I have to start by saying I think this one is a little bit overhyped (it's impossible to ignore the off the charts attention and praise this room receives - I was expecting the floor to levitate or something) so if you're experienced with a fair number of rooms under your belt already, maybe temper your expectations a little bit (I wish I had..., the street/alley/avenue set is something that we have seen 3-4 times already now, I was hoping for something unique (although the rotations may provide that in the future)), but that said this is still a 5 star experience, it just didn't blow my mind like I was hoping it would! For me I actually think that for all the talk about the set, the story and the immersion, there's not enough praise of the puzzles themselves, and for what it's worth, for me as a whole package they are some of the best we have done in terms of the underlying logic and reasoning behind them. They really give you that sense of AHA! when you figure them out, and that is exactly what a good puzzle should do - not frustrate with leaps in logic but be just hard enough to make you work for the solution, and then wonder what took you so long! There were lots of 2-3 step thinking required which we found really enjoyable. I liked trying to get as many the crystals as you could as well (combined with the knowledge that you only needed 8 to get out, any additional were just stretch goals), and even though we were pretty short (it's nigh on impossible to get them all in a 2, I think you need 4 minimum, there's just too much to get through) it was great of the host to take us through those that we didn't get. If you're local however, I would recommend just playing again so you can do them all in two goes! Definitely looking forward to coming back and doing the other rotations!
Had a weekend away doing a few escape rooms in different cities, this was so highly rated we had to go. Absolutely amazing room, the design, layout, immersion, attention to detail and love for the puzzles as well as the decor are second to none. Already planning to come back when the room rotates through in the future. Collection style room, need 8 to pass, then there's a further 22 to collect. Easy for the first 8. Harder for the next 10 then very hard for the last. We loved it, and the puzzles!
Team size: 2Time taken: 60.00Outcome: Successful escape!
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What a quality game. So much to do to keep us going throughout the entire game. The set was incredible, and you can see the love that went into the game. We can't wait to get back to the other game!
Wow what an experience this was, from the moment you enter the building! We came as a group of 4, and as we usually play as a 2 I am SO glad we did! There are so many puzzles to solve here, we managed to get out with 22 crystals, but will come back next year and attempt to do better! The decoration of this experience is beautiful and extremely immersive, you forget where you are. Even though there were 4 of us, we all left feeling like we had solved a multitude of puzzles. Massive recommend! Top 2 out of 40 or so rooms.
Escape Quest in Macclesfield was one of the first operators in the UK. Mr Copplestone’s Curriosity Shoppe is quite a unique and challenging scenario for up to 10(!) people. I would recommend three to five players.
I particularly liked the game concept where all teams, regardless of experience level, are fully engaged for the entire 60 minutes. Given the non-linear puzzle structure, this applies to every single player! Puzzle lovers will get their money’s worth here.
This is a NEW review for the 2021 Newly opened version of Mr Copplestone!
The puzzles are brilliant and varied; the space is visually stunning; we had one of the most fun escape experiences we have ever had with this room; Mike and Elaine have created a super original; innovative concept with this room; the game is exceptionally immersive and we can’t think of another room quite like it! As they are outstanding in every category for which we award, we have decided to award Mr Copplestone’s Curiosity Shoppe a Badge of Honour, our highest award, which we think is incredibly well deserved for the hard work and love Mike and Elaine put into their rooms.
I feel that I have to write this review quickly, mostly because the more I like a room the quicker I want to relive it in my write-up. And I really, really, really liked this room.
So good we had to play it twice! Click the link to read our review!
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