Escape Quest: Henry Fortune’s House of Illusion

By | July 30, 2021

by Escape Quest (website)

Chapelgates, 84b Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 6NR

01625 437437

Macclesfield

2-10 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Henry Fortune is a magician, but are his tricks the only secrets he's hiding?

As a child Henry toured the world with his family's famous magic show, House Of Illusion.

Henry would wait patiently backstage during the performances just wishing for the day he would be allowed to take his place in the limelight.  Unfortunately, Henry's parents didn't think he was good enough to be included in the show.

Henry grew up bitter and disillusioned with the world, the anger and resentment he felt towards his family intensified and then...... they disappeared!

Henry's Mother, Father, Girlfriend, his Aunt and Uncle and several of the show's performers, staff and suppliers to the theatre just vanished. Henry claims they have all gone abroad to continue the show without him and the theatre has been signed over to him. 

We need you time detectives to go in and find out what really happened to them. You’ll need to get into the theatre and have a good look around without arousing Henry’s suspicions. Find everything you need to convince Henry you’re magic show performers, put on a good show and Henry will probably trust you to wander the theatre freely so you can complete your investigations. 

Be warned, Henry is short tempered and impatient, don’t blow your cover whatever you do!

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Lise expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 10 Nov 2024 Team size: 6 Time taken: 57 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Another outstanding room with some funny interactive bits, we loved it! ♥

heatherwright rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 06/11/2024 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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EscapeQuest is one of our favourite escape room sites ever. This room was great. Once you have completed it, the time is not wasted as there is the opportunity to collect murder confessions for extra points. The set is amazing and the host is a very lovely escape room enthusiast who is very friendly. 

TwoSummits rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 3 Nov 2024 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Scoobyben rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 2 Nov 2023 Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
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samsham expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 26 Oct 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 8 murders solved Outcome: Successful escape!
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A beautiful set and a good experience. 

ratsontour expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 29 Sep 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 59.59 Outcome: Successful escape!
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spbc expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 5 Nov 2023 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
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A Blacksmith expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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There are vanishingly few occasions in which I’ve replayed an escape room, and I’m not sure this counts as one of them. This new version of Henry Fortune is part of Escape Quest’s Chapelgate Mysteries, an overarching time travel setting that now includes four different games. The general premise, some of the decor and a distinctive segment of the game are familiar from the original Henry Fortune; but all of the actual puzzles are new.
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