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Review: Virginia House - Lucardo, Manchester

Room Story - from Lucardo A serial killer is on the loose. Every hour, on the hour for the past 24 hours a murder has taken place. The killer has been leaving clues around the murder scenes, sending Scotland Yard around in circles. Your team has been granted access to the murder scene and is tasked with cracking the clues, riddles and puzzles to track down the next location before the murderer strikes again. An innocent life depends on you. Key Stats Room Name Virginia House Venue Lucardo Location Manchester, UK Date 09/02/2019 Escape Time 47:39 Team Size 3 My Recommended Team Size 3 - 5 Review We’ve played all the other games at Lucardo Manchester (with the exception of Gem Runner that we played at Rawtenstall instead), so Virginia House was our final game to play. We’ve always enjoyed Lucardo’s games, so we thought we’d go along and “complete” the venue. After the standard briefing, we were given our task. As members of a police force, we were tasked wi

Review: Laboratory - Compendium, Bury

Room Story - from Compendium You and your friends have been trusted by your uncle a retired medical professor to find and steal the Laboratory’s well-kept secret remedy needed to cure his wife Isabel. You have been you have been entrusted with all the information you need to gain entry to the lab but no idea how to find the antidote undetected and once inside you find yourselves trapped by the auto lock doors. Do you have what it takes to save a life and escape the lab with the antidote? Key Stats Room Name Laboratory Venue Compendium Location Bury, UK Date 20/01/2019 Escape Time 44:25 Team Size 3 My Recommended Team Size 3 - 5 Review On our previous visit to Compendium, we played their first game Wrong Turn and it instantly became one of our favourite games. For a first game, we were so impressed with the level of story, immersion and quality of set. We were very excited to go back and play their new game Laboratory. The game’s st