Escape Basildon: The Magic Emporium

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape Basildon (website)

1 Market Pavement, SS14 1DB

Basildon

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

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Three days ago a well renowned supplies shop for all budding wizards closed for the day. However inexplicably the shop never opened again. Sensing that forces of evil are at work you have decided that you are going to investigate the mystery behind Ms Garbo's disappearance. Don't get caught…
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Rated between 3.5 and 4.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 15 users
combined with 3 pro reviews

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AJ’s experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 28 Dec 2019 Team size: 2 Time taken: 30:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
family friendlymagicalvery easy

A fun game just lacking in content! 

browngate experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
LolainHollywood experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Failed 🙁
story-drivenfamily friendlyillogical

Good game, some fun puzzles, although a little confusing at one stage as very loud music is triggered and everything goes dark apart from flashing lights which just added mayhem and the only way to stop the music/darkness/flashing isn't something logical.. but the volume means there is no way to get a clue.. ended up with the games master coming into the room and confusing us further. 

Stevie Davies expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: August 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 43m 53s Outcome: Successful escape!
family friendlymagical
Speedy Sloth expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
beautifulgreat hostingfamily friendly
meggshe rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalstory-driven
bingerz08 rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 23 Jul 2022 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
quite easy

Not much to do as a 4 as fairly linear. Some cool designs. 

The Monkey expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!

I nearly didn't review this room. As I didn't know if I'd done it. That's the issue with one franchise having so many similar rooms. This was a more basic wizardry room but not the most basic so has to be down the middle in terms of a rating 

TheSinger expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
broken tech

Nice to see another variation of quite a repeated theme within the Escape franchise. I almost didn’t play it as I didn’t want to be a replica of a game I’d already played. Magical settings perfect for any fans of the original IP. Some tech within the room which on my occasion failed to connect and was told afterward that the GM did a manual override. Can’t help it sometimes but it broke the “magic”. 

Has a really infuriated smell puzzle… I go nose blind after a few whiffs and then the puzzle become impossible to work out. I think I recall I ended up just swapping the order around enough times until I landed on the right one. 

funsupport rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 8 Jan 2022 Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed 🙁
magical

Excellent theming and the rooms look fantastic. A really fun game with some interesting and fun puzzles. Host very helpful. 

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A beautifully designed room really giving you the feel of being inside a magic shop, a good variety of puzzles, observation skills need to be on point, a truly magical experience! 

As the number of venues and games in the now-huge Escape franchise increases, they now sometimes have more than one game design using a similar theme, so for clarification The Magic Emporium is an entirely different game to the Witchcraft and Wizardry one available at other branches, even though they both involve wands and potions. This one avoids overt Harry Potter references while using a setting that is obviously inspired by it; your aim is to find a certain Alder Wand, having first to find a...

A fun little room that suited our newbie group very well. We weren’t overly challenged, but we did have a lot of fun and appreciated the environment and setting a lot. The Magic Emporium would be an excellent room for kids and families alike, as there’s a fun mix of traditional locks and more ‘magical’ activations of hidden puzzles. It might not satisfy the enthusiast’s itch, but still worth a visit if you’re in the area.

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