Escape Hunt Manchester: Blackbeard’s Treasure

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape Hunt Manchester (website)

Corn Exchange, Exchange Square, M4 3TR

Manchester

2-6 players

60 minutes

Wheelchair suitable - contact the venue for details
Blackbeard is dead, his loot lies unguarded. Sink or swim? It’s up to you.
Step onto a pirate galleon in the middle of a battle for control of the High Seas. Your captain, the terrifying Blackbeard, has just been killed and his ship is shot to pieces and sinking fast.
With no chance of victory, you and your scurvy shipmates decide to jump ship – after helping yourself to the contents of Blackbeard’s legendary treasure chest.
You’ve broken into his cabin to grab all you can, but now the door has jammed shut and you’ve just 60 minutes to escape; any longer and you’ll drown – if the sharks don’t get you first.
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Overall rating

Rated between 2.5 and 4 out of 5

based on ratings from 63 users
combined with 5 pro reviews

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Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulhi-techgreat hosting
Ksen experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 2020 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivemusicalquite easy
The Monkey expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
hi-techquite difficult

At the time I played this I would've rated it low, I hated tech games but I've grown to love them so would enjoy playing this game again. One flaw with the piano as I think you have to have a taste for.music or previously played an instrument to understand but other than that, a really good room

shona panks experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult

Quite a hard room. Enjoyed elements of this room and the host was amazing. My only criticism, maybe between the H&S and gameplay parts before the room. Maybe walk away and come back because I had to stop myself laughing when the hosts voice suddenly changed

Scotus0 expert rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Played: 25 Nov 2021 Team size: 5 Time taken: 38:43 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersiveoverpricedshortvery easy

A Cut-Throat, Cut-Short Crusade

We were looking at the leader boards in disbelief because of the record-breaking times…but that would all soon make sense.

Story

Raid Blackbeard’s cabin for his treasure, but abandon ship before it sinks.

Puzzles

They fit the theme nicely, but one or two were frustrating to complete.

Mise-en-scene

The room looked swashbuckling enough, that’s for sure. I believed we had stepped onto a pirate galleon.

Final Comments

What a disappointingly short game! Where were the rest of the puzzles? The ending especially felt rushed and uninspired. We had over 20 minutes left on the clock. When you could be paying up to £25 per person, Blackbeard’s Treasure just isn’t worth the money.

Jemileh experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 6 Jan 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 45 Outcome: Successful escape!
MightyMidds experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 15 and 15 out of 5
Played: 2 Jun 2021 Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalpoor hosting
Sam Carr experienced rated this:Rated between 20 and 20 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulillogicalbroken tech
Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 20/10/18
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Reviews by escape room review sites

Our least favourite game that we have played at Escape Hunt. The puzzles could have been really good but their execution was somewhat lacking. An enjoyable game overall however

The game themes that Escape Hunt have been rolling out sound a little like costume ideas for a children's party: cowboys, vikings, Doctor Who, pirates. Since this is an industry that deals in escapism, that's all to the good, and we eagerly signed up for their Blackbeard game.

Your job is to sneak into the cabin of the recently deceased Captain Blackbeard and swipe his loot before the ship sinks; our gamemaster played the role of our confederate on the outside with gusto. Pirate themes always s...

The tale of Blackbeard's Treasure goes - you and your team find yourself stranded on a sinking pirate ship. Sure, you could immediately jump ship and row your way across the ocean to safety but where would be the fun in that? Plus, rumour has it there is treasure aboard. The legendary Blackbeard's Treasure. It's hidden somewhere inside his personal quarters and its your job to find it and get to safety before the ship sinks.
We headed to Oxford only to end up on Blackbeards Sinking Ship. See how we got on finding the treasure and escaping a watery grave!

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