Escape Hunt Manchester: The Last Vikings

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape Hunt Manchester (website)

Corn Exchange, Exchange Square, M4 3TR

Manchester

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Your Viking clan sits unprotected from the wrath of the Ice Giants. Only the Norse gods can save you now.
Step into a legendary age of gods and monsters, where your peaceful Viking village is being threatened by an invasion of spine-chilling Ice Giants.
With your warriors away you don’t stand a chance in a fight, so in desperation you journey to the banqueting hall of the gods to throw yourself on their mercy and beg for help.
But when you enter your heart sinks – Thor, Loki and the other Norse gods are nowhere to be seen. With just one hour before the Ice Giants destroy your village, can you work together to summon the gods and gain their protection?
Take too long and the Vikings will be no more.
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based on ratings from 30 users
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πŸ”SpontaneousIllusion expert rated this:Rated between 20 and 20 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
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🀘The Pick of Destiny expert rated this:Rated between 20 and 20 out of 5
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Scotus0 expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 01/02/2020 Team size: 5 Time taken: 50:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

A Victorious Viking Venture!
This marked my first visit to Escape Hunt: I was saving it for when I had a big group coming to keep costs down.
Story
Summon the Norse gods for their protection against the Ice Giants who are on their way to destroy your village. NB: I really like this storyline: simple, creative and adventuresome with a clear goal!

Puzzles
We were all stumped at first- the first puzzle must have taken us ten minutes- but with a couple of hints, we then powered through. There were one or two occasions where it was almost a tad too unclear what needed to be done. However, it seemed to gradually get easier: we made light work of the final tasks. The puzzles were entirely (and appropriately) practical, making it the most hands-on room I’ve ever done so far. Vikings wouldn’t have been involved with number-crunching or word games! The game was very linear, perhaps too much so for a group of 5. We were all often huddled around the same thing, so I'd recommend a smaller group for this one.

Mise-en-scene
The room was thoughtfully decked out like a Viking cabin. There were β€˜proper’ props e.g. metal helmets, furniture and tools to appreciate. A lack of traditional number locks in favour of other means of progressing fitted in nicely with the Nordic setting.

Final Comments
We broke out with ten minutes to spare. This room scores highly in all three of my sub-categories!

StaceyF expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 02/02/2019 Team size: 4 Time taken: 44:23 Outcome: Successful escape!
Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 23/12/18
MerseyMarauders expert rated this:Rated between 25 and 25 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Team size: 2
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Hege Egeberg rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
🦑cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Richard Holtby rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
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