by Escape Hunt Reading (website)
Kings Walk, 19-23 King St, RG1 2HG
2-6 players
60 minutes
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.
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Easiest escape room ever done got the record in 25 minutes. Very linear and easy to work out but was very fun and a great room. Probably the best at escape hunt but feel escape hunt has very few puzzles within their rooms and a lack of creativity
Some tough puzzles. The look of the room probably is better than the puzzles themselves
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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...
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
See also
- Escape Hunt Birmingham: Blackbeard's Treasure (Birmingham)
- Escape Hunt Oxford: Blackbeard's Treasure (Oxford)
- Escape Hunt Edinburgh: Blackbeard's Treasure (Edinburgh) (closed)
- Escape Hunt Leeds: Blackbeard's Treasure (Leeds)
- Escape Hunt Bristol: Blackbeard's Treasure (Bristol)
- Escape Hunt Manchester: Blackbeard's Treasure (Manchester)
- Escape Hunt Liverpool: Blackbeard's Treasure (Liverpool)
- Escape Hunt Play At Home: Blackbeard's Treasure (remote livestream) (not available)
- Escape Hunt Basingstoke: Blackbeard's Treasure (Basingstoke)
- Escape Hunt Lakeside: Blackbeard's Treasure (West Thurrock)
- Escape Hunt Kingston: Blackbeard's Treasure (Kingston upon Thames)
- Escape Hunt Watford: Blackbeard's Treasure (Watford)
- Escape Hunt Milton Keynes: Blackbeard's Treasure (Milton Keynes)
- Escape Hunt Exeter: Blackbeard's Treasure (Exeter)
- Escape Hunt Norwich: Blackbeard's Treasure (Norwich)
- Escape Hunt Edinburgh: Blackbeard's Treasure (Edinburgh)
- Escape Hunt Bournemouth: Blackbeard's Treasure (Bournemouth)
- Escape Hunt London Oxford Street: Blackbeard's Treasure (Central London)
- Escape Hunt Woking: Blackbeard's Treasure (Woking)