Escape Hunt Reading: Blackbeard’s Treasure

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape Hunt Reading (website)

Kings Walk, 19-23 King St, RG1 2HG

Reading

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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imrahil experienced rated this:Rated between 20 and 20 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
TeamHawley experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 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 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 09/05/2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 40:30 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulfunnyfamily friendly
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 15 and 15 out of 5
Played: 2 Jun 2021 Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalpoor hosting
Kelly Archer experienced rated this:Rated between 20 and 20 out of 5
JoeRaymond experienced rated this:Rated between 15 and 15 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
quite easy
Emma Macedo experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 7 Jun 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 42:33 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenmissing key
Loobleflop rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 4 Time taken: 25 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivevery easy

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 

Mark Jackson experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulquite difficult

Some tough puzzles. The look of the room probably is better than the puzzles themselves

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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.

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

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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