Lucardo Rawtenstall: University of Magic: Dragon’s Heart

by Lucardo Rawtenstall (website)

33 - 35 Kay Street, Rossendale, BB4 7LS

Rawtenstall

2-6 players

60 minutes

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LeveD_escape experienced rated this:

Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

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d.green26 expert rated this:

Played: 7 Apr 2025 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

beautifulmagicallacking contentquite easy

There are many high scores for this room so I expected much. The room looked great and there was a couple of good puzzles and some magical effects but overall it just lacked content to the point that it was hard for me to remember the puzzles that we had completed when we came out. Like I said the room was very well presented but the puzzle content really let it down for me once you removed some visual bits and searching there wasn't much left. I am not sure if something went wrong with the hosting but we were both left wanting more.

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Played: 1 Jan 2025 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Played: 10 Aug 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 42:38 Outcome: Successful escape!

beautifulfunnylow ceilings

Thematically great room with a few nice moments and great hosting. I think there was so much more potential to lean into the magical theming. Puzzles on the simpler side but a few creative ones in there.

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Played: 24 Feb 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 49:51 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Laura Knight expert rated this:

Played: 17 Aug 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Loved this game, might be the best magic-type game I've played. Good storyline, lovely atmosphere, great puzzles that flowed well, and a few that were really special! Highly recommend. 

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Played: 13 Jan 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 56:42 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Magic School has proved wildly popular as an escape room theme, and Lucardo have one such game in each of their two branches. Instead of taking the easy route of duplicating a single game, these are two completely distinct games. (I guess it would make narrative sense to play the Manchester branch’s Entrance Exam first, but Dragon’s Heart is entirely standalone and we had no problem starting with it.)

While this entire genre of escape room owes an obvious debt to the Harry Potter franchise, thi...

The team at Rawtenstall continue to impress. A well delivered story, a fantastic introduction, a great entrance to the game, solid puzzles and plenty of theatre throughout the experience meant we left the game buzzing.

It’s been so long since we played Entrance Exam that I can’t really confirm or deny the rumours that say Dragon’s Heart is even better, but I can confirm that Dragon’s Heart is definitely superb and well worth the trip to Rawtenstall.

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A truly magical room with lots of great special effects and beautiful theming. Our new favourite Lucardo game!

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