Kanyu Escape: Follow in my Footsteps

By | March 20, 2019

by Kanyu Escape (website)

South Lodge, Moor End, Wetherby LS23 6ER

Wetherby

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Deaf friendly - contact the venue for details
Out of the blue you receive a letter from Farnsbarns, Grommit and Sedge, solicitors to the aristocratic Cunningham family. The letter says you have been identified as a distant relation of the last of the family, Sir Henry Cunningham.
Sir Henry was a strange, reclusive character who is rumoured to have unearthed an amazing secret during his travels in Africa.
The letter invites you to the mysterious South Lodge, which is all that remains of the once grand estate of the Cunningham family. There Sir Henry has left challenges that you must overcome to prove yourself worthy of being considered an heir.
Can you follow the trail of clues in Sir Henryโ€™s old study, solve the puzzles and overcome the challenges to learn something of his amazing discovery and prove yourself a worthy heir? You have an hour to succeed.

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based on ratings from 27 users
combined with 4 pro reviews

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Jordan Brown experienced rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 24 Mar 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 40:29 Outcome: Successful escape!
mrsb rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
hi-techimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult

Amazing, challenging room. Immersive and great tech. Very original with a range of puzzles. The host was fabulous. 

Escapetopus experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 20/12/2018 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

A unique location for an escape room venue lends itself to a very effective Victorian explorer theme. A beautifully decorated room conceals a lot of modern technology which all works well in service of the unfolding story. One of the narratively strongest games Iโ€™ve played, but not at the expense of providing fun puzzles with plenty of variety.

A challenge for two but I think it would work well with a bigger group.

๐Ÿฆกcipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 2020 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

This room was excellent! The dรฉcor and atmosphere really makes it compete with some international top rated games. Unfortunately it is a bit short as we escaped in 30 minutes in a team of 2! But really recommend it!

Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautiful

No effort is spared at Kanyu Escape - this room is just beautiful! Really fun puzzles that were intuitive but challenging. A good combination of finding and solving with a really good 'wow' moment as well. Highly recommended!

abooth expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 47 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginalgreat hosting

Loved this room - brilliant puzzles, original theming, lots of brain power needed. Can't wait for their new room.

flyingoctopus expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

Jaw dropping beautiful room, no expense spared on the build quality. 

There are a range of challenging puzzles in this room so it's not an easy room to complete.

Lots of fun! 

Ladylusiphur rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivestory-drivenquite difficult

Follow in my Footsteps was our first room at Kanyu escape, and we really enjoyed it. You can tell that they put a lot of investment into the rooms, with beautiful high quality decoration and props. You really feel like you're in the actual setting, which helps to feel immersed in the story. This is probably the easiest of the three we have done at Kanyu escape, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a challenge. It took a little while for us to get into the swing of things and notice a couple of clues, but that's all part of the fun, isn't it? 

The host was great, and sat with us between our games and we chatted about general escape room stuff. 

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Although we played the Kanyu games out of order, Follow In My Footsteps is their first game and the best one to start with, both for narrative reasons and because it's a little easier than the one that comes after it. The game's premise is that you are distant relations of the recently deceased Sir Henry Cunningham, famed explorer, gathered at his mansion in answer to his posthumous request and tasked with delving into some of the secrets of his life.

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 It is clearly a labour of love and the room itself did not disappoint.  Set up as a gentlemanโ€™s study, it has plenty of eye-candy, and the mostly vintage-feel puzzles fit perfectly

Despite first appearances, this room wasnโ€™t a series of trying keys in keyholes. In fact, the variety of puzzles and input methods was impressive to say the least. Combined with the top-notch set design, I can definitely see why itโ€™s rated top in Leeds!

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