Lucardo Manchester: The Orphanage

By | September 24, 2020

by Lucardo Manchester (website)

Virginia House, 5-7 Great Ancoats Street, M4 5AD

Manchester

2-5 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

This game may scare you! PG rated may be unsuitable for younger players - Please call for more information. St Josephine’s Orphanage for Girls was once the finest educational facility in the North West. Today, the grand Victorian property stands empty, derelict and abandoned. Until now as the property stands up for auction by a local firm. You and your colleagues have been invited to enter the grade II listed site and evaluate its potential for developing it into a new, state of the art urban-living apartment complex. Tread carefully though, you wouldn’t be the first to walk its eerie halls and perhaps decide for yourselves that some doors are better left closed.
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based on ratings from 24 users
combined with 2 pro reviews

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flyingoctopus expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Failed πŸ™
originalfunnygreat hosting😨creepy

I really enjoyed this game. We really over thought a very simple puzzle (the floor game), we lost a lot of time and didn't get out. Apart from this puzzle I think the room was challenging and had some really good puzzles, without being too hard. I'm not a fan of using walkie talkies for clues, but I actually didn't mind it in this game. I loved the jump scares! They were really subtle which is so much better/creepier than someone just screaming at you in the dark (which I've experienced with other live actor escape rooms)

matt_keds expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 20 Aug 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 59:51 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersiveintenseπŸ‘»scary

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Brilliant experience at Lucardo! The whole time we were in this room we were laughing and having fun, (mostly due to my partner getting so freaked out!). Once again the game hosts were fantastic, and my partner in particular was terrified (in a good way!). Creepy story and very enjoyable. 

abooth expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 53 Outcome: Successful escape!

Brilliant theming and story and some wonderful jump scares.

thehermit experienced rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalcleverscary

A great room if you're easily scared!  - Some of the puzzles were very generic but puzzles aren't the point of this game... Play and enjoy!

Arjay Henshall expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 18 Sep 2021 Team size: 4 Time taken: 44 Outcome: Successful escape!
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🦑cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 18 Mar 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 56 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-driven😨creepy

A great game to play for two enthusiasts as there is plenty for two to do. Wonderfully creepy (for me) and if you're that way inclined there are points where you'll scream.  The production is great, and the puzzles are very well-themed for an orphanage, with maximum creepiness factor throughout. A great adventure!     

Exotic Turtle experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 18 Sep 2021 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Sabrina (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 17 Apr 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 47:26 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 17 Apr 2022 Team size: 3 Time taken: 47:26 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Someday I’ll play a game set in an orphanage that’s about toys and laughter and children playing happily, but not this one: Lucardo’s latest is of course a horror game, set in a derelict orphanage with a dark past.

The design gets a lot out of a relatively modest sized space. The beginning in particular would feel cramped for any team larger than three, though it soon opens up somewhat. Some quality set design helps suspension of disbelief, and the game felt increasingly immersive as it went o...

The Orphanage was just perfectly creepy, dilapidated and atmospheric

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