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From the moment the curtain rose you were enthralled. By the end of the show, you were mesmerised and... exhausted. Now Black Magic is coursing through you. You will need to discover the dark fatal secret before it consumes you.
- 2-6
- 45 mins
- Not scary
All ratings (115)
Very positive
Gameplay
Mostly positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive
Reviews
EscapeRoomExplorer
139 escape rooms
‘The Magician’s Secret’ is an enjoyable game within Escape Manor’s collection of escape experiences. While the first half of the game is filled with delightful magic-themed puzzles, our experience in the second half was spoiled by our GM experience. Without requesting any hints, the GM mistakenly gave us hints for another game and then repeatedly gave us clues (without us asking for any), even providing the answers for multiple puzzles. After the game, the GM mentioned that those puzzles always require cluing, so they preemptively told us what to do. If those puzzles are consistently challenging for players, further iteration on both the cluing and puzzle design may be necessary to improve the experience and reduce the need for GMs to intervene. The way ‘The Magician’s Secret’ initially delivers its magic-themed puzzles is wonderful, which is why this game gets a thumbs up overall.
Gameplay
The flow was intermittent, and it’s hard to say whether the flow was there in the second room as the GM gave clues without being asked that essentially told us what to do.
Atmosphere
The starting room looked great!
Customer service
We, unfortunately, had one of the most disappointing GM experiences in almost a hundred games. The GM gave us clues for another room without us asking for a clue, and then peppered us with clues (without us asking for any) and gave us the answer for multiple puzzles. When I asked why they did that, after gently pointing out that we had ample time left on the clock, the GM said those puzzles always need cluing so he preempted it.
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
The story was woven throughout the puzzles.
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
15
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Limited
rapmon94
11 escape rooms
Loved this room. Would recommend for a beginner.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Was anything broken?
No
madness1234
22 escape rooms
Found this to be the hardest one in Escape Manor!
TheSeigers
60 escape rooms
I really enjoyed this room, lots of fun puzzles and the GM was in character. One of the locks was already undone which disrupted our flow a little.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Minimum age
12
TheSeigersOG
23 escape rooms
This was a great room, the GM was excellent and kept character throughout the experience. Would recommend this room and company to all escape room enthusiasts.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Story
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
High tech
Ideal number of players
2
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
12
Was anything broken?
Yes
A lock on the dresser was not reset correctly and resulted in the team getting ahead and distracted due to missing key parts.
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Limited
claradanielle
148 escape rooms
Some cool aspects to this room. Some fairly easy puzzles but one was a little illogical and frustrating.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Physically active
Not at all
Nicky
94 escape rooms
Loves this one! The puzzles were very magic themed, which was so cool! Highly recommend any Escape Manor room!
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Live actors
No
Yanz
58 escape rooms
The first part was really good and I thought we were going so well but the 2nd room got quite tricky. We also asked for a hint and I think it got lost in translation because we didn’t get it when we asked so that could have made the difference unfortunately in whether we got out or not. Still love this place and success 4/6 isn’t bad!
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