Coming soon to Salisbury: Salisbury Escape Room

Salisbury Escape RoomPerhaps “soon” is pushing it a little with this one, for the projected opening date is “Easter 2015”. Nevertheless, based on the description of the first room, it should be well and truly worth waiting for.

Remember how Escape Hour‘s Steve Nicoll said, of his game’s Edinburgh location: Tourists come from all over the world to experience our culture and immerse themselves in our history. Why not play an escape game and learn a wee bit about of the local history too?… Tick off that dose of culture instead of going to the museum! Something very similar could be said about the first game at Salisbury Escape Room and the consequences look spectacular.

The first game, Magna Carta Challenge, is based on “…the intrigue and disputes between King John, his half brother The Earl of Salisbury and Pope Innocent II”. Regarded as England’s most ruthless monarch, King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta to stave off civil war with the country’s barons. Now 800 years later the secrets it has hidden are about to be revealed by Professor Smith. The Professor and the the greatest copy of the Magna Carta have gone. Your task is to find them and save yourself by using your skill to decipher the clues left during the past 800 years.

The Magna Carta was originally signed on 15th June 1215 and there are great plans to celebrate the 800th anniversary. The effects of the protection of personal liberties that it sought to give can be felt through the centuries, to a greater or lesser extent. Why Salisbury? Well, the Cathedral there has has one of the four remaining exemplified copies. The game neatly evokes a sense of mild temporal progression by moving from medieval to modern times using physical and multi-media clues.

This sounds distinctive and delightful. This site looks forward to following the progress in Salisbury and seeing if it can fulfil its tremendous potential.

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