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Escape from the Gallery

An Entertaining Art-Based Escape Room Puzzle Experience
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Escape from the Gallery casts you as Adam Parkinson, a daring journalist recently employed by the time-travelling Wexell Corporation. Invited to a mysterious art gallery filled with curious objects and artworks from across time, you must help Adam solve visual riddles and unravel secrets, journeying from Ancient Egypt to Victorian England — and beyond. This immersive escape-room adventure challenges you to piece together hidden clues to save the world in what could be your most unforgettable gallery visit ever.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for fans of interactive puzzle adventures and those who enjoyed Journal 29, this book is perfect for readers seeking a clever and visually engaging escape-room experience at home.

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An immersive escape-room experience. Featuring artworks ranging from ancient Egypt to modern masterpieces, you will need to solve visual riddles and discover the hidden secrets that lie within the paintings if you want to figure out what is going on, and why you are imprisoned in this warped gallery.

Escape from the Gallery includes six rooms that include more than 50 artworks and puzzles for you to enjoy. You will travel through time from the ancient Greek and Egyptian civilizations to the Restoration period and Victorian England, providing a whirlwind historical tour, as well as an exciting puzzle adventure.

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This is the perfect book for fans of Journal 29, and those who want to re-create an exciting escape-room experience in their own home!

You are Adam Parkinson, an intrepid journalist who has recently been employed by the time-travelling Wexell Corporation. Adam is invited to an unusual art gallery, filled with objects and artworks donated by a mysterious figure. It will be up to you to help Adam unravel the mysteries of the Gallery, and you will travel from Ancient Egypt to Victorian England – and beyond – to do it. And, quite possibly, to save the world!

Escape from the Gallery is an immersive escape-room experience that provides a visual feast as well as a tricky puzzle adventure. Featuring artworks ranging from Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to Mexican masterpieces, you will need to solve visual riddles and discover the hidden secrets that lie within the artworks if you want to figure out what is going on, and why this might be the most important visit to a gallery you have ever made.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781787396012

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Welbeck

Illustration: 200 clr illus

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 224

About the Author

James Hamer-Morton is the co-founder of Deadlocked Rooms and has created a number of physical escape rooms in the United Kingdom. He is the author ofEscape Room Puzzles and theSherlock Holmes Escape Room Puzzle Book.

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