Paniq Room - Wizardry Review

 

Hi everyone

In March 2024, my wife and I took our girls back to Paniq Room at The Rocks in Sydney. Our first adventure at Paniq Room was back in February 2015, where my tenth ever escape room was their Supercell 117 room. We had so much fun in that room and we have had a lot of fun over the years playing all of their rooms.

My girls love a Harry Potter/wizard themed room so we decided to take them to play Wizardry on a rare weekend when we had some free time. The summary of Wizardry from their website is as follows:

The wizarding world is in peril, and only you can help! Dark forces are on their way to your wizarding school, and it’s up to you to stop them. To defeat them, you’ll need your trusty broom, and it’s unfortunately been locked in the school’s highest tower. In order to find your broom, you’ll have to sneak into the school unnoticed, escape the potion master’s dungeon and overcome all the tricks of the headmaster’s study. But hurry up – dawn is only an hour away, and the forces of darkness will be here by daybreak!

Wizardry was my 290th room. Here is what I thought: 

• the theming in Wizardry was really nicely done. The quality of the set design and props is very high – this is on par with more modern rooms that have all really stepped up with the quality of their theming;
• we enjoyed the puzzles in Wizardry. Some were a little tricky but the majority were all solved by our girls (who were aged 7 and 11 at the time). Consistent with more modern generation rooms, there were no locks to be seen anywhere in Wizardry;
• Wizardry is clearly aimed at Harry Potter fans and children and I think it does a really good job in that space. My girls (the eldest of which is a HP nut) really enjoyed the magic of this room;
• overall I would describe Wizardry’s puzzles as being on the easier side, but this was still challenging for our girls.

I can see this room being a hit with kids – it looks beautiful and plays really well, with significant ‘magical’ moments thrown in. One thing to note about this room though is that it is an Indestroom room. For those who are not aware, Indestroom is a company that designs and builds ready-to-play escape rooms, which are then purchased by ER businesses around the world. I wasn’t aware of that fact when I played Wizardry, but since then I went and played a room on the Gold Coast called “The School of Magic”. To my surprise, both rooms were largely identical (subject to a few puzzles that were different and a different ending). So that's something to be aware of if you have played other wizard-themed rooms around the country (or possibly overseas).


Where:                    13 Cambridge Street, The Rocks

Duration:                60 minutes

Themes:                  6 themes

Price:                       $55pp (for a team of 4)

Overall Rating:       A wizard room with high production value – great for kids

More details:           https://paniqroom.com.au/