Viking Raid

Very positive (127 ratings)

Encrypted Escape - West Reading

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IRL

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For centuries the Vikings have ruled the seas of Northern Europe, pillaging and plundering and now England is next. It is the fall of 866 and the Vikings, led by Ivar the Boneless, are planning an attack on unsuspecting York. King Ivar’s army is 6000 strong with 270 ships. If York is taken, the rest of England will fall under Viking rule. Your town of Scarborough was ransacked yesterday and along with the other captured, you’ll be sold as slaves. They are now on their way to York. You must find a way to escape and get word of the impending Viking Raid to York. This is England’s last chance to repel the Vikings and for you to get your freedom back. We overheard the soldiers say that the attack would commence in 60 minutes. You must hurry!

2-10
60 mins
Medium
Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (127)

Very positive

Gameplay: Very positive

Atmosphere: Very positive

Customer service: Very positive

Reviews

spitfire

45 escape rooms

Difficult puzzles for me but I was with a crew of people that were able to solve things.

Gameplay

Lighting is a bit dark but they let you use your cell phone flashlight. They ask you to turn it off when not being used as it can affect the experience otherwise.

Atmosphere

Impressive

Customer service

GMs understand context and offer great restaurant recommendations.

Story

Difficulty

Hard

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

Non-accessible

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Mostly pay parking

Jul 29, 2025 | Experienced Jul 26, 2025

jonesey71113

12 escape rooms

Another fun and successful night at Encrypted. The staff are great and the rooms are unique and challenging. Another great date night!

Gameplay

Non-linear and challenging.

Atmosphere

Great use of props. Fun to solve with AND use for photos after.

Customer service

We love the staff at Encrypted!

Ideal number of players

Probably better with 4, but accomplished the room with just two.

Jun 12, 2025 | Experienced Jun 12, 2025

cwardell

197 escape rooms

We’ve wanted to play here for a while - it greatly lived up to the hype! The game was outstanding. Besides a dreaded puzzle game, the room was full of fun challenges and amazing design choices to create such an immersive experience!

Gameplay

Excellent gameplay - fun puzzles 🧩, variety of tasks, and all magnetic locks

Atmosphere

Awesome set design, props, and special effects. Truly immersive experience!

Customer service

Our GM was wonderful! We’re so appreciative.

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

The story permeated the game through and through.

Story

Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

High tech

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Street parking

Dec 14, 2023

CurtJ

508 escape rooms

We really enjoyed this room. It’s easier than Biker’s Revenge, but still had some challenging puzzles and the flow was better. The set design and ambiance is fantastic. We appreciate the soundtracks of the games at Encrypted, too.

Oct 15, 2023 | Experienced Oct 14, 2023

beezinthetrap

39 escape rooms

Great puzzles with this room! I would definitely do it again for sure

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story

Difficulty

Medium

Ideal number of players

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Jan 19, 2023 | Experienced Jan 19, 2022

kylak0929

41 escape rooms

I had a group of 4 and I’d say that that’s a good group size for an experienced group, I would say anything up to 7 would fit the room well especially if you have experience. We had a great time and the puzzles really promoted thinking and were very teamwork based. We loved it.

Gameplay

Some of the mechanics were new to me and really awesome to experience, we had a lot of fun on the heavy team work puzzles.

Atmosphere

At encrypted the sets are always wonderful and this room was no exception

Customer service

Scary

Not scary

I don’t think there was anything that really spooked my group

Jun 27, 2022

TheEEHandyman

35 escape rooms

This room was great and had some special aspects that made the game particularly interesting. Out of all of the room certain quickly the scape this would not be the first I would recommend but it is definitely a must play if you’re in the area. The staff were friendly and kind and really cared about how the customer felt in the space. I would definitely recommend going to encrypted escape for all of their rooms including this one.

Gameplay

The flow of puzzles is great and the puzzles allowed for many people to throw ideas into the group

Atmosphere

All wooden walls and midevilish I interior allowed groups to get sucked into the story

Customer service

Staff was awesome and super friendly

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

No physical locks. Everything was mechanical which was a different experience

Story

The plot was great and kept throughout the entire gameplay

Difficulty

Hard

This room wasn’t particularly difficult but did have some hard puzzles. 52% escape rate

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

Anything more than seven or eight would be too many people, some rooms were not very big

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Physically active

Not at all

Did not have to crawl or get on hands or knees in the slightest

Accessibility

Encrypted escape is in the basement with no handicap accessible entrance into the building.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

Street parking but a $1 per hour lot across the street

Apr 17, 2022 | Experienced Sep 8, 2021

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Editorial

“Raid was deeply and consistently Norse-themed.[It] is well worth a play.“
Room Escape Artist
“The storyline was very creative and entertaining from the beginning to the end.“
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