With the help of the amazing charity Classics For All, we will be donating 52 copies of Escape From Pompeii to state schools around the UK! This is all possible thanks to the generosity of the Kickstarter backers who chose to back the 'Benefactor' tier of our Escape From Pompeii Kickstarter campaign back in June. We are so grateful to everyone who supported this initiative. We believe that everyone deserves access to an education in ancient history and that learning should be fun! For this reason, we also offer wholesale pricing to schools looking to buy our games. Head to the 'schools' page of our website to find out more.

With Escape From Pompeii finished manufacturing and almost ready to ship out to Kickstarter backers, here are the extras we offered with the Kickstarter: Historical Companion The historical companion is a 122 page labour of love, packed full of information about life in Pompeii. With all the knowledge needed to ace every trivia card in Escape From Pompeii and much more, this little book dives deep into the people, places, and objects of ancient Pompeii. It is complete with 40 hand drawn illustrations and a soft-touch matte cover. Postcards This set of 5 postcards, with art by Sam Rapier, features 5 of the locations in Escape From Pompeii - all real Pompeian locations! Both the historical companion and the postcards are only available from the Kickstarter or at conventions, so check our Instagram or sign up to our mailing list to find out where we'll be next if you missed them on the Kickstarter. Kickstarter exclusive Event cards These two Event cards were exclusive to the Escape From P

Escape From Pompeii has finished manufacturing! After months of perfecting the components, printing, and assembly, Escape From Pompeii looks and feels amazing. The high quality components include: 130 cards with a smooth matte finish Painted wooden playing pieces and dice A collapsible cardboard volcano 68 tiles with 10 different designs A cloth drawstring bag to keep the tokens safe All with beautiful mosaic designs illustrated by Rob Ingle. We wanted to keep things simple, high quality, and eco-friendly with all components being made of wood and card.

Escape From Pompeii has officially funded on Kickstarter! The Kickstarter campaign wrapped up last night, having raised over £13,000 to manufacture Escape From Pompeii. We’re so grateful to everyone who supported the project, and excited to go into production. We can’t wait to get our hands on the final version of the game and send it out to everyone who backed the campaign. For anyone who missed out, we will be keeping ‘late pledges’ open until August so that you can continue to pre-order a game while they’re in production: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exekiasgames/escape-from-pompeii-0

Exekias Games have won 3rd place at the University of Bristol's New Enterprise Competition with our first game, Escape From Pompeii! After several months of enterprise masterclasses, submitting a business plan proposal, and being chosen to present to a panel of judges, Sam came away from the final stage of the New Enterprise Competition last Wednesday with a shiny winners plaque and £3000. We hope that we’ve done historians and board gamers proud, and shown that Arts and Humanities deserve as much recognition and funding as tech.

Over the last few months, we've had a few copies of Escape From Pompeii out in the wild and so far the reviews have been incredibly positive. Here are some of the highlights: