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Escape From Pompeii is available now!
Escape From Pompeii - the explosive board game where players compete to earn the favour of the gods, manipulate the destruction of the city, and race to escape the reuption of Mount Vesuvius - is officially available now on the Exekias Games website!
Escape From Pompeii Kickstarter complete!
Over the past week, the first copies of Escape From Pompeii have been sent out to Kickstarter backers across the world! It has been incredible to see the excitement and enjoyment as people receive their copies of the game.
Escape From Pompeii will soon be available to buy on our website, so stay up to date and get a 10% discount when it's released by signing up to our mailing list now!
52 games donated to schools!
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.
Kickstarter extras - Escape From Pompeii
With Escape From Pompeii finished manufacturing and almost ready to ship out to Kickstarter backers, here are the extras we offered with the Kickstarter:
Manufacturing Escape From Pompeii
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:
Fully funded on Kickstarter!
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.
Reviews of Escape From Pompeii
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:
UK Games Expo 2025
This year we attended the UK Games Expo for the first time.
Over 70,000 people wandered its stalls over the three days, filling four huge halls at the UK’s biggest exhibition centre (the NEC, Birmingham). As first time visitors and exhibitors, we were overwhelmed by the sheer size of it and the thousands of wonderful board gamers we met.
Escape From Pompeii is now live on Kickstarter!
Escape From Pompeii is live on Kickstarter from now until the 29th June!
Don't miss out on discounted pre-orders of the game and exclusive extras while helping us bring this project to life!
Race through the streets of ancient Pompeii, earn the favour of the gods, and escape before Mount Vesuvius erupts. This fast-paced and competitive game will have you experiencing history like never before. Help us bring it to life by pre-ordering now on Kickstarter.
AireCon X 2025
We had an incredible time at AireCon X in Harrogate last weekend! Thank you so much to everyone who came and demo’ed Escape From Pompeii at our stall. It was a fantastic weekend of fun and games and we were blown away by the wonderful community of gamers we met there. It was great to see our game being enjoyed by such a broad range of board gamers of different ages.
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