A myth, a monster and a submarine that won’t stay up. The story so far, chapter by chapter, with the dates that are on the record.
Prologue
Sailors swear Captain Nemo is a myth: a brilliant, solitary engineer who roams the seven seas in a submarine of his own design and never sets foot on land, except on his Mysterious Island. Tavern tales say he built the Nautilus with his own hands and alone has looked upon the drowned ruins of Atlantis.
Then the reports start. A sea monster, bigger than a ship, stalking the shipping lanes. A scientific expedition is sent to find it.
Chapter one
Perth CBD · Melbourne CBD from 6 November 2026
The expedition finds something, and it isn’t the monster. You end up aboard Nemo’s fabled electric submarine, far below the surface, where the hull is groaning, the machinery has failed and the air is running short.
You have one hour to master the controls, fix the Nautilus and rise before the oxygen runs out, or before the crushing pressure of the deep wins. Through the portholes, something enormous slides past in the dark.
Chapter two
Sydney CBD
The rumours grow louder: a Kraken is laying waste to ships across the oceans, and Nemo has sworn to tame it once and for all. A twist of fate makes you his allies on the hunt.
The Nautilus dives, the captain’s determination tips towards madness, and as the Beast’s shadow swallows the hull, the hunt becomes a fight to survive. How it ends, the Society will not say.
The voyage so far
Time immemorial
Legend has it
Every port has a story about something big under the water. The Society has collected eleven of them, and Mrs Gale charges for nine.
November 2023
On the record
Escape This built the Nautilus at its own studio and factory in Perth, rivet by rivet, nowhere near the sea. Nemo’s log for 14 November 2023 complains about this at length.
1 December 2023
On the record
Captain Nemo opened at Escape This Perth CBD, in The Basement under Hay Street Mall. The first expedition came aboard.
2024
Legend has it
Parties of three report a clicking noise at the hatch. Nemo’s log blames the crab. Captain Nemo has always needed at least four players in Perth.
26 December 2024
On the record
Kraken: Nemo’s Revenge opened at Escape This Sydney CBD on Boxing Day, and the hunt for the Beast began.
6 November 2026
On the record
Captain Nemo opens at Escape This Melbourne CBD, 259 Collins Street.
First half of 2027
On the record
Escape This has announced Captain Nemo for Brisbane CBD in the first half of 2027. No date or address yet; Mrs Gale is already selling charts.
Opening dates come from Escape This’s booking system. Legends come from the quay, the Gazette and the captain, and are only as true as they say.
