# The Nautilus Society

> The (mostly) unofficial Captain Nemo fan club: the crew, the captain’s logbook, legends of the Beast, sightings from the Fathom Gazette and a tour of the Nautilus. Run by Escape This.

The (mostly) unofficial Captain Nemo fan club. Owned, crewed and kept afloat by Escape This. The crew (except Captain Nemo, Barnacle and the Beast), the legends, the Fathom Gazette and anything marked “Legend has it” are made up for fun. The Dive page, venues, dates and anything marked “On the record” are real.

## Play for real (facts from Escape This)
- Captain Nemo at Escape This Perth CBD, The Basement, 712–720 Hay Street Mall, Perth WA 6000: 4–8 players: at least four at every session. Playing since 1 December 2023. https://www.escapethis.com.au/en/game/captain-nemo
- Kraken: Nemo’s Revenge at Escape This Sydney CBD, 630 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000: 2–8 players; Saturdays need four or more (a pair can phone on the day). Playing since 26 December 2024. https://www.escapethis.com.au/sydney/sydney-cbd/kraken
- Captain Nemo at Escape This Melbourne CBD, 259 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000: Up to 8 players. Opens 6 November 2026. https://www.escapethis.com.au/melbourne/melbourne-cbd/captain-nemo
- How long: 60 minutes aboard; arrive 15 minutes early, about 90 minutes in all.
- Who can dive: Recommended for ages 9 and up. Children from 7 can join a family group as paying players; anyone 9 or under needs a paying adult in the room with them.
- How hard: Captain Nemo is rated 7 out of 10 and Kraken: Nemo’s Revenge 8 out of 10. Clues are generally easy to find but hard to decode; the gamesmaster sends extra clues whenever you ask.
- Which first: Either chapter can be played first. Each is a separate room with its own set and puzzles.
- What to expect: Stretches of darkness and flashing light. No crawling and no smoke. Narration and clues in English; one comfortable reader is enough for the logs.
- Private: Every dive is private to one booking. Phones stay ashore in free lockers; a panic button opens the hatch early.
- What to wear: A naval greatcoat, a diver’s jersey or full steampunk brass and goggles are all welcome. Closed shoes are the one rule of the deep.

## Producer
- Escape This (https://www.escapethis.com.au). Escape This is Australia’s largest escape room operator, and runs its own escape room design studio and escape room factory in Australia. It has venues in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, has hosted more than 500,000 players and has earned 17,969 five-star reviews.

## Pages
- [Captain Nemo Fan Site | The Nautilus Society](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/): The (mostly) unofficial Captain Nemo fan club: the crew, the captain’s logbook, legends of the Beast, sightings from the Fathom Gazette and a tour of the Nautilus. Run by Escape This.
- [The Legend of Captain Nemo | The Nautilus Society](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/legend/): The story of Captain Nemo and the Nautilus, from the tavern myth to the expedition aboard the failing submarine and Nemo’s hunt for the Kraken.
- [The Crew of the Nautilus | The Nautilus Society](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/crew/): Who’s who aboard the Nautilus: Captain Nemo, Barnacle the clockwork crab, the Beast, Professor Isolde Marrow, Ensign Tobias Brine and Mrs Winifred Gale.
- [Diaries of the Deep | The Nautilus Society](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diaries/): Two diaries from the Nautilus: Captain Nemo’s own ship’s log, and the field notebook of Professor Isolde Marrow, who came aboard looking for a monster.
- [The Captain’s Logbook | The Nautilus Society](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/): Captain Nemo’s own ship’s log: every party that comes aboard the Nautilus and every move the Kraken makes, in the captain’s hand. Comic, all-ages and spoiler-free.
- [To Whoever Finds This Log | The Captain’s Logbook](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/to-whoever-finds-this-log/): Captain Nemo learns his private log has gone online and writes a note to whoever finds it: who he is, what he records and what he will never write down.
- [Orders for Melbourne | The Captain’s Logbook](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/orders-for-melbourne/): Captain Nemo learns his Nautilus will open on Collins Street in Melbourne in November 2026, and wonders how one submarine can be in two cities at once.
- [Goggles and Closed Shoes | The Captain’s Logbook](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/goggles-and-closed-shoes/): A party boards the Nautilus in goggles, greatcoats and one pair of sandals, and Captain Nemo sets out his rules on costumes and arriving early. Log entry.
- [No Smoke in My Engine Room | The Captain’s Logbook](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/no-smoke-in-my-engine-room/): A passenger with asthma asks Captain Nemo about smoke and her husband asks if the submarine is cramped. The captain answers both, indignantly, in his log.
- [The Harder Chapter | The Captain’s Logbook](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/the-harder-chapter/): Parties keep asking Captain Nemo which of his two submarines is harder, the Perth Nautilus or the Sydney hunt for the Kraken. His answer, from his log.
- [Two Hunters on a Saturday | The Captain’s Logbook](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/two-hunters-on-a-saturday/): A brother and sister ask to hunt the Kraken alone on a Saturday, and Captain Nemo explains when two is enough and why no strangers come aboard. Log entry.
- [Boxing Day: The Hunt Begins | The Captain’s Logbook](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/boxing-day-the-hunt-begins/): 26 December 2024: Kraken: Nemo’s Revenge opens on George Street, Sydney, and Captain Nemo takes his first allies hunting the Beast. His Boxing Day entry.
- [Word of the Beast in Sydney | The Captain’s Logbook](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/word-of-the-beast-in-sydney/): Tired of the Kraken wrapping itself around his hull, Captain Nemo resolves to hunt it from Sydney and starts looking for allies. A log entry from late 2024.
- [When the Lights Go Out | The Captain’s Logbook](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/when-the-lights-go-out/): The lights go out aboard the Nautilus and a nervous father asks Captain Nemo whether his submarine is scary. The captain’s honest answer, from his log.
- [Small Scientists Aboard | The Captain’s Logbook](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/small-scientists-aboard/): School holidays fill Captain Nemo’s Nautilus with small scientists, and the captain writes out the age rules so he stops getting them wrong. Log entry.
- [Four Hands on the Helm | The Captain’s Logbook](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/four-hands-on-the-helm/): Captain Nemo turns away a party of three and a party of eleven on the same day, and explains how many hands his Perth Nautilus needs. A comic log entry.
- [The Expedition Comes Aboard | The Captain’s Logbook](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/the-expedition-comes-aboard/): 1 December 2023: Captain Nemo opens at Escape This Perth CBD and the first expedition ends up repairing his failing Nautilus. His log entry for opening day.
- [Fitting Out the Nautilus | The Captain’s Logbook](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/diary/fitting-out-the-nautilus/): Weeks before Captain Nemo opened in Perth, the captain inspects his Nautilus being built in a workshop nowhere near the sea. A comic entry from his log.
- [Professor Marrow’s Field Notebook | The Nautilus Society](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/field-notes/): The field notebook of Professor Isolde Marrow, leader of the expedition that went looking for a sea monster and ended up aboard the Nautilus. Invented, all ages, spoiler-free.
- [Legends of the Deep | The Nautilus Society](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/legends/): The sea legends Captain Nemo fans tell: the Beast’s song, the drowned bell of Atlantis, the Mysterious Island and the crab who counted to three, rated in anchors.
- [Inside the Nautilus | The Nautilus Society](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/nautilus/): A compartment-by-compartment tour of Captain Nemo’s steampunk submarine, from the main corridor and the engine room to the hunting hatch of Kraken: Nemo’s Revenge. No spoilers.
- [Sightings | The Fathom Gazette | The Nautilus Society](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/sightings/): Reports from the Fathom Gazette: Beast sightings, a brass crab loose on the quay and a captain who denies everything. All invented, all spoiler-free.
- [Dive Aboard: Captain Nemo Escape Rooms | The Nautilus Society](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/dive/): Where and how to board the Nautilus for real: Captain Nemo in Perth and Melbourne, Kraken: Nemo’s Revenge in Sydney, ages, group sizes and what to expect.
- [Who Runs This Society? | The Nautilus Society](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/about/): The Nautilus Society is a Captain Nemo fan site owned and run by Escape This. What’s fact, what’s fiction, and where to dive.

## Optional
- [Full text](https://www.escapenemo.com.au/llms-full.txt): the story, the characters, the legends and every published diary entry in plain text