“Incredible from the minute you walk in.”
While we’re in off-season for the podcast, we still continue to produce episodes of our Bonus Aftershow for Patreon Supporters. This summer, we decided to go all-in reporting on our escape room adventures abroad. Nothing excites me more than journeying to far off places in search of delicious foods, wondrous sights, and of course, renowned escape rooms. David and I separately made trips to Spain, Belgium, and London to play as many escape rooms as we could cram in.

We cover David’s escape room trip to Spain with a breakdown of all the escape rooms he played. In the July episode, I take a deep dive into my experience at Neotropolis. For the August episode, we compare notes on our separate trips to Belgium and the games we played, and I report back on immersive experiences in London, including Phantom Peak and Viola’s Room, the new production from Punchdrunk.
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Thank You to Our Sponsors
We are immensely grateful to our sponsors this season: Morty App, Buzzshot, and COGS. We truly appreciate your support of our mission to promote and improve the immersive gaming community.
Morty
Morty is a free app for discovering, planning, tracking, and reviewing your escape rooms and other immersive social outings.
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- Morty now features haunt attractions!
- Morty for Android is here and in public beta.
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COGS
COGS by Clockwork Dog is an easy to use software/ hardware platform for running interactive events, including escape rooms, and other immersive experiences. They have plug & play hardware that seamlessly integrates with their software so you can create a show with lighting and sound cues without having to write a single line of code. Map all kinds of inputs to outputs by building up simple logic steps which determine what you want to happen and when.
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Topics Discussed in this Episode
- 00:28 Adventures in Spain Preview
- 01:01 CyberCity 20249
- 01:35 Physicality and Length of Spanish Escape Rooms
- 03:08 Cold Starts in Spain
- 06:31 La Taverna
- 07:25 Outline Escape Room
- 07:50 How Dirty is Too Dirty
- 10:33 Neotropolis Deep Dive Preview
- 11:12 Official Event Storyline & How Allegiances Work
- 13:56 Sponsor Break: Morty, Buzzshot, and COGS by Clockwork Dog
- 17:01 A Look at Factions and How They Work
- 19:58 Camp Life & Weather
- 23:28 Belgium Escape Rooms Preview
- 24:02 The Movies Experience
- 27:55 Han’s Revenge
- 30:21 The Secret of Saint-Rumoldus
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Resources Mentioned in this Episode
- Spain Regional Guide
- Spain Escape Room Field Report
- CyberCity 2024 Review
- Outline Review
- Neotropolis Website
- Belgium Regional Guide
- The Movies Experience Review
- Han’s Revenge Review
- The Secret of Saint-Rumoldus Review
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