Room Escape Artist

We launched a new award show this month! If you only check out one highlight, just watch the REAction Awards announced in the short YouTube video linked below.

REAction Award Winners

For the inaugural REAction Awards, there were 3 winners, one in each of 3 categories: Community Engagement, Getting Started, and a Business Practice. Read about the winners!

Tickets on Sale: Escape Immerse Explore Time & Space

This month we published 5 reviews of 60 to Escape in Schaumburg, Illinois, one of the companies we’re excited to feature on our April Escape Room Tour. This is a stellar company with a diverse selection of high quality games. We hope you’ll join us to visit them, and then take a bus to CU Adventures in Time & Space.

This Tour was so popular that we created a second session during pre-sale… and now that second session is filling up!

Reviews

🔒 Golden Lock Winners

The Family, Escaparium Shawinigan (Shawinigan, Québec, Canada) – The Family at Escaparium Shawinigan (between Montreal and Québec City) escalated with one of the most stunning reveals I’ve ever seen. (Review by Cindi S.)

Escape Rooms

Chapter 3: The Morgue, Off the Couch (Fremont, CA) – The charm of The Morgue was in its combination of puzzle-dense gameplay with dark humor, and generally silliness. (Review by David Spira)

Code Green, Dorm Scapes (Los Angeles, CA… remotely) – Created by UCLA senior Tyler Neufeld in his college dorm room, Code Green was delightfully replete with whimsy, puppetry, and alien lore. (Review by Matthew Stein)

Escape IT – The Funhouse, Egan Escape Productions (Las Vegas, NV) – This was an exciting horror-forward escape game in Las Vegas based on the 2019 film IT: Chapter Two. (Review by Fro)

The Final Stop – V2, Escaparium (Laval, Québec, Canada) – This game immersed us in an adventure that gave a fresh and exciting spin to a familiar theme. It’s a complete remake of Escaparium’s original Final Stop. (Review by Cindi S.)

Play-At-Home

Puzzmo Crossword Puzzles: Vol 1, Puzzmo (puzzle book) – Puzzmo released a book with crosswords and more. It’s a joyful digital respite and excellent introduction to Puzzmo’s style. (Review by Matthew Stein)

Podcast

Check out our new podcast where each episode features a guest, a theme, a set of puzzles, and a discussion pulling all of these things together. This episode is about mini golf: PG’s Playhouse 4: Mini Golf ft. CU Adventures

Events

PAX Unplugged 2024: Convention Highlights and PAX Unplugged 2024: Convention Games (by Andrew Reynolds)

Recommendation Guides

• New
  • Sydney, Australia
• Updated:
  • San Jose, CA
  • Las Vegas, NV
  • Montreal, Canada
  • Québec City, Canada

Commentary

Sand – Forbidden Escape Room Materials – This is why escape rooms should not incorporate sand. It’s not going to go well. (by David Spira)