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It’s that time of year where escape room players can cast their vote in an ever-growing community project called Top Escape Rooms Project Enthusiasts’ Choice Award, or TERPECA.

Through TERPECA, international escape room players come together to surface the very best escape rooms.

Who

If you’ve played at least 50 escape rooms, you’re eligible to vote!

How

Go to the TERPECA voter portal to get started.

When

Voting is currently open. You have until December 1, 2021 to cast your vote.

But…

No buts. You should vote.

If you voted last year, the system will present your 2020 ranking as a starting place, and highlight any new games you mark as played as “new” which makes the whole process much easier.

If you’ve played mostly online rooms, don’t worry. They have their own category.

If you own an escape room, you can still vote. You just can’t vote for your own games.

If you can’t remember all the games you’ve played, you can select just the ones you do remember and rank those.

Learn More

We’ve covered TERPECA in more detail in the past. These select pieces will give you more insight into the project and the results.

• Top Escape Rooms Project calls for Nominators and Voters!
• How to Get the Most out of the TERPECA 2020 Results
• Analysis – 2019 Top Escape Rooms Project – Enthusiasts’ Choice Award

Note, David and I share a vote on the TERPECA board. It is not our project, but we do our best to help guide it and we’re excited to see if grow. We hope you’ll join in.

We are excited to share a new opportunity: Black Immersive Creators Grant

The grant is for US-based, Black-identifying artists to develop and execute new or in-progress immersive work. And yes, that includes escape rooms.

As board members for this grant, we’ve been able to collaborate with some amazing people to help guide it into existence.

Applications are open, and we ask you to share this news.

Key Details

• For US-based, Black-identifying artists
• Award amount: $10,000
• Application Deadline: February 28, 2022
• Award Announcement: May 1, 2022

More Information

This is the inaugural year of the Black Immersive Creators Grant, an initiative focused on amplifying Black voices in the immersive community, encouraging US-based Black artists to live out their dreams by creating immersive works, and affecting culture in a way that opens minds as well as inspires future creators to do the same for generations to come.

Cash award is $10,000, with all of the funds going directly to the grant recipient. The awardee will also receive support in the form of mentoring, administrative support, PR, and other resources via the grant’s board and its network.

Apply Today

If you’re a Black artist in the immersive space, we encourage you to apply.

Eligible experientially-driven projects include immersive theatre, escape rooms, augmented reality, virtual reality, live action role playing, interactive art installations, and other forms of live immersive experiences.

If you know someone who could be the next (ok, first) grant recipient, please share this information with them.

Support the Project

This grant is already largely funded! You can help it reach the $10,000 goal. If you have the means, we encourage you to make a donation.

If you’ve played at least 200 escape rooms, this is your chance to nominate your favorite games for Top Escape Rooms Project Enthusiasts’ Choice Award: TERPECA.

This an international, community-driven endeavor to surface the finest games that our industry has produced.

Key Points

The Top Escape Rooms Project is an annual attempt to find the very best escape rooms in the world by leveraging the experience of the most experienced escape room enthusiasts in the world.

Each year the project consists of a nomination phase and a voting phase. You need to have played at least 200 games to nominate, and at least 50 games to vote.

For 2021, you can nominate in two categories: real-life escape rooms and online escape rooms.

Nominations are due October 31 at 11:59 PM Pacific.

Voting takes place in November. We’ll remind you again when it’s open.

Note, David and I share a vote on the TERPECA board. It is not our project, but we do our best to help guide it, along with a few other well-intentioned folks.

Learn More

We’ve covered TERPECA in more detail in the past. These select pieces will give you more insight into the project and the results.

• Top Escape Rooms Project calls for Nominators and Voters!
• How to Get the Most out of the TERPECA 2020 Results
• Analysis – 2019 Top Escape Rooms Project – Enthusiasts’ Choice Award