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This is our 9th report on the US escape room industry… which (spoiler!) is in a good place.
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“What is the future of the escape games industry?” We frequently hear this question and, over time, we’ll continue to address this. Often, we address the pervasive belief that the haunted house industry will subsume the young room escape industry. So… Will haunted houses consume escape games? In short… No. According to CNBC, in 2013, the haunted house industry…
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The first escape room that made me feel incarcerated. Location: Queens, New York Date played: November 8, 2015 Team size: 4-5; we recommend 4 Price: $25 per person, must book at least 4 tickets Mission Escape Enigma Escape Plan was originally created by Enigma NYC. When we went to play, they were in the middle of a merger with Mission Escape…
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Once again, Lisa and I gathered a group of our friends and set out on a megagame adventure. If you’re wondering what a megagame is, I described the concept in more detail a few months back. With a massive nine person team, we journeyed across the galaxy to the alien land of Long Island to…
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Lisa and I played Mission Escape Games’ Nemesis earlier in the Fall, and we liked it quite a bit. So when our friends, the extraordinarily brilliant room escapers Amanda, Drew, and Thea came to town and told us they were playing Nemesis, we reached out to the folks from Mission Escape Games and asked if…
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[At the time of this review, Red Door Escape Room was called The Escape Room Dallas Fort Worth.] Another giant game in Texas. Location: Dallas, Texas Date played: November 2, 2015 Team size: up to 8; we recommend 4-5 Price: $25 per ticket Story & theme Continuing the story from The Escape Room Dallas Fort Worth’s first episode, Confinement, Entrapment had…
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Something was missing from the gallery. Location: Washington, DC Date played: October 31, 2015 Team size: up to 10; we recommend 4-5 Price: $20 per ticket, but it can vary Theme When we entered Escape Artist DC, we were greeted by a small gallery. The walls of the reception area displayed the work of a local artist. We really…
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“There is nothing like first-hand evidence.” -Sherlock Holmes Location: Alexandria, Virginia Date played: November 1, 2015 Team size: up to 8; we recommend 4-6 Price: $28 per ticket A serious Sherlock Holmes escape room There are many Sherlock Holmes room escape games. They are usually a generic detective mystery, and have elected to use the name “Sherlock” as a…
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[At the time of this review, Red Door Escape Room was called The Escape Room Dallas Fort Worth.] The rumors are true… Everything really is bigger in Texas! Location: Dallas, Texas Date played: November 2, 2015 Team size: up to 8; we recommend 4-5 Price: $25 per ticket Story & theme The story in Confinement isn’t immediately apparent. The Escape Room…
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On our trip to our nation’s capital, we had to visit Escape Artist DC… Because they have nearly the same name as we do… And we had to play their politically themed game… Because Washington, DC. Location: Washington, DC Date played: October 31, 2015 Team size: up to 10; we recommend 4-6 Price: $20 per ticket, but it can…
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There’s magic in Alexandria, Virginia. Go experience it. Location: Alexandria, Virginia Date played: November 1, 2015 Team size: up to 10; we recommend 4-6 Price: $28 per ticket Production value From the moment we exited the elevator, we entered the world of Escape Room Live Alexandria. That world included a reception area and a spacious, styled, and decorated lounge…
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The third game in my favorite escape room video game series is now available on iOS! You can download it now for $5. It will launch on Android sometime in the future. The Room is the game that inspired my puzzle box wedding proposal. The Room Three (iOS)
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“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” The trouble emerges when you have more to eliminate than an hour will accommodate. Location: Mainz, Germany Date played: October 15, 2015 Team size: 2-8; we recommend 4-6 Price: 33-20 € per ticket depending on team size Theme and Story It’s supposed to be as…
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Our first foray into the German escape game scene has us solving our way out of a post-apocalyptic vaulted bunker outside of Mainz. Location: Mainz, Germany Date played: October 15, 2015 Team size: 2-6; we recommend 3-5 Price: 33-20 € per ticket depending on team size Theme & story You’re locked away deep underground in a post-apocalyptic bunker. The…
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Mystery Room NYC’s second game was engineered in a lab for both fun and difficulty. Can their work withstand a peer review? Location: New York, New York Date played: October 23, 2015 Team size: up to 10; we recommend 6-8 Price: $28 per ticket New Location; Continued Story Mystery Room NYC has designed a mystery that players solve in steps, across…
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“In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.” -Edgar Allen Poe Location: New York, New York Date played: October 11, 2015 Team size: up to 10; we recommend 4-6 Price: $28 per ticket Theme & story Riffing on the works of Edgar Allen Poe, the…
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A phone number on its own does not count as contact information. At a minimum, your real life room escape website needs to include your: email address physical address phone number It’s nice to have the social media links too (Twitter is especially useful). But really, just have a way for people to get in…
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Noah Nelson writing for NPR’s All Things Considered did a four minute piece on room escape games, and nails it better than anyone else we’ve seen in national media. Give it a read or a listen.
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You happen to it and it happens to you. Background With interactive theater, also known as immersive theater, audience members help create their theater experience. In a traditional theater experience, through sight and sound, audience members passively experience a performance in front of them, out of reach. They do not create. Interactive theater encompasses a variety of different…
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Mainstream news has noticed escape rooms and they’ve noticed us. They may not know how to pronounce David’s name, but they know where to turn for expert information. Our living room gets a few seconds of media fame. When Derek at Mission Escape Games gave the CBS news producer, Christine Lakowski, our names, we did…
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Each escape game is a carefully crafted work of art. A walkthrough is essential to the complete game experience. What’s a walkthrough? During a walkthrough, a staff member explains the flow of the room to the team that just finished their hour in a room. This process includes the solutions to specific puzzles. But more…
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This escape room is temporarily closed. It will reopen in a new midtown location in spring/summer 2019. In the final minutes of Nemesis, I felt my world crashing, but recovered in the very last moment. Location: New York, New York Date played: September 17, 2015 Team size: up to 8; we recommend 4-6 Price: $28 per ticket Theme & story…
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The Hemingway Room needs an editor. Location: Freehold, New Jersey Date played: September 19, 2015 Team size: up to 8; we recommend 4-6 Price: $28 per ticket Theme and Story This room was themed on the life on Ernest Hemingway. Ironically, it doesn’t have a story. Traditional First Room The Hemingway Room fit a mold: Some of the puzzles fit the…
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The Black & White Room looks like a chess board, and for the first time ever, I felt like we were playing against the room escape company. Location: Freehold, New Jersey Date played: September 19, 2015 Team size: up to 6; we recommend 5-6 Price: $28 per ticket Theme & story Nearly everything in the Black & White…
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Update, September 2017: After a good run, Escape Clues has shut down. The small and delightfully friendly community of escape room bloggers grew last month with the launch of EscapeClues.com. They’re a passionate and talented group of room escapers with whom we had the pleasure of sharing an escape. We teamed up to play Amazing…
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