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</html><description>Update 3/16/21: If you enjoy this written interview, we continue the conversation with game and puzzle designers Juliana Moreno Patel and Ariel Rubin (The Wild Optimists) on The Reality Escape Pod. This never should have worked. In early 2016, the women behind Escape Room in a Box asked us to promote their play-at-home, tabletop escape [&hellip;]</description><thumbnail_url>https://roomescapeartist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Escape-Room-In-a-Box-Mattel.jpeg</thumbnail_url></oembed>
