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Feb 2, 2025 | 
roomescapeartist.com | David Spira |Lisa Spira |Christina M. Rohlf
This is all astoundingly elaborate. VIDEOThe crows deserve royalties. REA contributer Joel (Smileypeacefun) shared this one with me.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
roomescapeartist.com | David Spira |Lisa Spira |Christina M. Rohlf
Dragons can attackLocation: St. Charles, ILDate Played: October 24, 2024Team size: 2-10; we recommend 3-5Duration: 60 minutesPrice: $35 per playerTicketing: Private Emergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints Dragon Slayer was a creative, fun, and worthy escape room that occasionally got in its own way due to excess. The puzzles played well. The set was plenty compelling, with tons to look at and enjoy.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Lisa Spira |Christina M. Rohlf |Peih-Gee Law
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. 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!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.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Christina M. Rohlf |Peih-Gee Law
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” – BuddhaLocation: At homeDate Played: November 2024Team size: We recommend 2-3Duration: Countdown to Chaos (Prequel): ~60 minutes; Murder on the Moon: ~45 minutes per chapter (3 chapters) Price: Countdown to Chaos (Prequel): $15; Murder on the Moon: About $90 (plus $12 shipping); Murder on the Moon and its prequel game, Countdown to Chaos (sold separately), were the latest offerings from The Detective Society.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Lisa Spira |Matthew Stein |Christina M. Rohlf
A tropical escapeLocation: Stone Mountain, GADate Played: May 10, 2024Team Size: 4-8; we recommend 3-6Duration: 60 minutesPrice: $31-$37 per player, depending on team sizeTicketing: Private Accessibility Considerations: One player needs to crawl Emergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints It was our last stop on a long road trip of escape rooms, and we were ready for a vacation.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Lisa Spira |Matthew Stein |Christina M. Rohlf |Sarah Willson
We’ve been thinking about this talk concept for a long time… about how language and communication are integral parts of our escape room experience. We’ve shared isolated stories, written our ERban Dictionary (Escape Room Glossary), and had fun with words in many ways. Now we’re pulling all this (and more!) together into a talk at Wonderful World of Words. If you are a language lovers, and moreover, a language puzzle lover, come join us!This event is themed weekend at Mohonk Mountain House.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Matthew Stein |Christina M. Rohlf |Sarah Willson
Enter through the gift shop Location: Herndon, VA Date Played: June 7, 2024 Team Size: 2-10; we recommend 2-4 Duration: 60 minutes Price: $44 per player for 2 players to $32 per player for 5+ players Ticketing: Private Accessibility Consideration: None Emergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints Cryptid Grove paid homage to the TV show Gravity Falls, sending us on an adventure to retrieve our pilfered karaoke machine from a quirky cartoon world teeming...
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Christina M. Rohlf |Sarah Willson |Lisa Spira
When witches go riding and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, “‘Tis near Halloween”!Location: At homeDate Played: March 2, 2024Recommended team size: 2-3Duration: 2 chapters (60 minutes each)Price: One-Time Box: $39.99 + shipping; Subscription: $29.99 + shipping (per box; delivered every other month)My husband Kurtis and I were joined on our latest Escape the Crate mission, Escape the Witch Trials, by our feline familiars (Vax’ildan, left; Mellow, right).
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Lisa Spira |Andrew Reynolds |Christina M. Rohlf
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Aug 17, 2024 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Andrew Reynolds |Lisa Spira |Christina M. Rohlf
From now until August 30, 2024, Humble Bundle is offering a great deal on a suite of escape room video games and a discount coupon. They’re calling it The Great Escape Room game bundle, and if you already know all about Humble Bundle you can head over to the site and see if it’s a slate of games that you’d like to purchase. Humble Bundle is a company that started in 2010 selling video games for charity and letting users choose their own price.
