Welcome to PuzzleDrifter.com! This site was created to document the journey to complete an escape room in each of the 50 US states in 2018. Over time we’re adding more content related to escape rooms, travel, and other puzzles which can be found around the world.
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Minneapolis, MN (Online): Trapped Puzzle Rooms – Herbert’s Laboratory
When I got an email from Trapped describing their new "audio escape room" adventure, my interest was immediately piqued. In ...
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Jigsaw- Indoors, Dreaming of Outdoors
I've got a lot of meaty updates to share- my first trip since lockdowns began, a few more trips scheduled ...
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Home Game: Sherlock Holmes Escape Book
I've played a few dozen escape room home games and slowly been working through a stockpile I purchased before the ...
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Online (Japan): Scrap – Escape the Werewolf Village
My escape room solve tally has been stuck just shy of 400 since the lockdowns started. Sure, I’ve played a ...
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Jigsaw: Doughnuts- Many Doughnuts
You may notice a theme with which puzzles appeal to Christina and me. Bright colors? Tasty food? Bingo ...
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Escape Room Visits
Minneapolis, MN (Online): Trapped Puzzle Rooms – Herbert’s Laboratory
When I got an email from Trapped describing their new "audio escape room" adventure, my interest was immediately piqued. In ...
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Online (Japan): Scrap – Escape the Werewolf Village
My escape room solve tally has been stuck just shy of 400 since the lockdowns started. Sure, I’ve played a ...
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Tampa, FL: Rabbit Hole Escape Games – Shadows of the Skunk Ape & Alice’s Tea Time
Christina and I were doubly excited to try out Rabbit Hole Escape Games in Tampa. For one, we had heard ...
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Manitowoc, WI: What the Lock – Orvellio’s Reconjured
Orvellio’s: Reconjured left Christina and me wanting more, and thankfully, What the Lock has several more rooms we haven’t played ...
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Keep It Up!
I'm happy to check in and say that I've got the inside track for one of the tickets to Red ...
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Commentary
Site Upgrade!
Given that the world out there has changed dramatically, it's about time I have my website follow suit ...
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Red Bull Mind Gamers Round 5: Music
Another week, another round of Red Bull Mind Gamers finalists. ...
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Do Themes Get Boring?
I saw a comment recently about how escape room players are bored of common themes like “jail break” and “Sherlock ...
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Red Bull Mind Gamers Round 4
Red Bull Mind Gamers contest #6 (Creativity) is open, and voting has opened for contest #4 (Memory). I’ve cast my ...
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New Review Framework
For a long time I’ve been considering putting together a more rigorous framework for my reviews, and I’ve finally got ...
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Travel
Post-Coronavirus Journey
No guarantees that I'll do this, but a fun idea I've been floating as states start to come off of ...
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No Travel, No Internet, Lots of Phone Calls
During the COVID-19 lockdown, I’ve had quite a terrible adventure dealing with the dregs of the internet provider community. I ...
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Stash for the Apocalypse
In case the world wasn't feeling quite grim enough, I got this gem from my navigation unit. "Need a break? ...
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World on Lockdown
So things continue to get more and more dire out there. Somehow, I still haven't managed to spend a single ...
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Puzzles in a Pandemic
I have to admit, my first reaction to all the craziness about the epidemic was “Man, flights are getting cheap!” ...
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At Home
Jigsaw- Indoors, Dreaming of Outdoors
I've got a lot of meaty updates to share- my first trip since lockdowns began, a few more trips scheduled ...
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Home Game: Sherlock Holmes Escape Book
I've played a few dozen escape room home games and slowly been working through a stockpile I purchased before the ...
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Online (Japan): Scrap – Escape the Werewolf Village
My escape room solve tally has been stuck just shy of 400 since the lockdowns started. Sure, I’ve played a ...
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Jigsaw: Doughnuts- Many Doughnuts
You may notice a theme with which puzzles appeal to Christina and me. Bright colors? Tasty food? Bingo ...
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Jigsaw: Two Escapes and a Town
Three new puzzles to add to the stack! Two more from Ravensburger's escape puzzle series and one from a new ...
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