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Newest Posts
ERChamp 2021 Coming Soon!
One of my favorite online contests, ERChamp, is approaching rapidly! November 13, 2021 is the date ...
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4 States. 9 Escape Rooms. 1 Potential Murder?
Our trip was a success! Starting and ending in Boise, Idaho, Christina and I completed a big circle around the ...
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Western US – Oct 6 through 12!
It's been a little while since we've taken a trip containing both a flight and a road trip. The last ...
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Oak Brook, IL: Escape the Room – Clock Tower and The Theater
September 1, 2021 - I had been avoiding Escape the Room Oak Brook. I had one prior experience in 2018 ...
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Escape Room Visits
Oak Brook, IL: Escape the Room – Clock Tower and The Theater
September 1, 2021 - I had been avoiding Escape the Room Oak Brook. I had one prior experience in 2018 ...
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Bethlehem, PA: Escape.exe – Site 117: Duos Challenge
April 24, 2021 - At the end of our stay on the east coast, Christina and I hit the road ...
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Bridgeport, CT: Mind Factory Escape Games – Breathless
I have to admit, I sort of stumbled across Mind Factory. Christina and I were exhausted after two unusually long ...
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March 20: Big Day
I really could not care less about my birthday. I can barely remember my age, so it feels strange to ...
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St. Charles, MO: Deadlock
January 3, 2021- I left Springfield, MO with only about half of a plan. I knew it would involve at ...
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Commentary
Advanced Puzzling: Math Imitates Puzzle
One thing I've seen that seems to be mostly loathed by lovers of escape rooms is the math puzzle, or ...
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Anatomy of a Puzzle Experience: Measuring the “Aha!” Moment
I’ve been putting together a whitepaper on the mathematics behind what makes a puzzle fun to solve. What started as ...
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Exciting Times
The next few weekends are going to be more than a little exciting. Eight escape rooms this Saturday, and a ...
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Next Project. Or two. Or three.
I'm stealthily on track for putting out one puzzle game per month for 2021. March is almost at an end, ...
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New Page – My Puzzles
It's been a long-time desire of mine to spend more time creating puzzles, and it's never been easier. There are ...
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Travel
4 States. 9 Escape Rooms. 1 Potential Murder?
Our trip was a success! Starting and ending in Boise, Idaho, Christina and I completed a big circle around the ...
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Western US – Oct 6 through 12!
It's been a little while since we've taken a trip containing both a flight and a road trip. The last ...
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Back from Vegas!
David Copperfield. Cirque Du Soleil. Gordon Ramsay's Pub & Grill. Going to the top of Stratosphere and the Eiffel Tower ...
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Las Vegas Update: Five ERs and a Bunch of Caches
I can't believe I've only been in Las Vegas for just over two full days. Five escape rooms, a bunch ...
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Mind Games
Puzzle Boat 4: Smooth Sailing
3 people. 9 days. 174 puzzles. 0 hints. It's safe to say our attempt at Puzzle Boat 4 was a ...
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Roundup of the Week
I usually have a bad track record of posting updates while I'm in the middle of something, and right now ...
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Huntinality 2021
I found out about the Huntinality puzzle hunt about a week before the contest launched, but any thoughts of participating ...
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My Brief Adventure in Competitive Jigsaw Puzzling
I read an article recently about a tournament in which a roomful of contestants race to solve a jigsaw puzzle ...
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Tall Tales Mysteries – A First Class Murder
On May 14th, I took a half day from work to participate in the second virtual murder mystery weekend from ...
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