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Travel Trick – Vegas Hub!

I stumbled across an incredible little travel secret this week while planning a Vegas trip. It's going to revolutionize how ...
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Strangers Can Be Awesome

As we're getting the Chicago escape room meetup going, it's probably a good time to talk about what makes meeting ...
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Box One – What Is It?

Out of all the escape room / puzzle home games, I've seen the most hype around Box One. Produced by ...
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Treasure Hunt Roundup

The last few weeks have been full of treasure hunts and puzzle design. Between partcipating in a few new treasure ...
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Congrats on 200 Rooms!

What do you do for someone who reaches an escape room milestone? I periodically went out of my way to ...
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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

Brian Brand Jigsaw Puzzles

I've been a little quiet lately, and it's been largely due to a new project I've been exploring ...
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Speaking Boldly

I had an interesting conversation with an escape room owner the other day that changes the way I think about ...
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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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Travel

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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Vegas: Tough Start

I've flown a lot over the past few years, and my flight to Vegas edged its way into my top ...
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Eight Under the Arch

This past Saturday, I topped my personal best number of escape rooms in a single day, changing that number from ...
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End of the Journey: West Again

It's hard to believe we hit the road from Stamford only two days ago. We only stopped at one escape ...
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