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Cruising 2024
Cruises are one of my favorite forms of travel for many reasons. The forced disconnect is perhaps the biggest one- ...
Out of This World Traveling
I usually recommend traveling without overcommitting to a specific schedule. Taking a trip on a set itinerary / path may ...
The Devil’s Plan- Greatest Gameshow Ever?
I stumbled across The Devil's Plan on Netflx via the thumbnail depicting someone solving a tangram puzzle. That was enough ...
Midwest Circuit Complete!
Going into last Friday, I expected to be on a road trip from Charlotte to Chicago. Hurricane Helene blew up ...
The Best Laid Plans…
I was VERY excited about our next trip. Flying to Charlotte, North Carolina. Driving home over the course of five ...
Escape Room Visits
Silver Springs, MD: Big Escape Rooms – Outbreak
July 30, 2018 - I opened the day on a somewhat tight timetable, with goals to tackle escape rooms in ...
Newark, DE: Axxiom Escape Rooms – High School Mystery
July 29, 2018 - After staying just a bit too long in Philadelphia, I was on a tight timetable to ...
Sioux Falls, SD: Escapades – RaPunzel’s Cottage
May 27, 2018 - At long last, I had reached the final point of my road trip through the midwest ...
Omaha, NE: Get Out Omaha – Y2K
May 27, 2018 - I had a magical day on the way to Get Out Omaha. My route took me ...
Ensenada, Mexico: Escape Room Ensenada + Room #300
February 9, 2019 - There's a lot to cover in this post. Not only was my visit to Escape Room ...
Commentary
Escape Room Prizes
Many escape room businesses offer some kind of prize for winning. Whether it be a small prize like a sticker ...
The Advent of VR (No Escape)
Originally conceived as video games, escape rooms only came into mainstream awareness when designers started making real-life versions. Now the ...
Game Masters Make a Huge Difference
Here’s a potentially controversial statement - an average escape room with a great game master provides a better experience than ...
Just Like Artwork
It's been a little while since I've posted anything related to my opinions on escape room design. This weekend I ...
Why 60 Minutes?
Something like 99% of the escape rooms I've visited have used the standard one hour limit. It's a nice round ...
Travel
Eight Under the Arch
This past Saturday, I topped my personal best number of escape rooms in a single day, changing that number from ...
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 ...
Exploring CT: A Full Weekend
It's usually a good sign when I've been too busy to write, that I've had a lot of adventures in ...
Odyssey to the East: Day 2
I'm a few days late in completing this recap, but better late than never. Day 2 of our drive from ...
Day 1: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
I'm writing this update from a hotel in Youngstown, Ohio. So far, our trip has been a little bit on ...
Mind Games
Full Puzzle Immersion
48 down, 77 to go. Puzzle Boat 3 is under way, and my team has been cranking through! ...
Chess: Chasing 50%
When I started playing chess recently, I had a very promising start, winning almost all of my first ten rapid ...
Escape Room Online Championship Finals
The ER Champ online finals finally came around. Drum roll... We took 41st place! Not as high as I hoped, ...
Puzzle Boat 2
At long last, we've finally completed Puzzle Boat 2! What started as an afternoon session with our whole team working ...
Jigsaw – Witch’s Kitchen Escape Puzzle
After a long hiatus, I jumped into another Ravensburger escape puzzle. I've solved about half of the designs in this ...