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Greetings, Escape Industry Folks! We're a few weeks out from World Escape Room Day, which is probably just a marketing gimmick but hey! I need no excuse than to celebrate more escape rooms. This day was chosen because if you add up the #s of the letters in ESCAPEROOM together, you get 110. Or October 1st. Elsewhere in the escape room world, it's been a busy one! Last weekend we saw the UK's first escape room awards, UKERA, announce this year's winners. Last month was also RECON, one of the most popular escape room conferences. From down under, ERO AUS (Escape Room Owners Australia) have started up a website. And last but not least, TERPECA season kicks off in a few weeks! |
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Many reasons to celebrate, and after a month or so of awesome new awards, initiatives, and conferences, I'm feeling more excited about our little industry than ever! Until next time 👋 Mairi Nolan
Editor of Escape Industry News P.S. If a friend has forwarded you this email, please consider subscribing! |
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The UK Escape Room Awards First Awards Ceremony Last weekend the UK Escape Room Awards did their first awards show. This highlights the Top 50 games in the UK as voted on by all of the valued participants, as well as revealing our Highly Commended games across each region and celebrating this year’s top newcomers. The full results are also available on the UK Escape Room Awards website. |
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TERPECA Nomations Begin Early October TERPECA season is almost here! And to celebrate, the TERPECA website has a whole new look. The nomination phase will begin early October, so if you'd like to register as a voter, nominator, or upgrade your status, you can do so now. |
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Resilience and RECON! A recap I wrote up a recap of spending time in RECON with Buzzshot (our sponsors!) last month. Overall, really great talks, excellent games, and a round of applause to the organisers. Escapades also posted a video about RECON, you can view it here. |
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🕹️ Sponsored By 🕹️ Buzzshot Bookings |
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Buzzshot is at PuzzolCon this September 13 - 16. If you're also attending then please do come talk to us about Buzzshot Bookings which now does Staff Management alongside industry leading booking features! And if you're not at PuzzolCon we'd still love to show you how we can improve both booking and staff management for your escape room. Get in touch and let's arrange a demo! |
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Emily Hall and Peter Gwinn wrote a fantastic piece on The Joy of Replay for Room Escape Artist.
Not quite an escape room but we think you'll be interested in...
Spooky Season is almost here, and there are some great round-ups of things happeneing in the immersive and haunt world, like this one by No Proscenium. There's a new puzzling podcast from one of my favourite puzzle designers, Spencer Beebe, called "Welcome to The Labyrinth". It's in the Podcast section of this newsletter too. One of the resources I use often for this website is the "new rooms" list on Puzzle Card's website and I recently met them at RECON. I'd love to give them a shout out for A - excellent puzzles on their cards B - being really nice people and C - helping collate an up to date list of rooms opening. I wrote an article for Thinky Games on Puzzled Pint this month! Voidspace is running an online festival - I really like the stuff they curate, you might do too.
I normally list the following in "Other News" but I think they deserve their own spaces: Challenge Arcades Monthly Update
Thinky Third Thursday
Escape Talk NL's Weekly News |
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Upcoming Dates for your Diary ⌯⌲ |
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🇺🇸 60 to Escape has opened a new room, Wild Wilder West, in Schaumburg, IL.
Escape From Reality has opened a new room, The Christmas Countdown, in Plainville, CT.
No Time to Lose has opened a new cite in Middletown, CT. 🇨🇦 Eliviascape has opened a new room, The Last Chapter: The Relics of the Past, in Quebec, QC.
Secret City has opened a new outdoor experience, When Shadows Lie, in Toronto, ON. 🇬🇧/🇮🇪 North England Breakout has opened a new room, Upsidedown, in Liverpool.
Contained has opened a new room, Vampire Hunters, in Liverpool.
Escapism has opened a new room, Squid Happens, in Chester. London & South England 11th Hour Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Director’s Cut, in Chippenham.
Eastbourne Escape Rooms has opened a new room, The Spooky Stay, in Eastbourne.
Kingston Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Quack Academy, in Kingston.
Little Escapes has opened a new room, The Adventures of Pixie Hollow, in Taunton.
Screamworks has opened a new room, Hell's Waiting Room, in London.
Unlocked Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Virus: Containment Protocol, in Hastings.
West Somerset Railway has opened a new room, A Ticket to Noehwere, in Bishops Lydeard. East England Great Escapists has opened a new room, The Brewer, in Royston.
Pier Pressure has opened a puzzle trail, The Seven Seals, in Welwyn. Midlands Courtyard Escapes has opened an outdoor game, The Voyage of Captain Plank, in Stourbridge.
Dr Trilby’s Escape Rooms has opened three new rooms in Daventry.
Rush Hour Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Cyber-Heist, in Spalding. Ireland Escape Boats has opened a new room, The Core, in Galway. 🇦🇺/🇳🇿 Escape This have opened their fifth venue, and first in Melbourne.
Narrow Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Mission Identity, in Perth. A shout out to the resources & individuals who were a huge help this month: Escape the Review (UK), Rich Bragg (USA), ERA Mag (Australia). |
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Last month in Podcasts, Radio & Live Shows Escape This Podcast
"A show that’s a mix of escape room puzzles and tabletop role-playing." Inventures Podcast
Welcome to Inventures, the podcast where we invite creative minds to invent the ultimate immersive adventure! Reality Escape Podcast
Reality Escape Pod is an interview podcast diving deep with people who make the world’s best immersive games and experiences The Infinite Escape Room
The escape room podcast where a bunch of friends make and solve homemade audio escape rooms for each other. One part escape room, one part role-playing game, a sprinkle of point-and-click adventure, and a whole lot of laughs. Welcome to The Labyrinth
A playable puzzle game audio drama. Navigate a winding labyrinth with the help of a dubious narrator. Solve the puzzle in each episode to be able to impact the story’s conclusion. What are you listening to? Let us know! |
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A nice and simple puzzle this month, for wherever you are in the world: What four letter word can be written the same forwards, backwards, and upside down? |
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