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Well Howdy, escapists! 👋 ...And a very happy March to you all! It looks like spring it almost here at Escape Industry HQ in the Northern hemisphere. Although it's beginning to warm up, those April showers are an excellent excuse to stay indoors and play new escape rooms. In this month's issue, we have some exciting new dates for your diary, new escape rooms opening up all over the world, and the top stories we found from around the escape room industry. Of course, March is also home to EnigMarch! I've been trying to keep up by designing a cryptic clue every day, so don't forget to check out out own newsletter puzzle at the end. As always we hope you enjoy this issue, and if you have any thoughts or feedback to share (not just on my questionable cryptic clue writing abiliies haha) you can always hit reply and say hello. Until next month! Mairi Nolan
Editor of Escape Industry News |
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Best of Morty 2025 has been published This year’s list honors 358 escape games and 10 haunted attractions across 27 countries. Winners are determined by the Morty community score algorithm, which takes into account the recency of rating, user experience, and other factors. Congratulations to all winners! |
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Support the Escape Room Go Fund Me A GoFundMe has been set up for escape room legend Sarah Dodd, which you can read more about here. Additionally, escape room owners around the world have donated prizes for a community raffle supporting Sarah Dodd’s cancer treatment fundraiser. 🎟 £10 = 1 raffle ticket
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📆 Upcoming Dates for your Diary |
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🇺🇸 13th Hour has opened a new room, Fall Harvest in Wharton, NJ.
Break Free Escape Games has reopened their lowest level with 5 rooms in Nashua, NH.
EDscapade has opened two new games in San Jose, CA.
Escapology has opened a new room, MCoBeauty Heist in San Francisco, CA.
(and also I think at lots of Escapology sites, but as a limited pop-up it has now finished)
PlixPlex is a new challenge arcade that has opened in Virginia Beach, VA.
Surf City Escapes is opening this month in Huntington Beach, CA. 🇨🇦 Escape Woodstock has recently opened in Carleton County, NB.
Imaginarium has been steadily reopening its rooms at it's new location in Toronto, ON. 🇬🇧/🇮🇪 South Arcadia Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Slaughter House, in Bournemouth.
Escape London have opened a new site with 4 rooms in London.
Escapism Plymouth are opening a new room, Dig, in Plymouth.
Screamworks has opened a new room, The Briefcase, in London. Wales Beyond Breakout has opened a new room, Clue Crew and the Case of the Feathered Thief in Caersws. Midlands Breakout Escape Experience has opened a new branch with four rooms in Merry Hill.
Chase the Adventure has opened a new room, Be Mine Forever, in Stone.
Trapp'd has opened a new room, Rewind, in Wellingborough. East Cluetopia has opened a new room, All Alone, in Harwich.
Dread State has opened a new room, Hell House, in Ipswich.
Escape Hunt has opened a new site with 5 rooms in Colchester.
Keylock Games have opened a new room, The Ward, in Wickford.
Norwich Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Zombie Lockdown, in Norwich. North Breakout Chester have opened a new room, Crimson Lake Motel, in Chester.
Chapters and Quest has opened a new room, Prison of the Lunatic Sage in Stockton-on-Tees.
Clue Collectors has opened a new room, Chapel of the Cursed Chalice in Heywood. A shout out to the resources & individuals who were a huge help this month: Escape the Review (UK), Rich Bragg (USA). |
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As a part of Enigmarch (and inspired by Minute Cryptic), I've been trying to write a cryptic clue every day! This month's puzzle are a few I'm proud of: Lean scrambled hint (4) A cold victory before the beginning of the end (6) ...and one a friend made for me I enjoyed a lot: Inside! He is there! Robbery! (5) |
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