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TERPECA Nominations Round Concludes - Voting Begins Today!

So far, TERPECA has seen over 240 enthusiasts submitting over 4,300 nominations. The finalists have been whittled down, now all that's left to do is go and vote! Any escape room enthusiast who has played over 50 game is eligible to vote, and you can do so by heading to the link below.

Laura E. Hall in NME on how escape rooms are more like video games than you’d expect

Sitting down to chat with NME, Laura E. Hall explained that she’s always been “a puzzle and mystery lover” – all the way back to her passion for Nancy Drew at a young age. Read the full article to learn about how the escape room industry has expanded across the US and the world in the past decade.

On your marks! The ER Champ 2021 begins this week

Now in it's 4th year, the ER Champ officially kicks off this week. Unlike previous years, the ER Champ is fully digital, with teams competing over a series of 'at-home' escape room games. The qualification round will take place on Saturday, November 13th at 16 UTC. The top 100 teams from the qualifier will be invited to the grand finale.

🧾 In Other News

• Room Escape Artist's Montreal tour took place this October, here's how it went.
• "I teach escape room design to elementary students. The class is a (literal) game-changer." - Marielle Burt on rethinking how we teach children.
• Meet Ákos Gábossy who, following the popularity of escape rooms in Hungary opened PanIQ in the USA.
• Angela Scott-Briggs takes a deep dive into VR escape rooms for Tech Bullion.
• Escape the Review, the UK's leading escape room directory now has a Patreon page!
• "Escape Rooms are Broken, Let's Fix Them" a new video from Austin McConnell.
• In the UK, eight escape game designers have teamed up to create the Puzzle Bundle UK, limited to 100 copies.

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📆 Upcoming Dates for your Diary

🔑 Recent Doors Unlocked 

• 13th Hour Escapes has opened their new room, The Gate in Wharton, NJ.
• Concord Escape Room has opened a new room, The Dragon's Chamber, in Concord, NH.
• Deadlock Escape is opening a new room, The Prison, in St. Charles MO.
• Enigma 68 is now open in Louisburg, KS.
• Escape Corvallis has opened a new room, 'Happy Hour' in OR.
• Escape Games PDX closes it's Sherlock room, with a new one to follow soon, in OR.
• Escape Room Arlington has opened their Christmas room in Arlington, VA.
• Escape Room Downtown have opened their new room, The Black Hand Society in Canton, OH.
• Every Second Counts is retiring 'Locked Up Abroad' and opening their Christmas Room this month in Beaufort, SC.
• Fox & Otter is opening a pop-up site in Asheville, NC.
• Granite State Escape has opened their new room, Dead Cabin, in Manchester, NH.
• Hour to Midnight opens a new room, The Pharaoh's Lost Relic in Portland, OR. They also announced House of Darkness will be getting a revamp.
• Huddy's Escape has opened in Ocala, FL
• Red Door Escape has opened a new branch in Oxnard, CA.
• The Escape Adventures has announced they're opening a new location in Port Charlotte, FL.
• The Escape Game has opened a new location in DC.
• The Escape Room Experience has opened a new room, 'Camp Winnipesaukee' in Laconia, NH.
• The Great Escape Fond Du Lac opens with two rooms in WI.
• The Hallway Entertainment has opened a new wizard themed escape room in Port Huron, MI.
• Trap Door Escape Room is expanding with a new game called "Ripper of London" in Red Bank, NJ.
• Trapped Escape Room has opened a new game, Pandora's Box in Las Vegas, NV.

• 4FunToronto launched a Squid Game themed escape room in Toronto.
• District 3 has launched their new room, Interrogation Room 2: Synergy in Regina.
• GTFO's room 'The Directive' has been replaced with 'Bomb Squad' in Edmonton, Alberta.

• Adrenaline Escape has now opened a new site with two rooms in Manchester.
• Emergency Exit has opened a new game, 'The Studies of Dr. Becker' in Ashton.
• Enigma Rooms Doncaster has retired the Heist and is planning a new Aladdin themed escape room in Doncaster.
• Escape Coalville have opened their new room Jane Doe in Coalville.
• Escape Quest has reopened in Macclesfield.
• Escape Live's new branch in Liverpool is now open with 6 escape rooms.
• Escape Rooms Cardiff's new room Moriarty's Revenge is now open in Cardiff.
• Gatwick Escape Rooms' Christmas game is back in time for the festive season, in Gatwick.
• Housetrap has opened a new room, 'Abducted' in Bodmin.
• Locked Escapes has opened a new room, The Chocolate Factory, in Luton.
• Locked In Glasgow has opened a new room, 'Bittersweet' in Glasgow.
• Logic Box's Christmas room is now open until January in Highbridge.
• The National Museum of Computing sets out plans to launch an escape room in January 2022 in Milton Keynes.
• Riddle Rooms Glasgow has a new room, 'Western Room' in Glasgow.
• Room Lockdown has opened a new room, 'Fearstival' in Romford.
• Rush Hour Escape Rooms has opened a new Alice in Wonderland themed room in Spalding.
• Scuba Escape will continue offering Operation Z, a zombie themed underwater escape room until mid-November.
• Swamp Motel's new immersive experience The Drop has now opened in London.
• The Escapologist has opened three new rooms in Castleford.
• Vire has opened a 90 minute live escape room experience in High Wycombe.

• Escapade NZ have converted a number of their physical rooms into live avatar escape rooms.
• Escape Hunt Melbourne has reopened from Nov 1st in Melbourne, Australia.
• Escape Hunt Perth retires it's game, 'The Pub Heist' in anticipation of building a new one, in Perth, Australia.
• Escape Quest Queenstown opens 'The Lost Artifact', an outdoor escape room in Queenstown, NZ.
• ERM (Escape Room Melbourne) has reopened from Nov 5th in Melbourne, Australia.
• Mission Escape Sydney have reopened both their sites as of October, in Sydney, Australia.
• Paniq Room Sydney has reopened as of Oct 11th in Sydney, Australia.
• Trapt reopens from Nov 5th in Melbourne, Australia.
• Ukiyo has reopened from Nov 5th in Melbourne, Australia.

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