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Greetings Escapists! 👋

It's that time of the year again! Halloween rooms across the world are packing up, making way for Christmas ones in their place. It must mean only one thing:

The holidays are almost upon us!

I find that when the end of the year looms, it's the perfect time to start planning all the escape room trips I want to take the following year. Which is why a particularly topical meme from Perplexing Doodles really tickled me this month. It's a very familiar conversation I've been having when 2024's trips with non-puzzley friends...
Can you relate? 😅

But anyway, back to the news... In this month's Escape Industry Newsletter we're seeing a whole wealth of new festive rooms popping up around the world. It's also awards season - with the TERPECA voting round opening soon, the EGA2023 ceremony concluding in China. As we roll into December, we'll be sure to see a few more whose dates haven't yet been announced too. I also have a few puzzle advent calendars to share, so be sure to check those out and bookmark them too.

That's all for this month - wherever you are, have an excellent November, and we'll see you in December.

Mairi 
Editor of Escape Industry News

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TERPECA Nominations are Closed, Voting Now Open


From the TERPECA Facebook page, here are some highlights from this year:

- Over 440 enthusiasts submitted nominations, up from 359 last year
- Over 4300 individual nominations were submitted
- Over 930 eligible rooms received at least one nomination

This year's awards show will be Saturday, December 16 at 1pm PST / 4pm EST / 9pm GMT / 10pm CET / 11pm EET / 8am Sunday AEDT.

TERPECA


 

Photos form the Escape Room World Championships 2023


Escape Buzz has recently published an article packed with photos and details from the recent Escape Room World Championships held in Wroclaw this year. Featured above, the team RIDDLER SUKIYAKI. They are also seeking collaborators on ER Champ 2024.

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EGA2023 Shenzhen Awards Ceremony (#EGA2023) Took Place this Month


The EGA (Experiential Games Awards) has hosted the ceremony for the National Excellent Reality Game Award in China this month. This includes both regional and national awards, including "Most Innovative", "Best Puzzle Solving Experience", "Best Horror Experience" and so on. It looks like a spectacular awards ceremony, and you can read more (though a pre-warning that this page is not available in English) below.

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It's Nearly Advent Calendar Season 🎄✨


Wait, why is this news? Well this month I've spotted two online puzzle-y advent calendar events, and they both deserve a shout out.

The first is video-game focused, called The Confounding Calendar. Each day a short, single-level puzzle game from a different submitter will be made available.

The second is from everyone's favourite escape room meme page, Perplexing Doodles. An advent calendar of puzzles from different creators each day. The cool part is - one of the puzzles has been created by yours truly 💁‍♀️

Are there any online puzzle events for December we've missed? Let us know and we'll include them in December's issue of Escape Industry News.
CONFOUNDING CALENDAR
PERPLEXING DOODLES ADVENT CALENDAR


 

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📆 Upcoming Dates for your Diary


December 1st - 31st
Perplexing Doodles Advent Calendar
Online

December 1st - 31st
The Confounding Calendar
Online

December 16th
The TERPECA Announcement Livestream
Online

March 7th - 10th
Transworld Room Escape Show
St. Louis, USA

March 1st - 31st
Enigmarch
Online

March 12th 2024
Lock & Key Awards
Manchester, UK

April 28th
Escape Room Awards
Valencia, Spain

September 12th - 14th 2024
Wacky Wheels Escape Game Road Trip
Bilbao, Spain

August 18th - 19th 2024
RECON 24
Los Angeles, USA


 

🔑 Recent Doors Unlocked 


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We couldn't find any new openings in Canada this month. If this is a mistake, let us know by replying to this email!

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We couldn't find any new openings in Australia or New Zealand this month. If this is a mistake, let us know by replying to this email!


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A shout out to the resources & individuals who were a huge help this month:
Escape the Review (UK), ERA Mag (Aus), Rich Bragg (SF Bay) Morty App (USA)

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    Last month in Podcasts, Radio & Live Shows

    Cager Express: Escape Break
    "Escape Break featuring Beth Divel and Tatiyana Abarro: Southern California's premier escape room podcast show. We recap fun rooms, interviews and bizarre topics!"
     
    Escape This Podcast
    "A show that’s a mix of escape room puzzles and tabletop role-playing."
     
    Live from the CodeBar
    Live from the CodeBar is a twice-monthly podcast about Armchair Treasure Hunts, codes, ciphers, puzzles, Escape Rooms as well as ARG's and puzzle subscription boxes.
     
    Locked in a Podcast
    ”Locked In a Podcast” is an escape room themed podcast from the team at The Panic Room. Alex & co will take listeners on an exciting journey through the world of escape rooms.
     
    Reality Escape Pod
    "Your hosts David Spira & Peih-Gee Law explore immersive gaming from all angles. Our guests have made awesome stuff: ARGs, puzzle hunts, tabletop games, and of course, escape rooms."
     
    The Infinite Escape Room
    "The puzzling podcast where a gaggle of geographically diverse chums come together, have a drink - and work together to solve a home made escape room of the ears.​"
     
    These podcasts may not have released new episodes this month, but are well worth checking out:
     
    • Life is an Escape Room
      • "The Life Is An Escape Room Podcast explores how the skills you gain playing escape rooms with intention will make you more successful in all aspects of your life."
    • Cipherdelic Pod
      • "Have you ever wondered who oils the cogs of the constantly evolving escape room industry? Think no more. In each episode we speak to a guest from the interactive experience industry to offer you, our listener, a peak behind the curtain."
    • Puzzling Company
      • ​"On this podcast, Zach and Jared every week cover a new at home puzzle / escape room style game and discuss all things about it!​"

    🔎 November's Puzzle
     

    You know I love rebus puzzles, so here's one of my absolute favourites:

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    Why it's my favourite? Well, I don't...

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    Tweet us your answer @escapeindustry



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