Escape Expeditions: Reviews and Recommendations: Recent Episodes
Jocelyn and Ana
A podcast featuring: escape game reviews, witty banter, and game master insight. New episodes every week!
Hear all our thoughts and recommendations for questing at Boda Borg, a physically and mentally challenging escape room-like experience. We visited their location in Boston, MA twice and are already talking about making another trip to go back!
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FINALLY! Here is our review of the award-winning 13th Gate Escape in Baton Rouge, Louisiana! We discuss planning, recommendations, and our experience playing five back-to-back games at this venue.
Games mentioned in this episode:
The Asylum at 09:50
Spellbound at 27:03
Tomb of Anubis at 44:48
Cutthroat Cavern at 1:00:37
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Listen to our review of The Man From Beyond by Strange Bird Immersive, a meticulously crafted blend of immersive theatre and escape rooms. The review is short, but trust us, any more and we’d verge on spoiling the incredible surprises this show has to offer. This experience flipped our entire view of the escape room industry upside-down, in the best way possible.
The review is followed by a conversation with the creators, Cameron Cooper and Haley ER Cooper! We discuss their approach to designing an immersive theatre escape experience, what escape rooms can learn from theatre, and their plans for the future.
Experience reviewed in this episode:
The Man From Beyond atStrange Bird Immersive
Haley and Cameron's Favorites
Immersive Theatre
Sleep No More presented by Emursive in New York, NY
Then She Fell presented by Third Rail Projects in Brooklyn, NY
Sweet and Lucky presented by Third Rail Projects
Haus of Creep presented by Just Fix It Productions in Los Angeles, CA
The Johnny Cycle presented by The Speakeasy Society in Altadena, CA
Miss Jezebel’s Tea Party at 60 Out in Los Angeles, CA
The Nest presented by Scout Expedition Company in Los Angeles, CA
Story-driven Escape Rooms
Lab Rat at Hatch Escapes in Los Angeles, CA
Stash House in Los Angeles, CA
Escape Extension Sharks by Escape My Room in New Orleans, LA
Escape My Room in New Orleans, LA
Puzzle-centric Escape Rooms
Palace Games in San Francisco, CA
Follow Strange Bird Immersive:
Twitter: @strangebirdimm
Instagram: @strangebirdimm
Facebook: @strangebirdimmersive
Blog: Immersology, an immersive theatre blog by Strange Bird’s Haley ER Cooper
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We discuss escape room industry controversies. These topics are commonly debated among players, game masters, and owners -- and trust us, we have a LOT of thoughts!
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Public vs. private experiences
- Paying to beta test/play test an escape room
- Game masters watching multiple teams simultaneously
- Game masters inside the room with players
- Giving/receiving unprompted clues or hints
- Breaking established “industry rules” within your game
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Hear our in depth review of Servants of Sleight from The Exit Games FL (spoiler: we LOVED it!) followed by a conversation with the masterminds behind it, Josh and Tay! We talk about the future of the industry and the importance of creating story driven adventures.
Game reviewed in this episode:
Servants of Sleight at The Exit Games FL
Josh and Tay's favorite games:
The Room in Berlin
Mission 53 from The Padlock in Prague
Kidnapped in BCN in Barcelona
Doldrick's Escape Room in Orlando, FL
Shadows of the Skunk Ape from Rabbit Hole Escape Games in Tampa, FL
The Blind Pig from Murfreesboro Escape Rooms in Murfreesboro, TN
Pharaohs Chamber from 60 Minute Escape in Murfreesboro, TN
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Hear all our thoughts (there's a lot of them) about Escape the Colosseum! We talk about their immersive clue system, puzzle flow, and the game's unique four part design.
Games mentioned in this episode:
Escape the Colosseum and Escape Artist at The Great Escape Room Tampa
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This week Jocelyn runs Ana and special guest Sam through a pen and paper escape room!
Symbols reference can be found here! Check out Escape This Podcast!
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To kick-off the Halloween season, we review four of our favorite scary/spooky games!
Games mentioned in this episode:
Sasquatch at Escape the Netherworld
Save the Fleet at Escape U
Asylum at America’s Escape Game
The Cabin (formerly known as Friday the 13th) at Escape Room Live
Baldwin Manor at Escape Artists Orlando (not reviewed)
To hear us discuss more spooky/scary games, listen to Episode 2: Top 5 Tampa Games!
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We individually review all three of the games at Lokey's Escape Rooms in Sarasota, Fl!
Donate to Jessica from Rock Ave HERE
Games mentioned in this episode:
Trouble in Tinseltown, Press Start, and Detention at Lokey's Escape Rooms
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**This week we launch our new segment "Game Master Stories!" We dish some of the awesome, crazy, and hilarious things we've seen people do in escape games!
This episode has some heartwarming stories, some CRAZY stories, and some that still have us laughing!
Let us know if you want more Game Master Stories!**
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We individually review most games available at one of our favorite nationwide venues, The Escape Game!
Current locations include:
Atlanta, GA / Austin, TX / Chicago, IL / Cincinnati, OH / Dallas, TX / Houston, TX / Jacksonville, FL / Minneapolis, MN / Nashville, TN / New Orleans, LA / NYC / Orlando, FL / Pigeon Forge, TN / San Francisco, CA
With many future locations in the works!
Games mentioned in this episode:
The Heist at 00:03:22
Prison Break at 00:13:59
Gold Rush at 00:22:55
Mission: Mars at 00:32:46
Playground at 00:43:32
Classified at 00:53:28
Specials Ops: Mysterious Market at 01:02:16
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This week we breakdown our entire east coast escape game road trip from the summer of 2018! We talk planning, preparation, discounts, games, and what we would do differently.
Planning Google Doc we mention can be found here!
Games mentioned in this episode:
Submerged at Ultimate Escape Game
The Hotel at Mission Escape Atlanta
Nosferatu and Sasquatch at Escape The Netherworld
Shipwrecked at Codescape
The Alchemist at Insomnia Escape
The Wizard's Apothecary, Titanic, Friday the 13th, Runaway Subway, and Ghostbusters at Escape Room Live
Clocktower at Escape The Room NYC
Boxed Up, Robbery that Changed the World, and Maze of Hakaina at Komnata Quest
Shelter R at Brooklyn Escape Room
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This week we take this podcast on the road! Please bear with us as we are working on improving the quality of our in car audio.
On the way to Jacksonville, FL we discuss some of our previous Jacksonville and St. Augustine games. On the way back we talk about our experience during "Four Kingdoms" at Mind Bender Escape Rooms!
Games mentioned in this episode:
Bank Heist at Mastermind Escape Games
The Patient, Rendezvous, and Black Site at One Way Out
Asylum, Save the Fleet, and Castillo De Matanzas at Escape U
Jack the Ripper, Woodshed, and Four Kingdoms at Mind Bender Escape Rooms
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We use our criteria from the first episode to breakdown our top 5 games in the greater Tampa, Fl area!
Games mentioned in this episode:
Skinned Alive at Escape Thrill
Dungeon at Legends Escape Rooms
Shadows of The Skunk Ape (Pt 1) at Rabbit Hole Escape Games
Dreamweaver at Imagine Escape Games
Scorched at Outer Life Studios
Mafia Mayhem at Escape Reality
Apartment A.I. and History Mystery at Rock Avenue Escape Room
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In this opening episode we introduce ourselves and breakdown our personal five most important elements of a great escape game!
Thank you from the bottom of our escape game nerd hearts for hanging out with us!
Venues and Games Mentioned in this Episode:
Komnata Quest - Brooklyn, NY
Boxed Up
Robbery That Changed the World
The Escape Game - Atlanta, GA / Austin, TX / Chicago, IL / Cincinnati, OH / Dallas, TX / Houston, TX / Jacksonville, FL / Minneapolis, MN / Nashville, TN / New Orleans, LA / NYC / Orlando, FL / Pigeon Forge, TN / San Francisco, CA
The Heist
Backstage Escape Games/Gatlin’s Escape Games - Myrtle Beach, SC / Gatlinburg, TN
Legend of Atlantis
Dark Winter’s Night: Clash With Krampus
Doldrick’s Escape Room - Kissimmee, FL
Super Bomb Squad: Commando’s Awesome!
Ultimate Escape Game - Atlanta, GA
Submerged
Escape the Netherworld - Atlanta, GA
Sasquatch
Escape Artists Orlando / Escape Artists Sanford - Orlando, FL / Sanford, FL
NINJA
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