Escape Tips

James Kirk

For the Love of Race Rooms!

There is a certain level of love out there for race rooms, a subset of escape rooms. These are two identical rooms that allow for...

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Escape Rooms: Not Just for Puzzle People

There are a few reasons why someone might decide that escape rooms are not for them. Claustrophobia for one, or perhaps you don’t like...

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Why Kids Make Great Escape Artists

So you want to play an escape room but your nephew is 10 and you aren’t sure he will stay engaged the whole time. Your 12-year-old sister...

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But What’s Your Escape Room Motivation?

Motivation. Actors need it to understand their character’s reasoning for a specific action. At any given time, we may need it to...

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It’s All About Me (and Escape Rooms)

Happy March everyone! Winter is in full swing and my thoughts are drifting to Florida beaches and a good book. Before all of that...

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4 Misconceptions You Probably Have About Escape Rooms

Let’s talk about something that I am sure many of you do not know about and that’s basic escape room business operations. Now, I am not...

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A Noob’s guide to Playing Escape Rooms (Part Deux)

Greetings again fair readers! After some time we have decided that writing about baby unicorn raising is just not practical as none of us...

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A Noob’s Guide to Playing an Escape Room (Part 1)

Welcome back, dear reader! If you have read all of our previous posts, filled with valuable advice and knowledge you must have decided to...

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How to Know Your Role on The Escape Team

While hosting rooms, I hear guests in our lounge talk quite a bit about breaking into teams and who is going to work with whom. Those...