Escape Expeditions: Reviews and Recommendations

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:

1. Public vs. private experiences
2. Paying to beta test/play test an escape room
3. Game masters watching multiple teams simultaneously
4. Game masters inside the room with players
5. Giving/receiving unprompted clues or hints
6. 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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We individually review all three of the games at Lokey's Escape Rooms in Sarasota, Fl!

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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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