After being a little too successful at getting the sun to rise, Great Britain has turned into a scorching hot warzone of the delicious ice-cream-y kind. As the group head south to the beach, they soon encounter the aftermath of a great fight. Tanks retrofitted to fire lollies litter the street, unexploded cookie sandwich mines lay in wait, and there... Tucked away under a small patch of shade... Is one final ice cream van.

Will we be able to escape into the ice cream van in time?!

Puzzle Maestro: Jamie Gibbs

Solvers: Jon Saunders, Mairi Nolan, Bailey

Episode Art: Dom Jordan

Editor: Mike Collins

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Join us all at The Drunk Druid for a chat on all things Puzzles vs Narrative in game design. For this episode, we're joined by the fantastic Nathan and Marcus who are hosts of the Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum podcast, and designers on hugely popular video game, Rise of the Golden Idol.

Enjoy!

As always the team have recommendations for your better enjoyment. This month, they are!

Recommendations summarised by the editor, Jon; who was, by the end, so utterly enraged by having this entire set of show notes accidentally deleted that he really went off on one and then began writing about himself in the third person.

What a guy.

Hosts: Jamie Gibbs, Mairi Nolan, Mike Collins

Guests: Nathan and Marcus of Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum

Editor: Jon Saunders

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Having begun the ritual to bring about the rising of the Sun, the team must now complete it. To do this, they step, in pairs, into the most hallowed structure of the ancient Druidic religion, the Portaloo. Maybe leave your UV torches at home, folks.

In this episode, we're joined by Marcus Richardson and Nathan Hicken, the fantastic hosts of the murder mystery podcast Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum.

Puzzle Maestro: Mairi Nolan

Solvers: Mike Collins, Jamie Gibbs, Marcus Richardson and Nathan Hicken

Episode Art: Dom Jordan

Editor: Jon Saunders

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The sun is setting at Stonehenge, and we must bring it back with out wits, a wasp and a jam sandwich!

Part 2 in the Summer Solstice series finds the gaggle of puzzlers at Stonehenge just in time for the sun to rise. The only problem is, if they don't perform the ritual correctly, the sun might not rise at all. In this brain-melting, time travel twisting episode, we'll have to master the past, present, and future if we want to make it out in time.

In this episode, we're joined by Marcus Richardson and Nathan Hicken, the fantastic hosts of the murder mystery podcast Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum.

Puzzle Maestro: Mike Collins

Solvers: Jamie Gibbs, Mairi Nolan, Marcus Richardson and Nathan Hicken

Episode Art: Dom Jordan

Editor: Jamie Gibbs

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The gang find themselves on the summer solstice in Wiltshire, at Stonehenge no less! There's a great festival happening to celebrate the longest day, but before they can get there they'll have to enter through the gift shop. Before the night is up, they'll have to perform the ritual to get the sun to rise again. Easier said than done!

In this episode, we're joined by Marcus Richardson and Nathan Hicken, the fantastic hosts of the murder mystery podcast Aurelius Whitlock's Murder Museum.

Puzzle Maestro: Mairi Nolan

Solvers: Mike Collins, Jamie Gibbs, Marcus Richardson and Nathan Hicken

Episode Art: Dom Jordan

Editor: Mike Collins

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This week's episode is Part 3 in our special "London Jolley" series. After a weekend of escape rooms, Mike gave us the challenge of each designing an improvised 10 minute escape room on the spot, and hosting it for the other three solvers. The location? A legally distinct, formerly independent coffee chain in the heart of London. The doors are chained shut, but will we be able to escape..?

Puzzle maestros (in order): Jon Saunders, Mairi Nolan, Jamie Gibbs, and Mike Collins

Solvers: Mike Collins, Jon Saunders, Jamie Gibbs, and Mairi Nolan

Episode art: N/A

Editor: Mike Collins

Note: There'll not be an unedited version of this recording, as there wasn't a lot we cut out!

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In the second episode of our special, in-person London series, we took a quick break for a drink at the Dirty Dicks - yes, that really is it's name, and it's great!

In this episode we do Two Truths and a Lie, discuss Cold vs Hot openings in escape rooms, and give our recommendations for this month.

This month's recommendations are:

Jamie - The Code Book by Simon Lehna Singh

Note: There'll not be an unedited version of this recording, as there wasn't a lot we cut out!

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In this special episode, we're reporting from our first all-producers, in-person trip to London! For the first time, all four of The Infinite Escape Room hosts were in the same space at the same time.

Over this and the next few episodes you'll hear all about our puzzle thoughts on some of the games we played, including:

Listen out in this episode, where we've also got a very special interview with two of the excellent creators of The Emerald Phantom, Oscar and Andrew, who you can find out more about at Secret Studio.

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You have been eaten alive by an irradiated Koala. What a day. But don't worry, there's a pub in here! Join Jamie, Aled, Mike and Bailey as they reflect on a question that should haunt the dreams of more Escape Room designers than it probably does - What is a puzzle?

AND THAT'S NOT ALL. A prize draw. A real one. With a real prize. Well, two, actually, but one of them will probably go a bit funny before it reaches the winner.

Also, our recommendations for this month:

As always, we closed out the episode with some handpicked recommendations from the team:

Bailey – TreeApp

Aled – Piper Alley

Mike – Hardspace: Shipbreaker

Mike – Slow Horses by Mick Herron

Jamie – Maniac (Steam)

Hosts: Mike Collins, Jamie Gibbs, Emma Bailey, Aled Hughes

Editor: Jon Saunders

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This week's episode is Round 3 of The House of Death Games, where the team have to escape Ozman Richards' dungeon together, but it's everyone for themselves in solving his sinister challenges - Wonky Biscuit, Seven Deadly Films and Rhyme Crime!

Jamie opens the episode by strapping a ball gag into his mouth, the team re-enact the Vicar of Dibley soundtrack but substituting The Lord for Cocaine and Bailey cracks her knuckles and absolutely slaughters the rest of the team. But will it be enough to bring her victory in Ozman Richards' (similar to but legally distinct Richard Osman) post-apocalyptic House of Death Games?

Pop another Koala on the Barbie Bruce!

Puzzle maestro: Jamie Gibbs

Solvers: Mike Collins, Emma Bailey, Aled Hughes

Episode art: Dom Jordan

Editor: Jonathan David Charles Saunders III

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