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Hello escapees 👋 It's a new month and we're excited to share an extra-packed edition of the Escape Industry Newsletter this August! From a wealth of new escape room openings popping up around the world, few places have as many new escape rooms recently as Australia. It's also con-season, so we have a lot to look forward to in person. From smaller Immersive Experience festivals and summits popping up around the UK this summer, to some exciting teasers from the Salon de L'Escape Game in France later this summer, and of course RECON kicking off this very weekend. Speaking of RECON, as a friendly reminder, two of the team behind the Escape Industry Newsletter (Tom and Carl of Buzzshot) will be at RECON next later this week. Get in touch with Tom directly at [email protected] if you'd like to meet up, chat about the escape room industry, or play some games. That's about it for this introduction, but as always I'd love to mention that we are an incredibly small team and we couldn't keep this newsletter running without your help! Please do continue to send us any new openings, podcast episodes, or interesting news stories you find throughout the month. We appreciate it a lot! Until September, Mairi Nolan
Editor of Escape Industry News P.S. If a friend has forwarded you this email, please consider subscribing!  |
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RECON "24 Takes Place This Week Reality Escape Convention, one of the world's most popular escape room conferences will take place later this week from August 18th - 19th in Los Angeles. This will be the fifth RECON event, for owners, creators, players and supporters of escape rooms and immersive games. |
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ERIC has announced a Partnership with the IEN for Immersive Experience Creator Summit In a recent post, ERIC (Escape Room Industry Conference) has announced a partnership with the Immersive Experience Crator Summit held at the Woolwich Fireworks Factory in London on Monday, October 21, 2024. In their post: "In previous editions of ERIC, we sought out experts and talks not just from escape rooms, but from adjacent entertainment industries. Complementing our ERIC-curated talks, IEN is assembling a lineup of outstanding speakers from around the world, offering fresh insights and lessons from all kinds of immersive projects, shows and experiences." |
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TERPECA Announces Two New Ambassadors TERPECA recently announced two new ambassadors, one for the UK, and the other to represent the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. I wouldn't normally be quite so excited, except the Escape Industry Newsletter got a shout out and you might spot a familiar face *cough cough*
Don't forget, if you've played 100 or more escape rooms, you can sign up as a voter or a nominator all year round! |
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📆 Upcoming Dates for your Diary |
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August 18th - 19th
RECON 24
Los Angeles, USA August 19th
Immersive Creatives Festival
Edinburgh, UK September 12th - 14th
Wacky Wheels Escape Game Road Trip
Spain September 16th - 18th
Puzzolcon
Memphis, USA October 6th - 8th
Escape, Immerse, Explore
San Francisco, USA October 7th
Le Salon de L'Escape Game
Lyon, France October 7th
France Escape Game Awards
Online October 21st
ERIC (Escape Room Industry Conference)
At the Immersive Experience Creator Summit
London, UK November 25th
ER Champ Finale
Prague, Czech Republic April 2025
Escape Room Awards
Madrid, Spain  |
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🔑 Recent Doors Unlocked |
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🇺🇸 Amazing Escape Room Montgomeryville has opened a new room, Enchanted Library, in Montgomeryville, PA.
Boxed In Escape Rooms plans to open a new room this month, Lost Souls, in Festus, MO.
Escapade Games has opened a new room, Rock Band, in Fullterton, CA.
Escapely has opened a new room, Escape the City Box, in San Jose, CA.
Just Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Floor 66, in La Grange, IL.
Lock City Adventures has opened a new room, The Haunting of Mercy Manor, in Carrollton, GA.
No 1 Escapes has opened two new rooms, Carnage Cavin and Devlin's Manor in Irvine, CA.
Puzzle Connect has opened a new room, Curse of the Hidden Temple in Holmdel, NJ.
StemChef has reopened in Pleasanton, CA.
The Escape Game has opened a new experience called Great Big Game Show, in San Francisco, CA.
The Grape Escape has opened a new room, Secrets of the Pharaohs, in Napa, CA. 🇨🇦 Eliviascape has opened a new room, Judgement Day, in Quebec, QC.
Escaparium Laval has opened a new room, Cirque Magnifico, in Laval, QC.
Escaparium Saguenay has opened a new room, Le Protocole, in Saguenay, QC. 🇬🇧/🇮🇪 Aftermath the Game have opened two new games in London.
Chesterfield Escape Rooms have opened Rob the Bank 2, in Chesterfield.
Cryptology have opened a new room, Witchful Thinking, in Nottingham.
Eastbourne Escape Rooms have opened a new room, Hell of a Dinner, in Eastbourne.
Escape Boats has opened a new room on a boat, The Inspectors, in Galway, Ireland.
Escape Hunt have opened a new room, Excalibur, in Leeds.
Escape Ipswich have opened a new room, Framed and Forgotten, in Ipswich.
Escape Rooms Beverley have opened a new room, Robbingham Blinders Race Day Robbery, in Beverley.
Hatton Escape Rooms have opened a new room, Nottah Temple, in Warwick.
Oliver Cromwell's House have opened a new room, Experiment: Vita-Datum, in Ely.
Other World Escapes have opened a new Sip and Solve Puzzle Bar experience in Portsmouth.
Project Escape Middlesbrough have opened two new 30 minute rooms in Middlesbrough.
Red Herring Escape Rooms have opened a new room, Virus Lab, in Carlisle.
Sudbury Escape Rooms have opened a new room, Exposed, in Sudbury.
The Escape House have opened a new site in St. Neots.
The Panic Room have announced they'll be opening a new branch in Dartford. 🇦🇺/🇳🇿 Escape Academy has opened a new room, Y2K in Cairns, QLD.
Escape Hunt Sydney has opened a new room, Aladdin & the Magic Vault, in Sydney, NSW.
Escape Room Albury has opened a new room, Time Machine, in Albury, NSW.
Escape Room Continaphobia has opened a new room, Carnivorous, in Geelong, VIC.
Escape Rooms Christchurch has opened a new room, Bunker ,in Christchurch, NZ.
Escape Squad have opened a new room, The Adventurer's Guild - Chapter One, in Mandurah, WA.
ESC Rooms has opened a new room, Code Red, in Hindmarsh, SA.
Facade Escape Rooms has opened a new room, The Deep, in Port Macquarie, NSW.
Fox in a Box Brisbane has opened a new room, The Chamber of Lost Legends in Brisbane, QLD.
Fox in a Box Perth has opened nine new rooms, in Perth, WA.
Icebreak Escape Room has opened a new room, Eyes of Argos, in Sydney, NSW.
Lockology Escape Room has opened a new room, Ninja Temple, in Warrnambool, VIC.
Lost Reality Room Escape has opened three new rooms, in Perth, WA.
OtherWorld HQ has opened a new room, The Cursed Passage, in Surfer's Paradise, QLD.
Realmz Escape Game has opened a new room, Train of the Dead, in Morley, WA.
Red Lock Escape Rooms has opened a new room, The Lost Jungle Gemstone in North Lakes, QLD.
Rush Escape Game has opened a new room, The Last of Them, in St. Kilda, VIC.
The Mindtrap has opened a new site with four rooms at The Big Banana Fun Park, NSW.
Time is Key has opened a new room, The Syndicate, in Ringwood, VIC.
Time's Up have opened a new room, Lost Loot, in Wanneroo, WA.
📩 Have we missed an opening near you? Reply to this email and let us know!
A shout out to the resources & individuals who were a huge help this month: Escape the Review (UK), ERA Mag (Australia), Rich Bragg, (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 Break: Strange Birds in Houston July 18 Escape This Podcast
"A show that’s a mix of escape room puzzles and tabletop role-playing." • Bonus - Deltora Quest July 3
• Bonus - The Da Vinci Code July 11
• Bonus - Flag and Movie Trivia July 17
• Bonus - Cryptic Crossword July 24
• Cozy Cottage - ft. Cara Copeland July 31 Escapuzzled Podcast
"Your one stop shop for all things escape rooms, immersive experiences, puzzles, virtual and tabletop escapes. In this podcast we'll be delving into all things escape rooms and talking to industry leading owners, creatives and designers to unlock the secrets behind these experiences." • Martin Ashburn - Escape Key Newcastle July 3
• Robert Simms - Pirate Escape & Northumberland Escape Rooms July 17
• Bradley Murphy - EXIT Newcastle July 31
Reality Escape Podcast
"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. Our aim is to bring together different segments of the gaming world and share ideas between them." • REPOD Season 7 Key Moments, Editor’s Choice by Steve Ewing July 15
• Leaked! Spoilers Club: Sleep No More – Part 1 July 30
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.​" • Upmarket Bourbon in the Park. July 7
The Mystery Soup Podcast
"Hosts Curt Jackson and Chris Kallal explore the business and design sides of the escape room industry. Guests include escape room owners, designers, game masters, and enthusiasts." • Blake DiCioccio - World Traveling Enthusiast July 1
• J.R. and Heather Booker of Boxed In Escape Rooms July 8
• Jeremiah and Christine of Exit Game OC July 16
• Rob and Cecilia of Niagara Escapement July 23
• Nicole and Tom Watson of Nocturne Adventures July 29  |
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This month's comes directly from GCHQ. I really enjoy their brainteasers and this one has stuck in my mind for a while: FIND THE WORD Madison
Saturn
Do
Nitrogen
Exodus Tweet us your answer @escapeindustry |
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