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Happy April, Escapees 👋 Compiling the April edition of Escape Industry News is always a little challenge to make sure we don't accidentally report on news that came out on April 1st *cough* April Fools Day. This year did not disappoint! We almost fell for quite a few escape room related jokes, but the one that amused us the most was Mind Goblin. Jokes aside, this month we can look forward to three escape room award announcements, including the Escape Room Awards in Spain, the Lock & Key Awards in the UK, and the Golden Lock Awards in the USA. This month we'd also love to give a shout out to our friends at the escape room podcast Cager Express, who interviewed us all about the Escape Industry Newsletter last month. You can listen here. As always, we couldn't compile this newsletter without your help and support. If you have any feedback that'll help us improve, please don't hesitate to let us know by hitting "reply" to this email at any time. Until next time 👋
Mairi Editor of Escape Industry News
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The 8th Edition of the Spanish Escape Room Awards Takes Place this Month On Sunday 28th April 2024 in Valencia, the Escape Room Awards will take place for the 8th year running. This is an in-person, Spanish language event organised and judged by some of the best known enthusiasts in the region. Afterwards, the results will be published online.
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Escape the Review has published the EtR Players Choice 2024 Awards This new awards show compiles votes from players across the UK to find the best escape rooms by region. This does not include the national-wide Lock & Key Awards which they'll be publishing soon. If you're curious about what to play in the UK, you can check out the results here.
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📆 Upcoming Dates for your Diary
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🇺🇸 • Breakout has opened a new room, Kidnapping 2, in Oklahoma City, OK. • BreakoutND has opened a new room, Diamond Heist, in Bismarck, ND. • Epic Escape Room has opened a new room, Davinci's Secret, in Humboldt, TN. • Escape From St. Louis has opened a new room, Vanished, in St. Louis, MO. • Escapology has opened a new site in North Olmstead, OH. • Quest Room has opened new escape rooms in Dallas, TX. • PanIQ has opened a new room, The Time Machine, in Sacramento, CA. • Puzzle Theory has opened a new location in Middletown, CT. • Ravenchase Adventures has opened a new room, The Devil's Divination, in Richmond, VA. • Red Vein Escape has opened a new room, Secrets of the Dead, in Ashland VA. • Riddles Escape Room has announced a new room, Outlaw Pursuit, in Myrtle Beach, SC. • Stumptown has opened a new room, Dark Matter, in Portland, OR. • The Escape Game has opened a new branch in Sunrise, FL. • Tomb Raider Experience Seattle is a new escape room-like experience opening in Seattle, WA. The best part is, it's being run by Hourglass Escapes. 🇨🇦 • Be Smart Scam Escape Room has opened in Ottawa, ON. I couldn't find a link, but here's a news story about it. • Improbable Escapes has opened a new room, The Mysterious Miseries of Franklin N. Stein, in Kingston, ON. 🇬🇧
• Adventure Rooms has opened a new room, Sabotage, in Cardiff. • Black Hawk Laser has opened a new room, Vampire's Lair in Oswestry. • Break Escape has opened a new room, Chocolate Factory, in Nottingham. • Bridge Command is a new attraction open in London. • Case Closed has now opened a new room, Radio Nowhere, in Edinburgh. • Creative Minds is a new venue opening with one room in Trowbridge. • Cryptx have opened a new room, Tarot, in Cambridge. • Darkmaster has opened a new room, Station 108, in Crowborough. • EO Escape Rooms have opened a new room, The Great Eggscape, in Sudbury. • Escapable has opened a new room, Marv the Monkey Presents: The Golden Banana in Wakefield. • Escape From the Room High Wycombe has opened a new room, Cabin in the Woods, in High Wycombe. • Escape Plan has opened a new room, Pushed For Time, in London. • Escape Rooms Beverley has opened a new room, 10 Minutes to Midnight, in Beverley. • Escape The Room has opened a new experience (not quite an escape room), called The Cat and the Canary in London. • Escapologic has opened a new room, Violet, in Nottingham. • Houdini's have opened a new branch in Chester. • Locked In has opened a new room, The Smoke House Curse, in Camborne. • Lucardo Rawtenstall have opened a new room, Inspector, in Rawtenstall. • National Justice Museum has opened a new room, Guilty? in Nottingham. • Oliver Cromwell's House have opened a new room, The Tomb of the Templars, in Ely. • Project Escape Middlesbrough has opened a new room, Roary's Cup Conundrum. There'll be a charity donation for each player who plays. • Room Lockdown has opened a new room, Poseidon's Fury, in Romford, London. • Tension Twisted Realities has opened a new room, Shipwreck, in Lincoln. • The Attic Romsey has opened a new room, Panic in the Attic in Romsey. • The Puzzle Room Cannock has opened a new room, Operation Nuke 2, in Cannock. • Ware Escape Rooms have opened a new room, Toyland Terrors, in Ware. 🇦🇺/🇳🇿 • Dr Q. Escape Room has opened a new room, Redemption, in Melbourne, VIC. • Escape Artistz has opened with three rooms in Melbourne, VIC. • Escape on Bank Street has opened a new room, Who's Next, in Whangarei, New Zealand. • Escape This has opened multiple new rooms in Perth, WA. • Fox in a Box Perth have opened a two new rooms, in Perth, WA. • Lost Reality has opened a new site with multiple rooms, in Victoria Park, WA. • Mayday Escape Rooms has opened a new room, The Butcher Shop, in Beechworth, VIC. • Next Level Escape has opened a new room, End of the Road, in Sydney, NSW. • Riddle Room Canberra has opened a new room, The Mine, in Canberra, ACT. • Scarborough Fair has opened two new rooms, in Caringbah, NSW. • Time is Key has opened a new room, The Killer's Game, in Ringwood, VIC.
📩 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), Rich Bragg, (USA), Morty App (USA), ERA Mag (Australia)
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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: Ministry of Peculiarities Mar 7 • Escape Break: Mairi Nolan & Escape Industry News Mar 21 (oh hey, that's us!) 👆 Escape This Podcast "A show that’s a mix of escape room puzzles and tabletop role-playing." • Podcast This Escape - By Merlin's Beard Mar 6 • Voice Over and Over Again ft. Marcus Richardson Mar 13 • Podcast This Escape - Voice Over and Over Again Mar 20 • Big Top Trouble ft. Save Your Game Mar 27 Live from the CodeBar Live from the CodeBar is a twice-monthly podcast about Armchair Treasure Hunts, codes, ciphers, puzzles, Escape Rooms as well as ARG's and puzzle subscription boxes. • CodeBar Live Show 44 - "The World's Greatest Treasure Hunt" Part 2. Mar 2 • CodeBar Live Show 45 - St Patrick's Day Cipher, Ogham! Mar 15 • CodeBar Live Show 46 - We Invite you to listen, talking about The Invitation with Cowlazar's and KPRO! Mar 29
Reality Escape Pod "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." • Peih-Gee's Playhouse, the LA Edition Mar 5 • S7E1: Quirky & Compelling: The Ministry of Peculiarities Mar 12 • S7E2 - Dystopian Desert Dreams: Jared Butler, Creator of Wasteland Weekend & Neotropolis Mar 19 • S7E3 - Kooky and Creative Networking: Brett Jackson, Creator of Imagi-Ne'er Do-Wells Mar 24
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." • Pt2 - Farewell to The Heist Mar 10 • A Night Cap at The Counting House Mar 17 • Are you still watching? Mar 24 These podcasts may not have released new episodes this month, but are well worth checking out:
• Locked in a Podcast
”Locked In a Podcast” is an escape room themed podcast from the team at The Panic Room. Alex & co will take listeners on an exciting journey through the world of escape rooms. • Life is an Escape Room "The Life Is An Escape Room Podcast explores how the skills you gain playing escape rooms with intention will make you more successful in all aspects of your life."
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