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After five years of crafting story-driven mysteries, the creators at Scarlet Envelope are back with their most ambitious project yet. Medieval Puzzle Tales is a Kickstarter campaign featuring two epic…
EnigMarch is once again here! A month long challenge for designing puzzles. As an enjoyer and a puzzle designer… I’m sold! Whether you’re following along as a designer or solver,…
In a recent post and email newsletter, the team behind the World Escape Room Championship (or ER Champ for short) have unveiled some of the details for the upcoming 2025…
If you think you’re fast at solving escape rooms, then there’s really only one place to put your skills to the test: The World Escape Room Championship. Organised by Lock…
It’s that time of the year again, TERPECA season is well under way and voting is now open! But first, what is TERPECA? The Top Escape Rooms Project is an…
Since the lockdown (which, if you want to feel really old, started almost a whole 5 years ago by the way) we’ve seen fewer and fewer puzzle game Kickstarters and…
In a recent announcement from Portland-based escape room designer, Laura E. Hall, the Centre for Immersive Arts (CFIA) has opened. The CFIA is dedicated to collaboratively preserving the history of…
So this piece of news is an exciting two-fer: It’s both about the UK escape industry, and also deeply personal to us here at The Escape Roomer. We’re incredibly excited…
Draknek & Friends has announced the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant will be returning in 2024. The new grant opportunity seeks to support a cohort of developers from traditionally underrepresented…
It’s that time of the year again! And no, I don’t mean Christmas… But you’d be forgiven for thinking it was, for the amount of new games that have magically…
Draknek & Friends is excited to announce that Cerebral Puzzle Showcase will return on Steam from May 23 to May 30 2024! The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase is an annual event…
Move over TGA, there’s a new games awards ceremony in town… Just kidding, don’t move over TGA. The more awards ceremonies celebrating great games, the better. That’s exactly what the…
It’s time to break out the yellow-and-black confetti because one of our favourite escape rooms is turning 10 this June. As one of the longest running escape rooms in the…
Look mum, we’re on a podcast! We’re super excited to have been invited onto our favourite podcast, The Infinite Escape Room to take on the latest chapter in their (if…
Spring 2023 is finally here, and with it comes a fresh crop of tabletop games ready to take the world by storm. But there’s one genre that’s been steadily rising…
If you’re still reeling from missing Puzzletember (yep, me too), fear not! Sherlocked have just announced the launch of another fun puzzle activity taking place on their social media from…
Calling all escape room enthusiasts! ER Champ is BACK for 2022. It’s bigger and better than ever, and team The Escape Roomer cannot wait. What is ER Champ? The Escape…
Now I know what you’re thinking. Why are we The Escape Roomer, writing an article about the best things to do in London which AREN’T escape rooms? Probably for the…
If any of your local escape rooms or VR cafes offer “VR escape rooms”, there’s a chance you’ll have spotted a game or two by the video game developer, Ubisoft.…